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From the Ted Talk by Christiane Amanpour: The fight for freedom in Iran and Ukraine
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And then the latest stories, particularly by my colleague ______ Fassihi of The New York _____, who’s an incredibly good reporter, has brought out, I mean, some of the most terrible stories of how young people are being dealt with in a very harsh way. And, you know, there was, over the weekend, there was the burial of a young boy, 10 or nine years old, who was, you know, a victim of all of this. And he was killed. And his _______ ________. There was another big _______ there. And, you know, these things defy normal ________. And even for, you know, an Islamic republic that's been pretty draconian for the last 43 years. And this goes way beyond, you know, riot control or whatever you might want to call it.
Solution
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- farnaz
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Original Text
And then the latest stories, particularly by my colleague Farnaz Fassihi of The New York Times, who’s an incredibly good reporter, has brought out, I mean, some of the most terrible stories of how young people are being dealt with in a very harsh way. And, you know, there was, over the weekend, there was the burial of a young boy, 10 or nine years old, who was, you know, a victim of all of this. And he was killed. And his funeral happened. There was another big protest there. And, you know, these things defy normal behavior. And even for, you know, an Islamic republic that's been pretty draconian for the last 43 years. And this goes way beyond, you know, riot control or whatever you might want to call it.
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