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Web Site: Car of Iranian Opposition Leader Hit by Gunfire

   VOA News 08 January 2010

   The  Web site of an Iranian opposition leader says his armored car has
   been  hit  by  gunfire,  but  that  only  windows  on the vehicle were
   damaged.

   Sahamnews.org says pro-government protesters fired on the car carrying
   former presidential candidate Mahdi Karroubi late Thursday in the town
   of Qazvin.

   The  site  says  the  shooting  happened  as Karroubi tried to leave a
   building  in  Qazvin  escorted  by  riot  police.  It  says  about 500
   protesters  had surrounded the building, where Karroubi was staying to
   attend a mourning ceremony for slain opposition protesters.

   Karroubi  lost  to  President  Mahmoud  Ahmadinejad in Iran's disputed
   election  last  year. He and another opposition leader who lost in the
   election,  Mir  Hossein  Mousavi,  have  said  the vote was tainted by
   fraud.

   Karroubi  has also criticized the government's use of force in violent
   post-election protests.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.

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