Parliament speaker Mehdi Karroubi, right, leads a walkout from the chamber
in Tehran, Tuesday Jan. 15, 2001, after declaring he would not preside over
the body as long as Hossein Loqmanian remained imprisoned. Loqmanian, who
represents the western city of Hamedan in the 290-seat Parliament, was jailed
Dec. 25 to serve a 10-month sentence for insulting the judiciary. Loqmanian
was freed from prison Tuesday after the country's supreme leader ordered
the release to defuse a mounting political crisis. others are unidentified.
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