Thursday, September 10, 2009

ran Closes Office of Defeated Presidential Candidate

ran Closes Office of Defeated Presidential Candidate

By Jessica Desvarieux
Cairo
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Iran's judiciary has shut down the office of defeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi. The pro-reform cleric came in fourth place in the disputed June presidential election. But post-election he angered conservative hardliners over controversial claims that opposition protesters were abused and raped while detained in Iranian prisons.

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