Mousavi calls for a day of mourning

Unregistered · Jun 18, 2009

More mass protests are expected in the Iranian capital after presidential challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi urged followers to observe a day of mourning.

Mr Mousavi called on supporters to stage peaceful protests or gather in mosques in memory of eight people killed after a Tehran rally on Monday.

The BBC's Jon Leyne, in Tehran, says the government so far has no clear response to the daily demonstrations.

Mr Mousavi is calling for a rerun of last week's presidential election.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected with almost two-thirds of the votes, but the opposition claims there was widespread fraud.

Mr Mousavi is urging his followers to wear black in Thursday's protests in mourning for those shot by members of the pro-government Basij volunteer militia on Monday.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8106292.stm

saixbe · Jun 18, 2009

observing from afar

thousands of miles away perhaps. black mourning.

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