Iranian Elections

The names of the dead?

Evan Hill | June 16, 2009 3:29 AM | 0 | recommend (0) |   |      

U.TV, a Guardian-owned enterprise in the United Kingdom, reports for the first time the names of some of the dead in Iran:

"The Guardian understands that five students may also have died in clashes at Tehran University early on Sunday. The students - named as Fatemeh Barati, Kasra Sharafi, Mobina Ehterami, Kambiz Shoaee and Mohsen Imani - are believed to have been buried today in Behesht-e-Zahra, a famous cemetery in Tehran, reportedly without their families being informed."

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