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IRANIAN STUDENTS SENTENCED TO JAIL.

Nine students from Ilam University have received jail sentences after a closed-door trial, ILNA reported on 30 July. Six of the students received three-year sentences for insulting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, two received one-year sentences for unspecified reasons, and a third student received an 18-month sentence for acting against national security. BS

source RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 7, No. 145, Part III, 1 August 2003

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This sh#t has to stop. (pardon my #)