Trials start for 100 reformists, moderate politicians in Iran

Los Angeles Times ^ | August 1, 2009 11:35 AM PDT, | Borzou Daragahi

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Opposition leaders call the mass indictment baseless. Analysts say the trials are meant to bolster the cause of hard-liners ahead of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's confirmation for a second term.

Reporting from Beirut -- Iran's hard-line judiciary today began trials of 100 prominent, moderate politicians and others, accusing the country's main reformist and moderate political groups of working with foreigners trying to foment a popular uprising against the government.

The opposition immediately decried the charges as groundless and said the mass indictment was filled with errors that shows that it was hastily made up, perhaps by the editors of a the vociferously right-wing newspaper Kayhan.

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