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Student's attack stuns nation

Iranian student Mahmoud Vahidnia has been heralded a hero. Photo / AP

BEIRUT - An unassuming university maths student has become an unlikely hero to many in Iran for daring to criticise the country's most powerful man to his face. Full Article at New Zealand Herald

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  1. Iranian senior cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, arrives to deliver his sermon during al-Adha, at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009.
  2. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran.
  3. LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 21:  Iranian-American women hold signs to identify with a girl known as Neda, believed to be a teenager, who was shot dead at a protest in Tehran, as Iranian-Americans and supporters protest what they say are crimes against humanity and democracy committed by the government...
  4. BERLIN - JUNE 21:  A young woman holds caricature drawings of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a demonstration by approximately one thousand mostly-expatriate Iranians on June 21, 2009 in Berlin, Germany.
  5. BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE A picture obtained on June 21, 2009 shows Iranian riot police on a street of Tehran on June 20, 2009.
  6. TEHRAN, IRAN - JUNE 19: Supporters march during a pro-government demonstration at Tehran University, on June 19, 2009 in Tehran, Iran.

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