‘Death to Dictators’: Iranian Protesters Defy Gov’t as Security Fires Tear Gas
- Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:36am by
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TEHRAN, Iran (The Blaze/AP) — Clashes between Iranian police and tens of thousands of protesters wracked central Tehran on Monday with security forces beating and firing tear gas at opposition supporters looking to evoke Egypt’s recent popular uprising.
The opposition called for a demonstration Monday in solidarity with Egypt’s popular revolt that a few days earlier forced the president there to resign after nearly 30 years in office. The rally is the first major show of strength for Iran’s cowed opposition in more than a year.
Police used tear gas against the protesters in central Tehran’s Enghelab, or Revolution, square and in Imam Hossein square, as well as in other nearby main streets. Demonstrators responded by setting garbage cans on fire to protect themselves from the stinging white clouds.
“We support you Mousavi,” some of the demonstrators chanted, referring to prominent opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi who was put under house arreste ahead of the rallies. “An Iranian dies but doesn’t accept humiliation“ and ”Death to the dictator,” they said, referring to hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Security forces on motorcycles could also be seen chasing protesters through the streets, according to eyewitnesses.
Foreign media are banned from covering street protests in Iran.
Following the announcements by the opposition that they would attempt to hold a new rally in soldarity with the Egypt uprising, Iran’s security forces cut phone lines and blockaded the home of an opposition leader in attempts to stop him attending the planned rally.
Police and militiamen poured onto the streets of Tehran to challenge the marches, which officials worry could turn into demonstrations against Iran’s ruling system.
The security clampdown is reminiscent of the backlash that crushed a wave of massive protests after Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election in June 2009. But opposition supporters revived a tactic from the unrest, shouting “Allahu Akbar,” or God is Great, from rooftops and balconies into the early hours Monday in a sign of defiance toward Iran’s leadership.
The reformist website kaleme.com said police stationed several cars in front of the home of Mir Hossein Mousavi ahead of the demonstration called for Monday in central Tehran.
Mousavi and fellow opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi have been under house arrest since last week after they asked the government for permission to hold a rally on Feb. 14 in support of the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.
On Sunday, the opposition renewed its call to supporters to rally, and accused the government of hypocrisy by voicing support for the Egyptian and Tunisian uprisings while refusing to allow Iranian political activists to stage a peaceful demonstration.
“These elements are fully aware of the illegality of their demand and know that they won’t get permission for revolt,” Interior Ministry official Mahdi Alikhani was quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying late Sunday.
Esmaeil Gerami Moghaddam, spokesman for Karroubi’s National Confidence Party, countered on the party‘s website that under Iran’s constitution there is no need for government permission to hold a peaceful rally.
Across central Tehran, riot police, many on motorbikes, fanned out to prevent any demonstration, witnesses said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of fears of reprisals from authorities.
The uprising in Egypt opened a rare chance for the political gambit by Iran’s opposition.
Ahmadinejad claimed the Egyptians who toppled President Hosni Mubarak took inspiration from Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, which brought down a Western-backed monarchy. Iran‘s opposition movement used the comments to push the government into a corner and request permission to march in support of Egypt’s protesters.
Iranian officials quickly backpedaled and said no pro-Egypt rallies were allowed – bringing sharp criticism from the White House and others.
On Thursday, White House national security spokesman Tommy Vietor said: “For all of its empty talk about Egypt, the government of Iran should allow the Iranian people the same universal right to peacefully assemble and demonstrate in Tehran that the people are exercising in Cairo.”
Karroubi and Mousavi have compared the unrest in Egypt and Tunisia with their own postelection protest movement. Mousavi said Iran’s demonstrations were the starting point but that all the uprisings aimed at ending the “oppression of the rulers.”
Turkish President Abdullah Gul, who is on a visit to Iran, urged governments in the Middle East to listen to the demands of their people.
“When leaders and heads of countries do not pay attention to the demands of their nations, the people themselves take action to achieve their demands,” IRNA quoted Gul as saying Monday.
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians peacefully took to the streets in support of Mousavi after the June 2009 vote, claiming Ahmadinejad was re-elected through massive vote fraud.
A heavy government crackdown suppressed the protests. The opposition has not been able to hold a major protest since December 2009.
