Atlanta
(2009-06-23)
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WABE's Odette Yousef reports.
Paul Akbar co-publishes a monthly magazine for Iranian-Americans. In his more-than 20 years in Atlanta, he's never seen the community come together as it did on Saturday, at a downtown demonstration:
AKBAR: I saw so many older faces that I had not seen in a long time, and that was refreshing.
Because his publication is for all Iranian-Americans, Akbar says he takes no sides on the political outcome of the election. But he says that everyone can rally behind the call for fairness and against violence:
AKBAR: You want what you have here for them. That is your very basic right, is to have a say-so in what goes on in your life, and we feel like our homeland, our birthplace does not enjoy this right.
An Atlanta group has organized a candlelight vigil in Piedmont Park for Tuesday on behalf of those who have died in the protests.
Odette Yousef, WABE News.
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