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    Another Protest Crushed in Tehran

    More than 1000 demonstrators were met with tear gas and beatings today in Tehran as violence continued in the aftermath if last month's contested elections. Borzou Daragahi, Middle East correspondent for the Los Angeles Times , recently left Iran for Beirut, Lebanon.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    More than 1000 demonstrators were met with tear gas and beatings today in Tehran as violence continued in the aftermath if last month's contested elections. Borzou Daragahi, Middle East correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, recently left Iran for Beirut, Lebanon.

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    With Unemployment at 9.5 Percent, Is the Stimulus Working?
    1. 0:00Another Protest Crushed in TehranYou’re reading this
    2. 7:34With 7 Million Unemployed, Is the Stimulus Working?
    3. 43:03Ethnic Tensions in China
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