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May 15, 2007


Cartoon Leads to Suppression in Iran

This political story has a compelling take on news that authorities have arrested students from Amirkabir University of Technology involved with the publication of a cartoon featuring Ayatollah Khamenei: the cartoon of the country's Supreme Leader may not have been a worry as much as being a convenient excuse to kneecap the growing student movement at one of its campus strong points.
 
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