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WITNESS: "Hijab problem" sparks police standoff in Tehran

2008/02/23 19:54:24 @Reuters: International News

Fredrik Dahl has been reporting for Reuters from Iran since March 2007. A native of Sweden, he has also worked in Helsinki, Brussels, Sarajevo, Belgrade and London during 20 years with Reuters. In the following story, he recounts how he watched Iranian police detain a woman deemed to be violating the Islamic dress code.
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