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Iran Flares Up Again

A decade before the massive demonstrations of the last month, a young Iranian became a symbol of student protests—and spent years in prison for it. Ahmad Batebi, now 32 and living in Washington, talks to The Daily Beast’s Reza Aslan on the 10th anniversary of the uprising known as 18 Tir.

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