Iran has carried out repeated crackdowns on opposition groups who continue to dispute Ahmadinejad’s victory in the June 12 presidential election. … Most have now been released but around 140 have been put on mass trials….
Tags: crackdown, aides, presidential election, Arrests, iran, NewDefeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi has urged his supporters not to be provoked, hours after the arrest of one of his senior aides. In a statement Wednesday on his Web site Kal. …
Tags: presidential candidate, ProvokedDefeated, iran, aides, mousavi… com, Mr. Mousavi said the arrest of people like Alireza Beheshti is a sign of harsher incidents to come. He asked his supporters to remain calm. An Iranian reformist Web site www. mowjcamp….Defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi has urged his supporters not to be provoked, hours after the arrest of one of his senior aides….The Iranian parliament speaker has rejected his claims as “baseless. … ” President Ahmadinejad was re-elected in a controversial June vote that saw Mr. Mousavi finish second….
Tags: reformist, mousavi, aides, beheshti, parliament speaker, rsquo