Iran opposition leader calls for more street protests

Source: Los Angeles Times

In a provocative move, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who lost to Ahmadinejad in a controversial election, asks his supporters to flood Tehran during a festival next week.

By Borzou Daragahi
July 28, 2009

Reporting from Beirut -- Iran's leading opposition figure called on his supporters Monday to head into the streets daily during a religious festival next week, potentially escalating tensions at a time when his election rival, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is to be sworn in for a second term ...

A legislator said Sunday that Ahmadinejad would be sworn in for his second term on Aug. 5.

Mousavi said in comments to educators published on his website, Ghalamnews.ir, that the religious festivities, which should take place over several days during the middle of next week, were an opportunity to extend the political movement outside the capital.

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