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A demonstration against the Iranian govt. in New York City on July 30 |
TEHRAN Saturday, (AFP) – Around 100 people accused of rioting after the disputed re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were put on trial in a Tehran revolutionary court on Saturday, the Fars news agency said.
Among those in the dock were prominent reformists and supporters of opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi and aides of former reformist president Mohammad Khatami.
The leading reformists on trial were Behzad Nabavi, a top member of the Islamic Republic Mujahedeen Organisation, Mohammad Atrianfar, prominent member of Executives of Construction, and Mohammad Ali Abtahi, a member of the Assembly of Combatant Clerics.Nabavi was also the deputy speaker of parliament during the Khatami government, while Abtahi was vice president in charge of parliamentary affairs during Khatami's tenure.
Another top accused was Abdollah Ramezanzadeh, Khatami's former spokesman from 1997 to 2005. |