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'No violence' at Iran protests

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Pro- and anti-government demonstrations are taking place in Iran to mark the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution which brought Islamic rule to the country.

Dr Seyed Mohammad Marandi, lecturer in North American Studies at the University of Tehran, and Masih Alinejad, an opposition journalist now living in Oxford, debate whether security forces are using violence against the opposition Green Movement.

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