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'Beautiful message for a better future': Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami backs anti-govt protests – Firstpost
FirstpostKhatami, a reformist who served as Iran’s president from 1997 to 2005. He was barred from appearing in the media after mass protests were triggered by the disputed 2009 re-election of former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has voiced support for the protest movement sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death, describing as “beautiful” its main slogan – “Woman, life, freedom”. The 79-year-old described the slogan “Woman, life, freedom” – the main chant heard at the protests – as “a beautiful message that shows movement towards a better future”. “Freedom and security must not be placed against each other,” he said in a statement quoted by ISNA news agency Tuesday, on the eve of Students’ Day. Norway-based non-governmental organisation Iran Human Rights said on 29 November that at least 448 people had been “killed by security forces in the ongoing nationwide protests”.
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