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Thread #121502 Message #2664420
Posted By: bobad
25-Jun-09 - 12:29 PM
Thread Name: BS: Election in Iran
Subject: RE: BS: Election in Iran
Iran's Mousavi defies crackdown
Iran protest leader Mir Hossein Mousavi says he holds those behind alleged "rigged" elections responsible for bloodshed during recent protests.
In a defiant statement on his website, he called for future protests to be in a way which would not "create tension."
He complained of "complete" restrictions on his access to people and a crackdown on his media group.
A BBC correspondent in Tehran says the statement is a direct challenge to Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8118783.stm