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Sun, 05/01/2011 - 10:12
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Iranian Students Protest at Massacre of Bahraini People

TEHRAN, May 1 (FNA)- Large numbers of Iranian students staged a rally in front of Bahrain's embassy in Tehran on Saturday to protest at the massacre of peaceful protestors in the tiny Persian Gulf island and other Islamic countries in the region.
In the Saturday gathering, students from different universities in Tehran condemned the crackdown on Bahraini people by the Manama government and Saudi forces.

The students carried a coffin to symbolize the Bahraini people martyred by the government.

Anti-government protesters have been holding peaceful demonstrations across Bahrain since mid-February, calling for an end to the Al Khalifa dynasty's over-40-year rule.

On March 13, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates deployed police and military forces in the kingdom upon Manama's request to quell nationwide protests.

The rallies continued on Saturday in several cities in defiance of the martial law put in place by Manama last month.

Bahrainis repeated their demand for the ouster of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and condemned Riyadh's involvement in the suppression of the revolution.

People have announced that they will continue protests until the regime collapses.

Demonstrators in Bahrain have been demanding constitutional reforms as well as an end to the 230-year-old monarchy, with hundreds camping out peacefully in the capital's Pearl Square since February 14th.

Bahraini security forces have been brutally suppressing anti-government protestors. So far, tens of people have been killed, hundreds have gone missing and about 1,000 others have been injured.

The violence against protestors escalated when Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar dispatched their armed forces to the country to help Manama crack down on peaceful protestors.

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