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June 18, 2009

Supporters of Mousavi Hold Mourning Rally in Tehran
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Supporters of Iran’s defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi
are staging a fifth day of protest today to honor persons killed during
the mass demonstrations over the past week. Mousavi accuses President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of rigging last week’s election. Hundreds of
opposition activists, journalists and intellectuals have been reportedly
arrested in recent days, including former Iranian Foreign Minister
Ebrahim Yazdi and Tehran’s former mayor Mohammad Tavassoli. Earlier
today, Iran’s most senior legislative body, the Guardian Council, said
it will meet the three defeated candidates from Friday’s presidential
election to discuss their complaints about the poll.