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09/07/2013 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Iran Student Protest

The Iranian student who became an unwitting symbol of the anti-government protests in 1999

In July 1999, students in Iran took to the streets demanding reform. At the time it was the largest anti government protest since the Islamic revolution. We hear the story of one student who became an unwitting symbol of the protest movement.

(Photo: Ahmad Batebi holds up a T-shirt belonging to an injured friend, Tehran, July 12, 1999. Credit: Reuters)

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