Activist Nick Jehlen and translator Rana tested a phone that was used to allow passersby on Boston Common to speak to Iranian citizens yesterday.
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Making connections
Activist sets up telephone talks between US, Iranian citizens
Activist Nick Jehlen and translator Rana tested a phone that was used to allow passersby on Boston Common to speak to Iranian citizens yesterday.
(YOON S. BYUN/GLOBE STAFF)
A Somerville peace activist with a knack for political theater set up a display yesterday with a simple proposition: Let anyone who passed by pick up the phone and talk to Iranian citizens, giving regular citizens in both countries a chance to do what the activist said the country's leaders have failed to do: talk to each other. (Full article: 658 words)
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