The Latest from Iran (21 November): Mousavi, Khomeini, and Ahmadinejad
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The Latest from Iran (20 November): Manoeuvres in Washington
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2035 GMT: An advance copy of Michael Slackman’s article on Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, published in Sunday’s New York Times, is on-line.
2030 GMT: An Iranian activist is offering a running summary of the Government’s crackdown on students through arrests and detentions as well as disciplinary action by Universities.
1840 GMT: A Mousavi Trial? Mohammad Nabi Habibi, Secretary-General of the conservative Islamic Coalition Party, has demanded that Mir Hossein Mousavi be prosecuted for claiming that the Presidential election was rigged, “I believe both Mousavi and all those who propagated this big lie must face trial in a court of law.”
1810 GMT: We’ve posted the video and Engish text of Mir Hossein Mousavi’s interview with Kalemeh (see 1550 GMT for summary).
1600 GMT: Magically Appearing Crowd. We opened this morning (0745 GMT) with photographic confirmation of the disappointing crowd at President Ahmadinejad’s Thursday speech in Tabriz. Kayhan, the firmly pro-Government newspaper, has published pictures, but suddenly the empty bleachers are filled with people.
No one around here is saying Photoshop. Really.
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