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Libyan embassy in Tehran removes flag, joins anti-Gaddafi movement
Aug 25, 2011, 12:08 GMT
Tehran - The Libyan embassy in Tehran removed the country's flag and joined the anti-Moamer Gaddafi movement, the embassy said in a statement carried by the Tehran press on Thursday.
The Libyan diplomatic mission said that the flag was replaced with the 'independence flag with the writing 'long live Libya and its people' on it.'
The mission declared its 'absolute solidarity' with the opposition movement.
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