Iran arrests 70 professors after meeting with opposition leader

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Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seen during his meeting with Iranian lawmakers today. Khamenei said the government would not give in to pressure over the disputed presidential election, in effect closing the door to compromise with the opposition.

Dissident website says their whereabouts are unknown. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says he won't reconsider the presidential vote results or bow to public pressure. Broadcast outlets intensify attacks on the West.

Reporting from Tehran -- Authorities arrested 70 university professors after a meeting with an opposition leader, a dissident website announced today as state-controlled broadcast outlets intensified a media blitz against the West.

Iran's supreme leader vowed Wednesday that he would neither reconsider vote results nor bow to public pressure over the disputed reelection of his ally, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.