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Friday, July 17, 2009
More from Rasfanjani speech
The BBC is reporting that in his speech this morning at Tehran University, Former Iranian President Ali Akbar Rafsanjani asked for the release of all of the people detained since the protests began following the June 12 election. "In the current situation it is not necessary for us to have a number of people in prisons... we should allow them to return to their families," he said.
Mr Rafsanjani also appealed for an open debate on radio and TV about the disputed 12 June election and called for media restrictions to be eased. "It is not necessary to pressure media. We should allow them to work freely within the law," he said.
There are also indications that Mir Houssein Moussavi was in attendance at the speech.
Labels: election, free speech, Iran, vote
posted at 7:36 AM
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