Iranian Opposition Appeared In Streets After Rafsanjani’s Sermon

IRANIAN OPPOSITION APPEARED IN STREETS AFTER RAFSANJANI’S SERMON

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
17.07.2009 20:04 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Several thousand proponents of defeated candidate
Mir-Hossein Mousavi held spontaneous demonstration on Friday, July 17,
after the sermon of ex-president and influential politician Ali Akbar
Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Earlier, the police fired tear gas beat supporters to disperse
them from near Tehran university where Rafsanjani was making a
speech. Eyewitnesses say 15 people were arrested.

Defeated by incumbent President Ahmadinejad in 2005 presidential
elections, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani actively backed Moussavi
during his presidential campaign. In his speech, Rafsanjani said many
Iranians had doubts about the official result of the June 12 vote and
called on authorities to take measures restore public trust. Rafsanjani
also demanded the immediate release of people detained in the unrest,
Reuters reports.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS