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Iran moderates reach out to opposition

By Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran

Published: January 11 2010 17:30 | Last updated: January 11 2010 17:30

Moderate supporters of Iran’s regime are reaching towards a compromise with the opposition by sacrificing the hardline fundamentalist who served as Teh­ran’s prosecutor-general.

A parliamentary committee has publicly blamed Saeed Mortazavi, an ally of Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, the president, for the deaths of a least three prisoners in a detention centre.

Saeed Mortazavi

A parliamentary committee has publicly blamed Saeed Mortazavi for the deaths of at least three prisoners in a detention centre

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