Iran opposition unveils new group ( Mousavi, has confirmed plans ....)

BBC ^ | Thursday, 23 July 2009 16:03 UK 15:03 GMT, | BBC Staff

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The main opposition leader in Iran, Mir Hossein Mousavi, has confirmed plans to form a new broad-based political front.

Mousavi says the group will not be a substitute for popular protest

Writing on his website, he said the front would have a charter and would give the opposition a legal framework.

Mr Mousavi was the leading reformist candidate in the disputed presidential elections in Iran on 12 June.

Meanwhile, his wife has confirmed that her brother was among those detained during protests against the presidential election.

Mr Mousavi has made it clear that the new front will not be a substitute for popular protest, but a way of giving the Green movement - as it has become known - a legal political framework.

Challenge

Our Middle East analyst, Roger Hardy, says the front is likely to attract the support not just of reformists but of disaffected centrists and conservatives.

Mr Mousavi stressed the need to stay within the law.

This, says our correspondent, shows that his challenge is to the legitimacy of the presidential elections, rather than the legitimacy of the system.

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[Marine_Uncle]

I had responded to that earlier link. As for Mousavi, it appears he is out of the woods. He will not be hauled off in leg irons for creating all the disturbances for his political gain.
But. It remains to be seen how this new found freedom of mass demonstration will affect the Mullah theocracy in the years to come.
It will probably just make the thugs more aware of the fact, tanks, flame throwers, tossing hand grenades into crowds, mowing them down with machine guns etc., is something that must be considered.