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Iranian reformist presidential candidate and former parliament speaker, Mehdi Karroubi, holds a press conference in Tehran on June 9, 2009
Wednesday, Feb. 09, 2011

Open quoteIf they are not going to allow their own people to protest, it goes against everything they are saying.Close quote

  • MEHDI KARROUBI,
  • an Iranian opposition leader, saying that a Tehran demonstration planned for next week will be a test for Iran's government, which is painting the protests in Cairo and elsewhere as part of its Islamic revolution
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