Iran's Supreme Leader to Address Nation
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Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is due to give a nationally televised sermon Friday, one week after a disputed election triggered the worst unrest in Iran in three decades.
While leading Friday prayers at Tehran University, Ayatollah Khamenei is expected to show support for re-elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and to suppress calls for a new election. Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran's most powerful figure, called for national unity after the election.
In a sixth day of protests Thursday, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Tehran to support defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi and mourn those who have died in post-election violence.
Mr. Mousavi joined the demonstrators at Tehran's Imam Khomeini square. Most in the crowd were dressed in black, in accordance with Mr. Mousavi's directions to wear the color of mourning, rather than his standard campaign color green.
There have been daily mass demonstrations since Iranian authorities declared Mr. Ahmadinejad the landslide winner of the June 12 election with 63 percent of the vote. Mr. Mousavi wants the vote annulled and held again.
While leading Friday prayers at Tehran University, Ayatollah Khamenei is expected to show support for re-elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and to suppress calls for a new election. Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran's most powerful figure, called for national unity after the election.
In a sixth day of protests Thursday, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Tehran to support defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi and mourn those who have died in post-election violence.
Mr. Mousavi joined the demonstrators at Tehran's Imam Khomeini square. Most in the crowd were dressed in black, in accordance with Mr. Mousavi's directions to wear the color of mourning, rather than his standard campaign color green.
There have been daily mass demonstrations since Iranian authorities declared Mr. Ahmadinejad the landslide winner of the June 12 election with 63 percent of the vote. Mr. Mousavi wants the vote annulled and held again.
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