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| | Iran liberals beaten up as poll nears | International | The Observer |
 | | In the most graphic example, Behzad Nabavi, a former parliamentary speaker, was beaten bloody as he tried to address a meeting in the holy city of Qom, the headquarters of the country's leading Islamic clergymen. |
 | | Nabavi, a prominent member of the Islamic Revolution Mojahedin Organisation, was heckled then attacked by religious extremists as he tried to give a speech in support of Mostafa Moein, the leading reformist candidate. |
 | | Mohsen Armin, a former reformist MP and member of Nabavi's group, complained to the Interior Ministry after hecklers broke up one of his meetings in Boroujerd, in southern Iran. |
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