Published on 01:04 AM, August 18, 2017
Iran reform leader on hunger strike
Afp, Tehran
Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, under house arrest for the past six years, was hospitalised yesterday after going on hunger strike to demand a trial, his family told local media. Karroubi, 79, and fellow reformist leader Mir Hossein Mousavi were candidates in Iran's disputed 2009 presidential election.
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