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On Monday, June 12, hundreds of Iranians gathered to demand an end to discriminatory laws against women. They were attacked by police who used pepper spray and batons to beat the peaceful demonstrators, injuring one woman and detaining dozens more. Reports indicate that 70 protestors were detained and interrogated; although most have apparently been released, Ali Akbar Mousavi Khoini, head of the Alumni Association of Iran, a former student leader and Member of Parliament who has been a leading critic of the government's human rights practices for several years, remains in detention.