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IRAN: Expatriates in Europe, U.S. mourn demonstrators killed in clashes

By Alexandra Zaviswriter 
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Hundreds of Iranians living in Europe were out on the streets today in a show of solidarity with Iranian opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Protesters in Tehran staged another large march to mourn those killed in clashes with police and security amid demonstrations over the disputed election.

Gatherings also are planned in the coming days in the United States and Canada.

Up to 800 people, most of them expatriates, gathered in Stockholm’s main square in Sweden, the Associated Press reported. Hundreds more rallied outside the Dutch parliament in the Hague. Smaller protests were reported in Paris.

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In Los Angeles, protesters plan to gather tonight for a candlelight vigil at the IMAN Cultural Center. Similar events are planned tonight in Washington, D.C., and on Friday in Seattle and Toronto, according to Twitter posts.

-- Alexandra Zavis in Los Angeles

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Alexandra Zavis

Alexandra Zavis is a former writer and editor on the Los Angeles Times’ Foreign Desk who has reported from more than 40 countries. She spent a decade with the Associated Press, covering Liberia, Sierra Leone, Congo, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan, among other war-torn places. After joining The Times in 2006, she has served as a Baghdad correspondent and as a California reporter covering poverty and veterans issues. She is a recipient of the American Academy of Diplomacy’s Arthur Ross Award for distinguished reporting on foreign affairs and was part of teams of reporters awarded the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award for foreign correspondence and APME’s International Perspective Award. She is a graduate of Oxford University and City University in London.

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