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340:افشای نام بازداشتگاهی در عمق زمین ومخوف تر از 209 اوین
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were two of the prisoners reported to have died from
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903:Worth, Robert F. (December 20, 2009).
675:Fletcher, Martin (November 18, 2009).
399:from the original on December 21, 2021
308:دستور تعطیلی گوانتاناموی ایران صادر شد
93:disputed presidential election in 2009
1231:Execution of Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani
343:(in Persian). Peik Net. July 30, 2007
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573:وقایع کهریزک، جنایت علیه بشریت
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219:Closure and investigations
1272:Kahrizak Detention Center
1262:The Green Scroll Campaign
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1181:Timeline of the protests
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1257:The Green Path of Hope
1252:Iranian Green Movement
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1104:and subsequent events
980:. September 14, 2016
664:. September 1, 2009.
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1117:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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512:. August 13, 2009.
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193:Mir-Hossein Mousavi
177:Ramin Pourandarjani
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