OPPOSITION RALLIES RE-LAUNCH IN IRAN

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
18.09.2009 20:55 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Today is the last Friday of Ramadan when Iranians
are encouraged to demonstrate their support for the Palestinian people,
on what is called Qods day.

But there are reports of thousands of opposition supporters in the
streets of Tehran and at least ten arrests in clashes with police.

The marchers are shouting slogans in support of their unsuccessful
presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi. It follows a warning from
the Revolutionary Guards yesterday that any demonstration would be
broken up.

Mousavi, along with rival candidate Mehdi Karoubi and former president
Mohammed Khatami joined their supporters in the streets, but all
reportedly had to flee angry counter-demonstrators.

Today is the first opportunity the opposition has had since July the
ninth to vent its feelings in public, Euronews reported.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress