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Iran’s opposition groups called for demonstrations on Thursday to mark the 10th anniversary of a violent student uprising that rocked the Islamic Republic in 1999. The protests then, triggered by the closure of a pro-reform paper, lasted several days and resulted in four deaths. Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabbari reports on the significance of this 10 year anniversary.