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Alain Chandelier

Tehran blames 'terrorists' for deaths of demonstrators in Iran

Iran's chief coroner has laid the blame for the deaths of demonstrators in Iran on what he said were "terrorists," claiming forensic examinations revealed victims whose "throats had been slit" and others shot at close range with hunting shotguns.

Detailing a series of killings during a Supreme Judicial Council meeting, Abbas Masjedi-Arani, head of Iran's Legal Medicine Organisation, said a large number of victims were killed with knives and double-barrelled shotguns.

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