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Sunday, September 12, 1999 Published at 10:27 GMT
World: Middle East
The protests which shook Iran: Special Report
The full implications of the protests which shook Iran in July 1999 will take time to emerge. BBC News Online's special coverage looks at what lay behind the most serious unrest in the country since the Islamic revolution of 1979:
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The student demonstrations which erupted in July could prove disastrous for President Khatami's reforms, writes Middle East correspondent Jim Muir
- Analysis: Protests widen rifts
- The build-up to student protest
- A student speaks out
- Picture gallery: Scenes of anger in Tehran
The BBC's Jon Leyne: "The direction of Iran is at stake"
The BBC's Middle East correspondent Jim Muir: "Most serious clashes of their kind"![[ image: ]](https://www.bbc.com/olmedia/390000/images/_394155_players150.jpg) |
Read about the key players - from moderates to traditionalists.
President Khatami's speech (in Farsi): "What happened in the students' quarters was a bitter event" Jim Muir: "Popular support for reforms"
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The disturbances in Iran could have repercussions beyond its borders, writes Diplomatic Correspondent Barnaby Mason.
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