Widespread demonstrations and clashes in Iran's Azerbaijan
City of Tabriz, September 3, 2011: Widespread peaceful demonstrations and crackdown by police. Many in the state of Azerbaijan protest neglect by the Congress and mismanagement by Ahmadinejad government which has resulted in drying up of the famed Urumia's Salt Lake, once a major tourist attraction and a historic landmark mentioned in ancient manuscripts.
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