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Zitat:Iran police break up pro-democracy demo
Sunday, September 26, 2004 - ©2004 IranMania.com
London, Sept 26 (IranMania) - Iranian police on Sunday broke up a demonstration for increased freedoms outside Tehran university apparently inspired by calls from a US-based opposition television, the student agency ISNA and witnesses reported.
"People gathered around 4.30 pm (1200 GMT) in front of Tehran university's main entrance shouting slogans and handing out flowers and sweets," the news agency said.
"These people are obviously under the influence of the Iranian opposition based abroad," added the report, in an apparent reference to anti-regime satellite television channels broadcast into Iran.
Witnesses confirmed that hundreds of people had gathered in front of the university shouting pro-freedom slogans.
The report said the gathering was broken up by police, but there was no suggestion that any violent clashes took place.
According to AFP, an AFP reporter who toured the area around the university later in the evening reported heavy traffic but no sign of any fresh gatherings.
Security forces could be seen maintaining a discreet presence around the campus, an area that has in recent years been the focal point for often violent pro-democracy and anti-regime demostrations.
Details of the protest and comments from one protestor suggested the gathering was inspired by a US-based Iranian exile and opposition television personality, Ahura Pirouz Khaleghi, who appears on the Rangharangh satellite channel.
Satellite television is banned in the Islamic republic but the restrictions are flouted by millions of home owners.
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