Word: behnaz
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...Behnaz Mostofi's candle was extinguished nine times by police, the 10th time with a violent blow to her hand. "Tonight I'm grieving for Americans and for humanity," she said as she lit match after match in the cool breeze. When police put out the flame once again, she informed them "There was an Iranian woman on one of those planes" and replaced her candle with a rose plucked from a nearby bush. An hour later, after plainclothes police infiltrated the crowd and attacked loiterers with batons, police in partial riot gear patrolled the square. The vigil, like most...