CBC News July 30: On-scene report: Iranian police shut down memorial

Iranian police fired tear gas and used batons to disperse thousands of anti-government protesters holding a memorial Thursday in a Tehran cemetery for victims of post-election violence, according to witnesses and state television. Some mourners chanted, "Neda is alive; Ahmadinejad is dead," referring to Neda Agha Soltan, who was shot to death during protests on June 20, and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whom electoral authorities declared the winner by a landslide in the June 12 elections....

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