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None of the networks had a reporter on the scene in Teheran for the mourning rally to mark 40 days after the deaths of protestors marching against Iran's apparently rigged presidential election. Mourners headed for the grave of Neda Agha Soltan, the 27-year-old whose death videotape spread virally round the globe. ABC's Jim Sciutto covered the demonstration from London; NBC's Richard Engel filed from Beirut. CBS mentioned the renewed protests only in passing. "Even today, on holy ground, Iran's security forces moved in swinging batons and firing tear gas," NBC's Engel narrated.
NBC's Engel quoted estimates that 1,000 political prisoners are still behind bars in Teheran's "notorious" Evin Prison. ABC's Sciutto repeated opposition claims that 200 prisoners have been killed in custody. He identified five by name: Sohrab Arabi, Nasser Amirnezhad, Mohsen Roohulamini, Mostafa Ghanian, Amir Javadifar. Radio Farda, the station funded by the United States government, quoted a friend describing Javadifar's corpse: "His body was so broken we could not even recognize him. His nails were removed, his teeth broken."
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