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CNN) -- Large crowds gathered in the Iranian capital Friday to march in an annual pro-Palestinian rally, among them thousands of green-clad supporters of the opposition movement, according to CNN sources in Tehran.
Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi (right) and former reformist president Mohammad Khatami attend a Tehran mosque, July 31, 2009
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The Quds (Jerusalem) Day rally, in support of the Palestinian people, is observed on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. This year, the rallies were particularly tense, following the unrest over Iran's disputed presidential elections in June.
Opposition supporters near Tehran's Revolution Square chanted anti-regime slogans on one side of the street while regime supporters chanted pro-government slogans on the other side, witnesses told CNN. A line of uniformed police officers stood between them. See photos of the Tehran rallies »
Opposition supporters chanted "death to the dictator," the witnesses said. Many held up the victory sign with their fingers painted green, the color adopted by opposition candidate Mir Hossein Moussavi.CNN) -- Large crowds gathered in the Iranian capital Friday to march in an annual... more
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Iran opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said he was "ready for martyrdom," according to an ally, in leading protests that have shaken the Islamic Republic and brought warnings of bloodshed from Iran's Supreme Leader.
Mousavi also called on Saturday for a national strike if he is arrested, a witness said. As darkness fell, rooftop cries of Allahu Akbar (God is greatest) sounded out across northern Tehran for nearly an hour, an echo of tactics used in the 1979 Islamic revolution against the Shah.
Earlier Iran's security council warned Mousavi he would be held responsible for consequences of "illegal" rallies, the ISNA agency reported Saturday.
"Your national duty tells you to refrain from provoking illegal gatherings," council head Abbas Mohtaj, who is also deputy interior minister, said in a letter to Mousavi.
"Should you provoke and call for these illegal rallies you will be responsible for the consequences," he said.
Mohtaj also dismissed Mousavi's allegations on "the police vandalizing people's property."
In demanding an end to protests, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned that otherwise there could be further bloodshed.
Siding with Ahmadinejad in his first public appearance since the vote, Khamenei ruled out major fraud in the poll.
"The people have chosen whom they wanted," Khamenei said in a prayer sermon on Friday, referring to Ahmadinejad.
"I see some people more suitable for serving the country than others but the people made their choice," he said to cheers from tens of thousands of faithful, who included Ahmadinejad.
Iran's capital has been rocked by daily demonstrations since the disputed re-election of President Ahmadinejad on June 12 drew claims from his leading rival, former premier Mousavi, of massive vote fraud.Iran opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said he was "ready for... more
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Zahra Rahnavard is a Catalyst that Irani women need..
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Mousavi, an architect and artist who was prime minister during the 1980s, is an uncharismatic figure. His wife, Zahra Rahnavard, is his secret weapon. Tiny and highly articulate, she was the first political wife to appear on the campaign trail with her husband, giving speeches and publicly holding hands.
“We were singing, dancing in the streets, boys and girls together. We had never done this before" Sara Siadat Nejad
the FIRST election in which women played a potent role, demanding an end to the inequalities they endured.
beatings by riot police, closure of universities and clampdown on foreign news websites yesterday, after Ahmadinejad claimed an overwhelming victory, were targeted at the Facebook generation
moral police have not only cracked down on any dress or behaviour they deemed unIslamic, but have also closed newspapers, blocked websites and arrested bloggers and human-rights activists.
get rid of Ahmadinejad. “Death to the dictator,” young men and women roared at Mousavi rallies. “Death to the government.” It was their generation’s twist on the Iranian revolution’s chant, “Death to America.”
p.s. to american's (i am one) please say "EE RON" not "EYE RAN" respect those as you would be respected..last i checked 2010 is around the corner why is this still apart of our present when we are NOW in the future we dreamedZahra Rahnavard is a Catalyst that Irani women need..... more
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"Red" Ahmadinejad may have met his match.
All bets are off on the eve of the most crucial presidential election in the 30 years of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Pepe Escobar argues the campaign of reformist - actually moderate conservative - Mir-Hossein Mousavi has evolved into a green revolution; the color of Islam and also the color of hope for a less confrontational, and more competent and pragmatic administration. Mousavi's campaign - roughly the Iranian equivalent of Obama's campaign in the US - has crossed all economic, ethnic and gender barriers, and was heavily supported by Iran's very young, tech-savvy population. He has the youth vote, the women's vote and the intelligentsia vote. But President Ahmadinejad, running for a second term, has the vote that counts the most: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei's - not to mention the bulk of the rural, provincial vote. The stage is set for a second round between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi."Red" Ahmadinejad may have met his match.
All bets are off on the eve of... more
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