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Laylaz's imprisonment drew international attention and protest from NGOs.
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and was arrested as part of a general crackdown during the
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292:"Iran bans pro-reform business daily"
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352:. Human Rights Watch. 19 June 2009
321:"Raw Data: Economist Saeed Laylaz"
146:2009 Iranian presidential election
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268:from the original on 9 March 2016
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371:Angela Charlton (21 June 2009).
290:Fredrik Dahl (2 November 2009).
226:Borzou Daragahi (1 April 2010).
192:Committee to Protect Journalists
76:Executives of Construction Party
16:Iranian economist and journalist
1783:Iranian prisoners and detainees
167:husband-and-wife team, editor
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1163:Mohammad Seddigh Kaboudvand
605:Political prisoners in Iran
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350:"Iran: Halt the Crackdown"
323:. Fox News. 17 June 2009.
134:Shahid Beheshti University
58:Shahid Beheshti University
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736:Amir Khosrow Dalirsani
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184:prisoner of conscience
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1519:Mohammad-Reza Khatami
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986:Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi
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49:Economist, journalist
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1444:Seyyed Ebrahim Amini
1214:Mohammad Ali Dadkhah
1048:Bahman Ahmadi Amouee
741:Dhabihu'llah Mahrami
676:Amir Abbas Fakhravar
661:Mahmudali Chehregani
169:Bahman Ahmadi Amouee
1778:Iranian journalists
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1676:Mahmoud Dowlatabadi
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1363:Mohammad-Taqi Bahar
1358:Mehdi Akhavan-Sales
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903:Amir Emad Mirmirani
831:Ghasem Sholeh-Saadi
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553:Editor-in-Chief of
158:widespread protests
154:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
150:Mir Hossein Mousavi
116:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
1773:Iranian economists
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1671:Najaf Daryabandari
1509:Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
1439:Mohammad Atrianfar
1429:Abbas Amir-Entezam
1234:Mohammad Seifzadeh
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691:Ali-Asghar Gharavi
567:Mohammad Ghouchani
547:Mohammad Ghouchani
188:Human Rights Watch
152:. After President
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1178:Heshmat Tabarzadi
1068:Abdolali Bazargan
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924:Ali Akbar Heidari
877:Hengameh Ghaziani
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686:Parvaneh Forouhar
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379:on 3 January 2013
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182:designated him a
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1454:Jila Baniyaghoob
1424:Shahrbanoo Amani
1414:Mohsen Aminzadeh
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1103:Elaheh Mohammadi
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1017:Mahnaz Mohammadi
898:Atena Farghadani
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