Ex-Police Chief Is Acquitted in Raid

A military court acquitted a former Tehran police chief of ordering the storming of a student hostel that left one person dead, Iran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency reported. Brig. Gen. Farhad Nazari and 17 other police officers were acquitted, while two policemen were convicted--one for taking part in the July 1999 raid and another for stealing from the Tehran University hostel. The predawn raid left one student dead and at least 20 injured. It took place after students at the hostel had mounted a small demonstration against the closure of a reformist newspaper.