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Students and authorities clash in Iran (UPDATE)

Iran Materials 16 February 2011 14:34 (UTC +04:00)

Details added (the first version was posted at 13:18)

A clash occurred between students and representatives of the Basij group (Volunteer revolutionists) at mourning ceremony of a Kurdish student, who died as a result of rallies held in Tehran on Feb.14 in support of the peoples of Egypt and Tunisia

Opposition Leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi called on the Iranian people to speak in support of the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia. During the rally held on Feb.14, two people died from bullet wounds.

The Iranian news agency Irna reported that a student of the Tehran University of Arts, Sane Jaleh was killed by People Mojaheed Organization. Jaleh was a member of the Basij and ardent supporter of Ahmadinejad.

However, the opposition website kaleme.com demonstrated Jaleh's photos taken during the campaign of Mousavi, and next to opposition representative Ayatollah Montazeri.

The Iranian authorities have decided to bury Jale in front of the Tehran University of Arts. Kaleme.com reported that now hundreds of members of the Basij gathered at the university and a clash occurred between them and students.

Mohammad Mokhtari also was killed during the demonstrations on Feb.14.

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