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The protests which shook Iran: Special Report

Khatami at the crossroads
The student demonstrations which erupted in July could prove disastrous for President Khatami's reforms, writes Middle East correspondent Jim Muir

• Analysis: Protests widen rifts
  
• The build-up to student protest
  
• A student speaks out
  
• Picture gallery: Scenes of anger in Tehran

Who's who in Iran
Read about the key players - from moderates to traditionalists.

• "Rioters must be stopped" - Text of Khatami's 13 July speech
  
• Accusations fly in Iranian media

  President Khatami's speech (in Farsi): "What happened in the students' quarters was a bitter event"
  Jim Muir: "Popular support for reforms"

All eyes on Tehran
The disturbances in Iran could have repercussions beyond its borders, writes Diplomatic Correspondent Barnaby Mason.

• Iran's painful struggle for change
• Crossing continents: Changing faces in Iran
• Eyewitness: Iran's revolution revisited

  Head of the BBC's Persian Service Baqr Moin: "Khatami's reforms will be helped if students stay within the law"

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