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Reuters, Iran.

Riot police armed with electric batons attacked Parisa Hafezi as she struggled to cover the bloodshed and chaos on the streets of Tehran.

Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters marched, many shouting, “We fight; we die.”

After extensively covering the violent protests and government response for Reuters news agency, Hafezi was targeted by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, which threatened to arrest her.

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As bureau chief for Reuters in Iran, Hafezi refused to recant her reporting on the public uprising – while many local and foreign journalists fled the country after the disputed 2009 elections.

“Some reporters refused to use the Tehran dateline, but we weren’t afraid to show we were there.

We didn’t move out; we were the first on the streets,” said Hafezi, 41, an Iranian-born veteran journalist. “We had to be strong and take the risks to report the stories.”

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