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Comments (122)
thebertmanlives
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:59pm@etetetet
Report Post »Thanx for the list of REAL American Patriots. I will continue to have their backs while the BeckCult forms the circular firing squad.
etetetet
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 1:03pmHave their backs – how do you propose doing that when you can’t ever provide facts AND let a Blazer get into some dialouge with you on the topic at hand. What, you going to hire a Conservative Blazer to watch their backs – because they’ll do it with facts.
Report Post »etetetet
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 1:11pmEven your idiot god of media Mr. Tingle Up my pants” actually told the truth here:
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdgF4C5PjTo
ransto62
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:58pmAnybody who needs a wake-up call about there presdident…go to youtube type in ( Dr.Alan Keyes..Obama Radical Communist Destory America)……make your eyes shoot out blood
Report Post »Thighmaster
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:58pmHow a government responds to a peaceful demonstration speaks volumes of the existing government. Some use tear gas, some use tanks while others hire thugs to creat chaos. Ours simply ignores us or buses in the SEIU to disrupt…
Report Post »getalong
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 5:34pmObama is already preparing his SEIU troops, ie: Youth Corp, to riot in the streets. No doubt, we will see those purple shirts in the streets outside voting boths come 2012. Unfortunately, there will be twice as many red/white/blue shirts and, hopefully, poll watchers at every voting place.
Report Post »thebertmanlives
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:37pm@etetetet
Report Post »Fellow dinnerjackets and Wannabe American Patriots.
You are ****** in the wind. The only reason you don‘t see more Free thinkers here is because they don’t want to pad HerrBeck’s wallet more than you have.
And now a word from Goldline.
The American
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:51pmAhhh, more name calling from the “enlightened one”! I think I hear your mom calling you!
Report Post »suzpenn
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:37pmSay something Mr. President, after all this could be your sputnik moment?
Report Post »suzpenn
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:36pmWhere’s our Bagdad Bob in Chief, come on you subversive sob, say something. Still dreamin‘ of those high speed trains to nowheresville while demolishing America’s energy independence? How’s that kickback of $ 2 Billion for Soros (your white master) via Brazil‘s Petrobras workin’ out for you. Hell, ya think that money could have been better spent creating American jobs here? What an anti- colonialist, globalist, marxist, loser. . the most dangerous, tyrannical, and corrupt Prez evah!
Report Post »reckless
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:31pmObama has a problem on his hands. He is fully supportive of a democratic revolt against leaders who are allies of the US. How will he handle a call for a democratic uprising against a leadership who is openly antagonistic towards the US, especially when those calling for a new government are more likely to be friendly to the west?
Report Post »Watch and learn America.
DarKangelAZRAEL
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:13pmHERE! HERE!!! This one is right on the nose. You want to see a little peak into the soul and true intentions of our “American Messiah” Obummer then just watch how he handles this mess. Reagan would have already given a VERY UNILATERAL and almost STRONG speech about Iran. Wow Obummer really does love and mirror Reagan.
Report Post »DarKangelAZRAEL
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 12:14pmDidn’t mean ALMOST strong. I was going to say spiteful speech as far as Iran would take it. Anyhow you get the gist.
Report Post »entropy
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:24pmSomebody enlighten me. Does THEBERTMANLIVES have a problem with skewering tyranical dictators or what? Or is he some kind of commie loving progressive troll? I bet he voted for Obama.
Report Post »etetetet
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:35pmsee my post under his
Report Post »thebertmanlives
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:50pmThanx for the stereotype so let me enlighten you, Akmadinnerjacket(yes,I like that one) is a scumbag who will get his due. My grandfather was a card carrying commie(I’m not) who gave a leg in WW2 so you wouldn’t HAVE to be speaking German right now and went on to campaign for unions so you might have a chance at a living wage. But hey, Just keep spoutin what HerrBeck has trained you to do.
Report Post »thebertmanlives
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:55pmOops, Forgot this one. After 8 years of the Bush Error, How could you NOT vote for Obama. Case in point, Where’s Bin Laden. Sorry Righties but you lost me there.
