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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-23-09 06:22 PM
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Mousavi 'under 24-hour guard'
Source: The Independent UK


Mousavi 'under 24-hour guard'

By John Lichfield in Paris

Tuesday, 23 June 2009


The Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi is under 24-hour guard by secret police and no longer able to speak freely to supporters, according to the film director Mohsen Makhmalbaf.

Mr Makhmalbaf, 52, an informal spokesman abroad for the protest in Iran, said that Mr Mousavi was not under arrest but "he has security agents, secret police with him all the time. He has to be careful what he says."

In a telephone interview, Mr Makhmalbaf, the director of the 2001 film Kandaha, denied suggestions that the protests against the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were losing steam.

"The regime, arguably, is losing ground, not the protests," he said. "Ordinary Iranians are openly rejecting the legitimacy and power of Ayatollah Khamanei. That is entirely new, unheard of."

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/mousavi-under-24hour-guard-1715548.html
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-23-09 06:25 PM
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1. There's going to be a strike, and it's not going away. They've shown their cards.
There is no more "fiction" of democracy in Iran--they have proved that they are a bunch of totalitarian assholes. Khameini and his little lizard, Ahamadi, are the true Enemies of the State.
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pkdu Donating Member (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-23-09 06:26 PM
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2. Hopefully Mousavi and his inner circle have planned for such an event
and others know what to call for and when .
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timeforpeace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-23-09 06:28 PM
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3. For his own safety, of course.
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ohio2007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-24-09 08:19 AM
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4. Winning the hearts and minds
so the 3 million "ghost" voters can RIP

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=970_1245846323
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