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Iran election: Mir-Hossein Mousavi tells supporters to keep protesting
The Daily Telegraph Co. UK ^ | Published: 12:15PM BST 30 Jun 2009 | Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent

Posted on 07/02/2009 9:23:30 PM PDT by Texas Fossil

Mir-Hossein Mousavi, the leading challenger to Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has issued a fresh call to his supporters to maintain peaceful protests after the government confirmed the result of the disputed election.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: execute; iran; mousavi
Do they feel threatened?--

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" the hardline cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami told the official news agency IRNA.

"If anyone said there was fraud in the election, he has lied and committed a sin."

On Friday he called for the execution of rioters involved in the post-election unrest which has left at least 17 people dead.

1 posted on 07/02/2009 9:23:30 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
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To: Texas Fossil

Mousavi sounds like those Muslim leaders that tell others to die in their place. He could be working for the Moolahs or just a coward.


2 posted on 07/02/2009 9:26:50 PM PDT by omega4179 (Not my Communist in Chief.)
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To: omega4179

In my opinion this is no longer about Mousavi.

The Persians want free of the Mullahs. Especially the youth.


3 posted on 07/02/2009 10:29:46 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (The last time I looked, this is still Texas where I live.)
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