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 1:20pmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAA
BERTMAN thinks he is better of now
than he was 4 years ago
Report Post »WTDAYTA
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 4:55pmBirdCrap, you really are a tool . . . of the commie left. And you fool nobody. That’s the first thing you commiecrats do . . throw out some phony, misleading bolognia about how you or some member of your family is a true “battle tested” patriot. Remember this one ” I’m John Kerry and I served in Vietnam”. Yea and then turned traitor on all your fellow soldiers and your country. Or, ‘ I’m John Murtha, and I was a war hero but I think this new group of soldiers are baby killers and murderers because I hate their leader Bush’. First of all what does your grandfather have to do with you other than the mistake his son or daughter made? Once more you are just a TOOL.
Report Post »HOCKEYHAWK216
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:21pmAm I missing something here, or is this the unofficial BUSH DOCTORIN taking hold: That people everywhere — Tunisia, Egypt, Iran — inherently just want to be free from oppresssion and control their own destiny as best as possible?
Report Post »thebertmanlives
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:28pmSorry, The Bush Doctrine is posted on the wall at the local Al-Qaeda recruiting office.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:46pmHow do you know about the local al-Qaeda office? You’ve been there, Bertboy? Obama sent you for a two-week training program before you started your trolling here?
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 1:16pmThats not the Bush doctrine BERT
thats your Mama’s phone number
Report Post »SoCalOilMan
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 1:40pmBertman: “Oops, Forgot this one. After 8 years of the Bush Error, How could you NOT vote for Obama. Case in point, Where’s Bin Laden. Sorry Righties but you lost me”
How’s that immediate Guantanamo close down going for ya? So far only Berkley has offered up space to any of those “innocent goat farmers”.
Sorry Bertman, but you lost me.
Report Post »eileen for freedom liberty
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:21pm2012 – ‘BACK TO THE FUTURE’!
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A note to all Iranian people…‘we’ the American people…the ‘real’ American people salute you for standing up and speaking out!
Never, ever give in and never, ever give up! Only you can save your great historical land…only you can take the power and return it to the people!
“We” the people are fighting back in America…for just the same reasons…freedom and liberty…and we will never, ever stop…ever and neither should you!!
~~~
SAY ‘NO’ TO THE COLLINS/LEIBERMAN INTERNET ‘KILL SWITCH’!
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/as-egypt-goes-offline-us-gets-internet-kill-switch-bill-ready-20110131-1aah3.html
Call/email/write your State Reps and tell them NO to silencing America!
http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml
SEND THIS INFO TO YOUR FRIENDS/FAMILY!
Report Post »EZDOZIT
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:10pmThe Iranians want to be like us.Iraq and a free Iran could be our only hope of stopping the radicals from taking over the Middle East.We need to support them “now” Obama!
Report Post »Katayno
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:16pmAmen….if Obama fails…we all know where his loyalty lies, and it is not for Israel.
Report Post »thebertmanlives
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:05pmThe Mighty Obama speaks and Dictators FALL!
Report Post »The Inept Bush speaks and people THROW shoes at him.
Katayno
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:13pmOh really….guess Obama wanted Iran to stay under the bigger shoe of Ahmadinejad…the guy with the big nuke.
Report Post »etetetet
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:24pmFellow Blazers and American Patriots:
To help you decide if you want to waste the oxygen to reply to any of the following liberal trolls, this is the current list Ranked by most stupid seniority first (my apologies to all the stupid people):
When you ask any of them to provide FACTS to support their viewpoints, to try and get some decent dialogue shaped on the topic at hand, they almost never do, or they just spew out some other incoherent thought(s) – so your choice of course – ignore their factless puking of thoughts, or try to educate them:
ENCINOM
KILLA FROM WASILLA
TECHENGINEER11
BECKISNUTS
THEBERTMANLIVES
EXPOSEJOSE
ABC
TEA BAG PATRIOT
13THGENERAITIONAMERICAN
TIMM84
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THE_ANCIENT
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MIDDLECLASSPROPHET
MAREECLAIRE
BRAWNDO1958
AKMIIKEUS
PATRIOTDAZE
WALKWITHME1966 (misguided)
Stupid people
VANGRUNGY (potential)
RED MEAT (potential)
PUBLIUSPENCILMAN (can have good dialogue if he/she chooses)
BROKER101 (can have good dialogue if he/she chooses)
There will always be new names of course. Several of these are the same person.
