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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Students heckle Iranian president: "Students heckle Iranian president
Iranian President Khatami adjusts his glasses as students shout slogans during his speech
Khatami: Accused of failing to stand up to conservatives
Iranian students have interrupted a speech by President Mohammad Khatami to mark Student Day at Tehran university.
Students chanted 'Shame on you' and 'Where are your promised freedoms?' to express their frustration with the failure of Iran's reform movement.
A visibly-shaken Khatami defended his record and criticised the powerful hardliners who have closed newspapers and jailed dissidents.
He asked students to stop heckling and accused his critics of intolerance.
Students were once some of President Khatami's strongest supporters.
"Students are very disappointed because they paid a heavy price for supporting Khatami, but in return they got nothing"
-Abdollah Momeni,
Student leader
But they now accuse him of failing to stand up to the conservatives who won parliamentary elections in February.
Correspondents say Mr Khatami is concluding his second and final term in office as a virtual lame duck - having once been seen a force for great change in the Islamic republic."
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