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Math Nerd Invokes Tank Man

Radley Balko | 11.4.2009 12:01 PM


Encouraging story from Iran, where star math student Mahmoud Vahidnia confronted Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on national television last week, challenging Khamenei on free press, free expression, and the crackdown on last summer's protests.

More encouraging, a week later Vahinia appears to remain not only alive, but free from a jail cell.

Radley Balko is a journalist at The Washington Post.

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