Opposition head Mousavi: Iran in "serious crisis"

Reuters ^

[nuconvert]

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi said on Friday he was ready to die for his reformist campaign after a disputed election in June, defying hardline calls for his execution.

"I'm not afraid of being one of the martyrs who lost their lives in their fight for their rightful demands since the vote," Mousavi said on his website, five days after his nephew and seven other pro-reform protesters were killed during a rally.

Mousavi, whose allegation that the June presidential vote he lost to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was rigged set off a wave of unrest, said in the statement the Islamic Republic was in "serious crisis."

In his most outspoken remarks of recent months, Mousavi declared that "arresting or killing Mousavi, (or fellow opposition leader Mehdi) Karoubi ... will not calm the country."

[catarac]

Let these folks sort it out. But lets don’t spend any more of our grand kids money fighting Israel’s wars. I frankly can’t care.

[DesertRhino]

Yeah!!! It’s those evil JOOOOOOOOOS takin’ advantage of us again. sarc/

[SumProVita]

What is the matter with your thinking?????

[StolarStorm]

Israel's wars???? Huh??? Iran wants hegemony over the middle east. As long as the west is dependent on their crude, we have a vested interest in the region.

And as for Israel itself, if we were not pressuring them, they would have already taken care of the problem by themselves. So, if we tell Israel what to do with regard to their security we have some moral obligation to do something about the risk they have as a result.

[chiefqc]

In more important news the Whitehouse said the o-bow-man looked tired while on vacation.

[metalcor]

I just read of and saw pictures of some high tech anti riot crowd control armored vehicles being shipped to Tehran from China. They come with the optional ‘cow catcher’ attachment to avoid those pesky ground in stains that the Chinese had to deal with at Tiananmen Square a couple of decades ago. Progress marches on.

[NotSoModerate]

"Let's assume that you silence people by arrests, acts of violence and threats ... What solution do you have for the change in people's view of the regime? How can you make up for the lack of legitimacy?" his statement said.

Statements like that one can either kill him or make him impossible to kill. He's a brave man that is putting it all on the line.

[Soothesayer9]

I would ask, what is the matter with THEIR thinking. Ahem..

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126090/posts

Obama will be the DEATH of this country.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Iran will take care of herself. I predict a new government in a year. Will it be friendly to us? Who can say but almost anything will be better than what we have.

[lmr]

“Israel’s Wars”

You really are clueless and deluded.

Iran wants to extend their influence in the Middle East using Nukes. Just because you have visions of ‘Jewish Conspiracy’ to dominate our foreign policy doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be trying to stop them.

[Napoleon Solo]

A$$ Hole

[catarac]

“A$$ Hole”? Now there is a good one for Jim to see. Is this the sum and substance of your argument regarding the nuclear proliferation argument? It seems to lack any vocabulary and is reminiscent of thugs I remember getting their teeth knocked out.

[Napoleon Solo]

Yup