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Iran opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi taken to hospital

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Mehdi Karroubi

Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, held under house arrest since 2011, has been admitted to hospital a day after he began a hunger strike.

Mr. Karroubi had stopped eating yesterday to press the authorities to give him a public trial.

Mr Karroubi and fellow reformist Mir Hossein Mousavi were candidates in Iran’s disputed presidential election in 2009, which was won by the hardline incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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