Trial Begins for Iran Election Protesters: Via Voice of America.

About 100 Iranian activists and political moderates went on trial Saturday to face charges related to massive protests following the controversial presidential election. The semi-official Fars news agency published images of defendants sitting in a packed Tehran courtroom, some handcuffed in pairs.
 
Former reformist vice president Mohammad Ali Abtahi took the witness stand Saturday in a trial that is accusing key opposition figures of plotting to overthrow the government and fomenting violence.

Abtahi looked almost unrecognizable after having spent over a month in prison. He was dressed in gray pajamas and slippers as he took the witness stand.

Iranian TV said Abtahi admitted that opposition claims that the presidential elections had been rigged were "lies."
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