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    More Reports of Violent Clashes in Iran

    There are reports today of more bloody repression on the streets of Tehran. In a cell-phone conversation, a 20-something student told CNN's Ivan Watson that "security forces are shooting on people…this was a massacre…they were beating people so they would die…you should stop this, you should help the people of Iran who demand freedom."

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

    There are reports today of more bloody repression on the streets of Tehran. In a cell-phone conversation, a 20-something student told CNN's Ivan Watson that "security forces are shooting on people…this was a massacre…they were beating people so they would die…you should stop this, you should help the people of Iran who demand freedom." Kevin Sullivan is the foreign editor of the Washington Post.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Sonya Geis

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      Kevin Sullivan

      Washington Post

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    President Obama and the Effort to Find Common Ground
    1. 0:00More Reports of Violent Clashes in IranYou’re reading this
    2. 7:38President Obama and the Effort to Find Common Ground
    3. 42:31South Carolina Governor Turns up in Argentina
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