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Three More Iranian Protesters Set Themselves on Fire

HeadlineJun 20, 2003

Three more Iranians set themselves on fire yesterday to protest the French government’s arrest of 158 members of the Mojahedin People’s Movement of Iran. On Thursday a man set himself on fire in the Swiss city of Bern. Two others set themselves alight in front of the French Embassy in Rome.

On Wednesday three other protesters set themselves on fire in France and another did so in London.

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