Report Post »etetetet
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:32pmClarification: because I’m sure some idiot from the left (I know, that is a redudant statement) will pick on my use of the word “and” should read “Fellow Blazers /American Patriots” because from everything I’ve read, the true Blazers with conservative perspectives are the true Americans. Those on the left want to destroy our America, the Constitution, and everything that God allowed to be put in place by our founding fathers.
Report Post »AnOregonian
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:04pmThe dynamics of Iran are much different than Egypt. Similar protests will not be met with similar results
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:16pmVery true.
But this is the 2nd time in less than two years that masses of Iranians have attempted to overthrow their despotic gov’t.
This time they have an international wind at their backs…
May the Persian People have courage and spines of steel. They will be met with slaughter by the wretched regime…but they CAN DO IT!
death to the dictator!
Report Post »(no, not like the bolsheviks, bertman)
BoilitDown
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:03pmLet’s see if Obama has the stones to treat Iranian protesters the same way he did the Egyptians.
Report Post »inexiletill2012
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:03pmHmmmmm……
Our “Friends” are told to leave office
Yet we are silent on the government protests of our enemys……….
Where is the United States on the Iran issue………(silence is golden? )
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:00pmI wish Jimmy Carter would go to Iran with Code Pink and try to rally them up. LOL
Go ahead, Jimmy…..remember, they want to d i a l o g ……really, you’ll be safe.
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:10pmAnd Jimmy, take BHO and VP Gaff with you. You can apologize and talk things out if you like. House Speaker will look after things while you’re gone!!
Report Post »felina g
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:19pm“Homes for Radicals” program…………….
Report Post »entropy
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:55amI hope the Iranian people drag those scumbags out and skewer them alive.
Report Post »thebertmanlives
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:03pmJust like the Bolsheviks? Wow didn’t know you had so much in common.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:39pmThey just need to be hanged. Like Hussein… Saddam Hussein, that is.
Report Post »simple thought
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:55amball’s in your court obama, are ya just gonna sit on it, or take it home and not play.
Report Post »Freedom1984
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 1:11pmOr ask your neo-colonial daddy what to do?
Report Post »constitutionaldirective
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:54amBut, but.. Ahkmydinnerjacket said.. but Oblabba said… no wait……. BWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA.. … SILLY DICTATORS!! What goes around WILL come around.. and bit you on the butt!
Report Post »usa2stay
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:54amMaybe if WE support these BRAVE Iranians, we can get a little 1979 payback satisfaction. The World will be much better of if “I’ma Nut Jog” is removed from power.
Report Post »Freedom1984
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:53amBO, needs Soros and his cronies to tell him what to do about this. He has no clue otherwise. He is just a clown anyway. A scary clown, but a clown.
Report Post »Katayno
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:51amAytollah and ratty looking Prez of Iran think what happened in Egypt is soooo wonderful….but they’re next.
Report Post »And Obama better support this one. Iran would definately become more secular/Democratic if there were a revolt because the Iranian youth have more favorable view of the West… ….but the verdicdt is still out for Egypt.
Freedom1984
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:54amBO is probably playing “rock, paper, scissors” to see what his move should be.
Report Post »danieljersey
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:45pmIf Obama wants Iran to change then he needs to stay out it and remain silent. Anyone who has studied Iran-US relations will tell you that the minute the US actively supports a protest (there have been several over the years) it provides the Iranian government “evidence” that the protest are not the will of the Iranian people but in fact caused by the “Great Satan.”
If really you want to see a free Iran then pray the Obama and ALL other elected officials keep their mouths shut.
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 1:15pmIn that case, expect interference.
Report Post »RodT82721
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:47amThis is what happens when you mix communications with human rights. People everywhere do want to be free!
Report Post »kindling
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:13pmThis is wonderful. I believe Obama had something to do with what is going on in Egypt but did not see this coming. I hope all people living under tyranny will rise up and squash the elite that enslave them. I wish them their own form of freedom.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:27pmWow, Kindling, you ain’t noticed the strait-jacket being placed on us?
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:46amIm ordering my halloween Dictator costume right now.
Soon there wont be any left
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:49amWhich one are you going as?
Report Post »Katayno
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:52amAll you would need is a rat mask. That Imadinnerjacket look like a big rat.
