Tuesday, July 12, 2005

More Photos from Tehran

Yahoo News: More Photos from today's demonstration in Tehran.



An Iranian protester holds up a placard that says 'Infidelity does not overthrow a regime, Suppression does' during a demonstration in support of reformist journalist Akbar Ganji in Tehran, July 12, 2005. Iranian police beat dozens of protesters with batons on Tuesday at a demonstration to call for the release of Iran's most prominent jailed journalist. REUTERS


Iranians hold up a picture and placards in support of jailed journalist Akbar Ganji, an outspoken critic of the Islamic state's clerical leadership, during a protest gathering in front of Tehran University July 12, 2005. Iranian police beat dozens of protesters with batons on Tuesday at a demonstration to call for the release of Iran's most prominent jailed journalist. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl


Iranian women, hold posters, in support of Iran's leading investigative journalist, Akbar Ganji, shown in the picture, who is jailed for articles linking government officials to murder, during a demonstration, outside Tehran University, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 12, 2005. Ganji was jailed in 2000 after his probe of the murders of five dissidents by Intelligence Ministry agents. Ganji had probed the murders of five political dissidents in the fall of 1998, which the Intelligence Ministry later blamed on 'rogue agents'. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)