About 200 Russians rallied in Moscow for the release of 13 Iranian Jews slated to be tried later this month for spying. The protesters outside the Iranian Embassy carried signs reading “Let My People Go” and “Free the Jewish Hostages.” Vladimir Goussinsky, president of the Russian Jewish Congress, met with the Iranian ambassador but did not receive an answer to his request for a visa to go to Iran.
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