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Rights Group Slams Iran Crackdown on Activists
[AFP] The government of Iranian President Ahmadinejad has stepped up a crackdown on students, unionists and teachers in the past months, Nobel winner Shirin Ebadi's Center for the Defenders of Human Rights said Monday in Tehran. "The crackdown on political activists intensified in summer and the number of detainees increased," its report said.