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STING SLAMS IRAN OVER HUMAN RIGHTS

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Sting is calling for release of political prisoners in Iran

Saturday August 8,2009

British rock singer Sting is calling for the release of political prisoners in Iran in criticism of the country's human rights violations.

He called on Iran to release prominent Iranian-American academic Kian Tajbakhsh.

Iranian authorities arrested Mr Tajbakhsh for the second time in recent years last month amid a crackdown following disputed June 12 presidential elections.

Sting urged Iranians to speak out against the government's "system of political repression and human rights violation".


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