WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday expressed support for the tens of thousands of protesters in Iran's capital, saying they "deserve to have the same rights that they saw being played out in Egypt and are part of their own birthright."
Speaking to reporters after meeting House Speaker John Boehner, Clinton said she and others in [US President] Barack Obama's administration "very clearly and directly support the aspirations of the people who are in the streets" of Tehran.
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She spoke of the "hypocrisy" of the Iranian government that hailed the protests in Egypt but has tried to suppress opposition at home.
She said there "needs to be a commitment to open up the political
system, to hear the voices of the opposition and civil society."
Clinton's comments come after security forces arrested dozens of Iranian opposition supporters Monday
while they were taking part in a banned rally in Tehran to support
popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, an Iranian opposition website
said.
"Witnesses say in some parts of Tehran security forces
arrested dozens of protesters," opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi's
Kaleme website reported. Read more at www.jpost.com |
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