In Iran, acts of defiance are growing : Via Freep.com | Detroit Free Press.

In new displays of defiance, Iran's opposition leader told supporters Wednesday that "it's not yet too late" to push for their rights and joined a reformist ex-president in condemning the regime for a post-election crackdown both said was tantamount to a coup.

Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said he considered Iran's cleric-led government illegitimate, and he demanded that it release all political prisoners and institute electoral reforms and press for freedoms.

Former President Mohammad Khatami, meanwhile, lashed out at what he termed "a poisonous security situation" in the wake of violent street protests.
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