1.   Dressed in white funeral shrouds, to show their willingness to die, the protesters carried banners that backed the supreme leader and criticized reformist lawmakers.

2.   A growing number of reformist lawmakers are throwing their support behind Kajiyama.

3.   After heated debate, reformist lawmakers voted Wednesday to lift a ban on unmarried Iranian women studying abroad.

4.   Alami, a reformist lawmaker and longtime critic of the Oil Ministry, delivered a speech to parliament last year questioning the role of the oil minister.

5.   Alireza Nouri, who signed the letter, said reformist lawmakers had started with a letter but soon would pass bills to promote press freedoms.

6.   Angry reformist lawmakers stormed out of the hall in protest.

7.   But some reformist lawmakers have suggested the issue should be decided in a referendum.

8.   Detention of activists without trial is a common practice by the hard-line judiciary, which has prompted condemnation by reformist lawmakers and student groups.

9.   Elaheh Koolaee, a female reformist lawmaker and a member of the parliamentary committee debating the issue of Iran-U.S. ties, said the order promoted dictatorship.

10.   Families of the victims, reformist lawmakers and moderate newspapers have called for an open trial.