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Iran Guards warn opposition against new rallies
 [Al Arabiya Latest] Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards warned the moderate opposition on Monday not to stage any rallies on Nov. 4, when the Islamic Republic marks the 30th anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran.Opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi, who says the June election that he lost to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was rigged, appeared to urge his supporters two days ago to take part in rallies on that day. Referring to the Iranian date of the capturing of the U.S. embassy three decades ago, Mousavi said: "The 13th of Aban is a... rendezvous so we would remember anew that among us it is the people who are the leaders." Several reformist websites are urging opposition supporters to gather on Wednesday and protest "peacefully" and not to resort to "violence even if they are attacked." In mid-September, reformist supporters clashed with police and government backers at annual demonstrations in support of the Palestinians. Some reformist websites have called for renewed demonstrations on Wednesday. The Guards, who helped to quell huge street protests after the election, called on the Iranian people to "exercise vigilance in regard to the likelihood of mischief and plots by the enemy's agents and some unaware and misguided (people) on Nov. 4", the official IRNA news agency reported. "The Iranian nation will not allow any (political) group to impose itself and use diversionary and false slogans on Wednesday," it quoted a Guards statement as saying. Posted by: Fred 2009-11-03 |
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