Release Ordered For Iran Protesters
Reuters
Thursday, August 7, 2003; Page A14
TEHRAN, Aug. 6 -- Tehran's public prosecutor today ordered the immediate release of nine students jailed during pro-democracy protests in June and July, the official IRNA news agency said.
Judiciary officials have said that 4,000 people were arrested in the student-led demonstrations against Iran's clerical leaders. More than half of those arrested were quickly released but legislators said this week that at least 30 students were being held in Tehran's Evin prison.
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