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Sat 11 Nov 2009Danish journalism student held in Iran
IRANIAN AUTHORITIES are believed to be holding a Danish journalism student arrested in a crackdown on foreign reporters. Niels Krogsgaard (31) was reported missing on Wednesday after attending a rally organised by the Iranian government to mark the 30th anniversary of the storming of the American embassy in Tehran.
The rally was hijacked by opposition supporters protesting about the results of the presidential election in June, won by the incumbent, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Three Iranian journalists, Farhad Fooldi, Behnam Nikzad, and Nafiseh Zare Kohan, are also believed to be in police custody.
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