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As Ahmadinejad Speaks, Another Iranian Is Silenced

Sep. 25, 2009
As Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was interviewed by Steve Inskeep, the NPR host thought of another Iranian who is behind bars. Businessman Bijan Khajehpour, who spoke to Inskeep in Tehran earlier this year, was arrested and put on trial after the disputed election.
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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic