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Iran Protest News: July 30, 2009

Iran police beat opposition sympathizers at graveside memorial
— “Iranian police have used force at a Tehran cemetery to stop crowds rallying at the grave of a protester Neda Agha-Soltan who died in demonstrations after the disputed presidential election”
Iran police arrest mourners in cemetery memorial

(Iran) Arshin Adib-Moghaddam says Iranian protesters fighting for “Islamic Republic”
— regarding Martin Amis, “He should note that the protesters are shouting Allah-u-Akbar”

(Iran) Francis Fukuyama’s on Iran’s future: evolve towards “supreme court that could pass judgment on the consistency of legislation with Shariah”
— states Noah Feldman’s view of Sharia law is for “respected Islamic rules of justice — Islamic rule of law”