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Iran toughens crackdown

By NASSER KARIMI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: December 30, 2009 at 5:51 a.m.

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian security forces intensified their crackdown on antigovernment activists Tuesday, arresting relatives of the country’s Nobel laureate and the main opposition leader and limiting the movement of another top opposition leader.

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