Report Post »RUN-FOREST-RUN
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:54amBeen looking for moammar ,cant find one any where
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 1:43pmTo the freedom lovers in Iran, God Bless You! I hope you get the freedom you want. Our government may not support you, but many of us in the USA know what you’re going through and support your efforts to gain that freedom from a dictatorship. Learn from what you’ve lived through and know things can be better if you work at it. Help save the middle east from all dictators. Be free.
Report Post »jbl8199
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 3:46pmThey’re already out of Obama masks.
Report Post »robertbennet
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:41amWhere is OBAMA on this Issue ?
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:43amOn the golf course probably Robert. The Ayatollah probably should have kept his mouth shut when the uprising started in Egypt. He obviously thought this could never happen in Iran. Pretty amazing since it wasn’t that long ago that people were rising up in Tehran. So how will the Obama administration deal with this one? This is a completely different animal than Egypt.
http://www.donsmithshow.com – see the Muslim Brotherhood video
Report Post »chazman
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:54amIslam sucks …
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:56amProfessor O’Barry is all about Islamic Totalitarianism. A majority of Iranian students are pro-western, pro-American. I have a lot more confidence in this revolution than the one in Egypt.
Report Post »thebertmanlives
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:59amCutting brush at the ranch.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:59amHe‘s apologizing for AMERICA as usual or he’s out spending our money. Remember he only has less than two years left.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:06pmThis is the ONE that we should all support .
Report Post »Too bad that he’s taking a nap .
tobywil2
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:10pmHe is wondering why he can’t get away with this type of tyranny! http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:19pmOK, traitor-in-chief Hussein, let’s hear you come out and make an inspiring, forceful speech supporting the young people of Iran fighting for freedom and democracy — dying for it. Eff Joe. YOU do it. Pretend it is Egypt and be passionate.
Also, let’s hear the media denounce A-jad 24/7 as a “brutal dictator.” Better still, denounce Khamenei, the so-called Supreme leader, the real brutal dictator of Iran.
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:20pmWow, this is like re-living the Carter regime all over again.
Report Post »mcfinch
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 12:50pmAnother Egypt on our hands.
http://politicalbowl.com – Political Video Website
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 1:12pmIs the MB in on this too, or is this an honest to Allah protest for democracy?
Report Post »vixenpgh
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 1:27pmHe does not support this uprising because it will topple an ISLAMIC dictatorship!
He didn’t mind toppling the Egypt leader because he was just a plain dictator & now with him gone, it will more than likely turn INTO an Islamic dictatorship!
Report Post »thorkyl
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 1:35pmDoes it matter?
Report Post »He will take claim if the outcome is good and blame Bush if its bad
democratgirl
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 1:49pmWho cares what this anti-American President is for or against? Who really cares? Obama is now a LAME DUCK president AND he is unelectable FOR next term. These dictator countries are all about CONTROLLING their people and if Obama could have his way, HE WOULD RIP UP OUR CONSTITUTION and move us all into corrals. Let’s move on and get rid of this president.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 1:52pmThis most certainly will not end good…….Mubarek was just a self-serving dictator. Amadinafreak is a true believer in the “cause” preparing the way for the 12th Imam. This will end in bloodshed if it builds or lingers.
Report Post »Koran Burner
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 2:43pmSure, he will say it’s all good when the people of Egypt go under the sharia knife. (Don’t worry. it’s coming) But the Iranian people are going to be let down again if they think he will help them.
Got a light?
Report Post »In a Bunker
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 3:42pmGolfing with the Brotherhood, silly!
Report Post »dgboy
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 5:54pmI agree. Where are you Obama???
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:00pmWe wish you freedom and Capitalism for your country, Iran. Good luck.
Report Post »DADA
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 1:52amHe is on the phone with his allies in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, and Lybia trying to come up with a united response. That or his teleprompter has been sent out for service.
Report Post »DarKangelAZRAEL
Posted on February 15, 2011 at 10:52amI am with you on this one @Nickderinger. That is why it will be more violent as well. They know the younger up through the middle aged are more pro-American/Western than the older generations. I worked with a guy from Iran for 2 years delivering car parts. He was hard working LOVED America and was so happy to have his family away from Iran. I am pretty sure he was not religious at all but either way he was a stand up guy. They seem to yearn more for freedom out there then most of the Middle East.
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