Iran's Longest-Held Political Prisoner Gets Low-Key Funeral

Iran has held a low-key funeral for a former deputy prime minister who became one of the country's most prominent jailed dissidents. Abbas Amir-Entezam was buried Friday at Tehran's biggest cemetery, Behesht-e Zahra, on the southern outskirts of the capital. His widow, family members and several political activists were among a small group of mourners in attendance. Iranian state news agency IRNA had reported that Amir-Entezam died Thursday at age 86. It also quoted his widow,...

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