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August 24, 2009

Iran to Probe US Human Rights Abuses
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In Iran, Iranian lawmakers have approved a bill that would establish a
$20 million fund to expose human rights abuses committed by the United
States. Iranian officials call the move a response to US measures that
have funded media efforts in Iran and the documentation of Iranian human
rights abuses.



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