Iran opposition chief completely cut off: website

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TEHRAN — Mir Hossein Mousavi, the main Iran opposition leader whose rebellion against the government has rocked the Islamic republic, is now completely cut off from the outside world, his website reported Friday.

Kaleme.com reported that Mousavi's previous guards have been replaced by new ones and that a van containing masked men was parked at the entrance to the street in Tehran where his house is located.

"The house arrest of Mir Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard (his wife) which began on 25th of Bahman (February 14) is fully effective as of 27 Bahman (February 16)," Kaleme.com reported.

"With the limited communication they had now cut, there is no information on their situation and health. Mousavi's guards have been replaced by security forces. It is unclear who these security forces are linked to."

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There have been reports that Mousavi's daughters hadn't heard from him or his wife in 3 days, and they believed that they had been secretly 'arrested' and are being held somewhere. They may be in their house or this might be a ruse to make people think that they are in their home.

[Texas Fossil]

It is a shame there are no Ham Ops in Iran.

They were the key commo when Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin stayed in power.

[Mr. Mojo]

Iran opposition chief completely cut off

Literally?

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“It is a shame there are no Ham Ops in Iran.”

I would assume there are, even though they’re illegal.

[Texas Fossil]

I suppose you are right.

The problem is that since they are “illegal” they are few and that makes them easy to locate.

Satellite communication might be an exception, beamed at a bird with little chance of being heard.

I would not be surprised if there were some Ad hoc WIFI networks that are functioning in defiance of the system. Again with directive antennas that might survive the monitoring. Probably would be difficult in highly populated areas.

73 de Dave