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DATE=7/20/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-251972
TITLE=IRANIAN DEMONSTRATION (L ONLY)
BYLINE=ANNIE LU
DATELINE=NEW YORK
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
(VOICED BY LARRY FREUND) 
INTRO:   MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE GATHERED NEAR UNITED NATIONS 
HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK TODAY (TUESDAY) IN SUPPORT OF THE RECENT
STUDENT PROTESTS IN IRAN.  V-O-A'S ANNIE LU REPORTS FROM NEW 
YORK.  
TEXT:                   /// DEMONSTRATION ACT ///
IRANIANS LIVING IN THE NEW YORK CITY-AREA HELD A PEACEFUL 
DEMONSTRATION NEAR THE UNITED NATIONS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS 
PROTESTING IN IRAN, THE DEMONSTRATORS SAID, FOR THEIR RIGHT OF 
FREEDOM. 
ORGANIZER KURDOSH KALHOR (KOO-RUSH KAHL-HOR) SAID PEOPLE JOINED 
THE RALLY TO DECLARE THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE IRANIAN REGIME AND 
TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR THOSE IRANIAN STUDENTS WHO HAVE ASKED 
THE GOVERNMENT TO REFORM. MR. KALHOR SAID THE DEMONSTRATION WAS 
ALSO CALLED TO ASK THE UNITED NATIONS TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE 
CURRENT SITUATION IN IRAN.
                       /// KALHOR ACT ///
         AT THE PRESENT TIME, BASED ON THE LATEST NEWS THAT WE 
         HAVE, THERE ARE MORE THAN FOUR THOUSAND STUDENTS IN JAIL
         IN IRAN.  THE LEADERS OF THESE STUDENTS, UNDER TORTURE, 
         HAVE MADE CERTAIN STATEMENTS (SO) THAT WE BELIEVE THEY 
         HAVE BEEN EXECUTED BY NOW.  WE WANT THE UNITED NATIONS 
         TO SUPPORT THE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN IRAN. THAT IS 
         WHY WE ARE HERE.
                         /// END ACT ///
THE DEMONSTRATORS SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT DURING THE PAST 20 
YEARS, THE FUNDAMENTALIST DICTATORSHIP OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF
IRAN HAS DELIVERED NOTHING BUT FEAR, HORROR, DEPRIVATION AND 
TERRORISM BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.  ONE WOMAN IN 
THE GROUP, ZARI KHALAJ (ZAH-REE HAH-LAHDG), SAID THE IRANIAN 
GOVERNMENT HAS FORCED MANY PEOPLE LIKE HER OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
                       /// KHALAJ ACT ///
         WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THE IRANIAN STUDENTS. IT IS 20 
         YEARS.  WE ARE ALL OVER THE WORLD BECAUSE WE HAVE NO 
         HOME.
                         /// END ACT ///
ORGANIZERS OF THE RALLY SAID IT WAS ALSO CALLED TO ENCOURAGE 
INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY IN IRAN. (SIGNED)
NEB/NY/ACL/LSF/PT
20-Jul-99 3:23 PM EDT (1923 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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