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Iranian Opposition Head Calls For Rally Thursday
AP via Yahoo News ^ | 17 June 2008 | Ali Akbar Dareini

Posted on 06/17/2009 4:55:11 AM PDT by edpc

TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi issued a direct challenge to the country's supreme leader and cleric-led system Wednesday, calling for a mass rally to protest disputed election results and violence against his followers.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ahmadinejad; election; iran; iranviolence2009; mousavi
Also from the story........

The Revolutionary Guard, an elite military force answering Khamenei, said through the state news service that its investigators have taken action against "deviant news sites" that encouraged public disturbance and street riots. The Guards are a separate military with enormous domestic influence and control of Iran's most important defense programs. They are one of the key sources of power for the ruling establishment.

The statement alleged that dissident Web sites were backed by Canadian, American and British interests, a frequent charge levied by Iranian hard-liners against their opposition.

"Legal action will be very strong and call on them to remove such materials," it said.

Of course....the Revolutionary Guards were a team of lawyers. Who knew? Don't be suprised if Iran decides to target Twitter as one of the deviant news sources.

1 posted on 06/17/2009 4:55:11 AM PDT by edpc
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There’s another thread under keyword ‘iran’ that says protest organizers will get the death penalty. They gonna nail Musavi?


2 posted on 06/17/2009 9:32:16 AM PDT by G8 Diplomat (I'm learning Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Pashtu, and Russian so someday you won't have to)
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