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Ebadi warns: Iran situation now critical

Global Arab Network - - Adam Turner

Thursday, 30 July 2009 15:26

As pressure mounts on Iran’s rulers after the country’s disputed election, Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi tells Lindsey Hilsum (channel4) that what is happening in her country is much worse than before.

Cracks are emerging among Iran's conservatives over the treatment of the thousands of protesters and opposition figures arrested and imprisoned.

There is growing pressure on President Ahmadinejad after Iran’s supreme leader ordered the closure of one of Iran's prisons following the death of a prominent conservative's son in detention.

Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has called for a nationwide vigil tomorrow for those killed in the unrest that followed the election.

Iranian human rights lawyer and Nobel peace prize laureate Shirin Ebadi speaks to Lindsey Hilsum about the treatment of prisoners held in the wake of the recent protests in Iran. (channel4-UK)

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