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Hossein Moussavi

Moussavi said to be planning new party after Iran vote (CNN)

Posted Mon, 2009-07-06 01:15 by IRelec09

Moussavi said to be planning new party after Iran vote: Via CNN.com .

Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi plans to form a new political party aimed at reining in the power of the Islamic Republic's leadership, a leading reformist newspaper reported Sunday.

Moussavi told supporters the party will be focused on upholding "the remaining principles of the constitution," according to Etemad-e Melli, a newspaper aligned with fellow opposition candidate Mehdi Karrubi.

He is expected to file papers with Iran's Interior Ministry to establish the party before hard-line incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is sworn in for a new term, the newspaper reported.
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Iran's Green Wave / Cover story at "The Nation"

Posted Fri, 2009-07-03 13:50 by IRelec09

Iran's Green Wave: Via Cover story at "The Nation".

Just before midnight on a Friday evening a week before Iran's much-disputed June 12 election, the initial tremors of the earthquake that has shaken the country to its core were palpable deep in south Tehran, a gritty, working-class section of the city with a reputation for being a stronghold of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Past shuttered shops and empty, debris-strewn sidewalks, a late-night stream of cars, trucks and motorcycles, engines revving, horns honking, roared along the wide boulevard. From open car windows emerged shouts and cheers, raised fists and hands brandishing posters of opposition contender Mir-Hossein Moussavi's bearded, smiling visage. In the traffic ahead of us, a ramshackle open-air panel truck transported at least two dozen Ahmadinejad supporters clad in T-shirts, jeering at their opponents. As I traveled north from sprawling Imam Khomeini Square up to Ferdowsi Square and on the miles-long Vali Asr Street, the scene was similar. In a country not known for street politics, the tableau was stunning. My Iranian companion, an older man with years of experience in his country's affairs, smiled and shook his head. "This is something new," he said.
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Police block protest site in Tehran, witness says (CNN)

Posted Sat, 2009-06-20 10:55 by IRelec09

Police block protest site in Tehran, witness says - CNN.com: Via CNN.com .

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Heavily armed police prevented several thousand Iranian protesters Saturday from entering Revolution Square, one of the main protest sites in Tehran, a witness told CNN

About a mile away, police kept the crowd back by throwing two canisters of tear gas at their feet, the witness said.

The Web site of the main opposition candidate, Mir Hossein Moussavi, quoted news reports as saying a flood of people was headed to the capital from surrounding towns.

Two rallies had been scheduled to begin about 4 p.m. Saturday (7:30 a.m. ET) to protest a disputed presidential election, despite stern warnings from Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He said Friday that protest organizers would be held responsible if the demonstrations led to bloodshed.

Two people were hurt in a blast at the mausoleum of Ayatollah Khomeini in southern Tehran, Iran's state-run Press TV reported Saturday.
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Moussavi addresses supporters in Tehran

Posted Mon, 2009-06-15 13:05 by IRelec09

Moussavi addresses supporters in Tehran: Via CNN.com .

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iran's defeated main opposition leader appeared at a rally Monday, the first time he has been seen in public since last week's elections which he says were rigged to give hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad overwhelming victory.

Reformist Mir Hossein Moussavi, whose claims of fraud in Friday's vote have fueled three days of unrest and prompted authorities to launch a probe, spoke to supporters in Tehran's Freedom Square using a loudspeaker, and clasped his hands over his head as the crowd cheered.
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Renewed clashes in Tehran as Moussavi plans speech (3rd Roundup)

Posted Sun, 2009-06-14 23:11 by IRelec09

Renewed clashes in Tehran as Moussavi plans speech (3rd Roundup): Via Monsters and Critics.

Tehran - With clashes continuing Sunday night on the streets in Tehran, Iran's opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi plans to make a speech to Iranians in the capital's Azadi (Freedom) square.

Eyewitnesses from several parts of Tehran say clashes between Moussavi supporters and police were continuing and had grown more violent since Saturday scuffles.
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