Iran jails former vice president, reform activist

An appeals court upheld Hossein Marashi's conviction and sentence on Wednesday, one of many court rulings against activists and opposition figures rounded up in the turmoil triggered by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election in June.

The prosecutions have dealt a major blow to a protest movement that was already hard to sustain with security forces delivering a punishing response at each attempt to rally support on the streets.

Earlier this weak, opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, who was Ahmadinejad's main challenger in the election, urged the movement to press on in the next Iranian year, which begins March 21.

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