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Posted on 10/30/2003 7:58:29 PM PST by Pan_Yans Wife
Reformers: Iran Must Chose Democracy or Despotism
Tue July 15, 2003 08:47 AM ET By Jon Hemming TEHRAN (Reuters) - Some 350 reformist intellectuals urged Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Tuesday to end repression and free political prisoners, saying the Islamic Republic must choose between democracy and despotism.
The politicians, academics, activists and lawyers said Khamenei, Iran's most powerful figure, should overhaul the hard-line judiciary and conservative institutions that have blocked much of moderate President Mohammad Khatami's reforms.
Around a dozen journalists have been arrested since violent protests last month and one Canadian photographer died after being detained. Some 4,000 were arrested during the student unrest in which slogans targeted both hard-liners and reformers.
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