Amid Extensive Western Media Support, Mousavi Calls for More Protests in Iran
18/06/2009 Iran's pro-Mousavi protesters were set to hold marches Thursday to keep up pressure on the authorities over the presidential election results as Iran's Intelligence Ministry said that it has arrested a number of 'main agents', who masterminded the recent post-election violence in Tehran.
In defiance of an official ban, defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi called upon his supporters to take the streets dressed in black as a sign of mourning for protesters killed in the post-election clashes, in a statement published on his movement's website.
The slain demonstrators were killed when they attacked military positions in the capital Tehran for arms.
Iranian authorities lashed out at enemy "plots" and threatened legal action against websites which publish material that cause more tension in the republic.
Supreme Iranian leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei said he would consider a partial recount of ballots in contested areas adding that told the Guardians Council, a 12-member body made up of jurists and clerics, to examine the complaints of irregularities..
80% of Iran’s eligible voters took part in the elections last Friday. According to the interior ministry, 24 million people voted for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while 11 million people gave their votes to Mousavi. Observers have said that there is no way to manipulate the results as the gap between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi is 13 million votes.
But on Wednesday Mousavi repeated his demand for the results of the election, which he branded a "shameful fraud", to be annulled and a new vote called. Thousands Mousavi’s supporters have been burning tires, cars and attacking military posts, what prompted Ahmadinejad supporters to take to the streets to stage a demonstration against riots and vandalism.
The Western media has been mobilized to support Mousavi and his supporters, in what many observers have seen as an opportunity the West is seeking to change the regime in the Islamic Republic.
Iran's Intelligence Ministry said that it arrested a number of 'main agents', who masterminded the recent post-election violence in Tehran. "The Intelligence Ministry has identified and arrested a number of the main agents and elements behind acts of vandalism in recent days in Tehran," said Intelligence Minister Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Eje'i. He added that the Intelligence Ministry has a responsibility to arrest and prosecute members of 'some groups which enter public rallies and attempt to cause unrest and chaos'.
18/06/2009 Iran's pro-Mousavi protesters were set to hold marches Thursday to keep up pressure on the authorities over the presidential election results as Iran's Intelligence Ministry said that it has arrested a number of 'main agents', who masterminded the recent post-election violence in Tehran.
In defiance of an official ban, defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi called upon his supporters to take the streets dressed in black as a sign of mourning for protesters killed in the post-election clashes, in a statement published on his movement's website.
The slain demonstrators were killed when they attacked military positions in the capital Tehran for arms.
Iranian authorities lashed out at enemy "plots" and threatened legal action against websites which publish material that cause more tension in the republic.
Supreme Iranian leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei said he would consider a partial recount of ballots in contested areas adding that told the Guardians Council, a 12-member body made up of jurists and clerics, to examine the complaints of irregularities..
80% of Iran’s eligible voters took part in the elections last Friday. According to the interior ministry, 24 million people voted for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while 11 million people gave their votes to Mousavi. Observers have said that there is no way to manipulate the results as the gap between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi is 13 million votes.
But on Wednesday Mousavi repeated his demand for the results of the election, which he branded a "shameful fraud", to be annulled and a new vote called. Thousands Mousavi’s supporters have been burning tires, cars and attacking military posts, what prompted Ahmadinejad supporters to take to the streets to stage a demonstration against riots and vandalism.
The Western media has been mobilized to support Mousavi and his supporters, in what many observers have seen as an opportunity the West is seeking to change the regime in the Islamic Republic.
Iran's Intelligence Ministry said that it arrested a number of 'main agents', who masterminded the recent post-election violence in Tehran. "The Intelligence Ministry has identified and arrested a number of the main agents and elements behind acts of vandalism in recent days in Tehran," said Intelligence Minister Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Eje'i. He added that the Intelligence Ministry has a responsibility to arrest and prosecute members of 'some groups which enter public rallies and attempt to cause unrest and chaos'.
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