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Iran opposition leader to attend Friday prayers
Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:11am EDT
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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi plans to attend Friday prayers this week in his first official public appearance since a disputed election that provoked mass protests by his supporters last month.
A statement on his website confirmed reports the defeated candidate would be present at the weekly prayers at Tehran University to be led by former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a rival of re-elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Clearly reflecting concern the event may turn into a show of strength by Ahmadinejad's pro-reform opponents, Intelligence Minister Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei told Fars News Agency:
"The vigilant Iranian nation must be aware that tomorrow's sermon should not turn to an arena for undesirable scenes."
Mousavi, Ahmadinejad's main challenger in the June 12 vote, says it was rigged in the hardline incumbent's favor.
The election further strained ties between Iran and the West, already at odds over Tehran's disputed nuclear ambitions. Western powers criticized the protest crackdown and Iran, the world's fifth-largest oil exporter, accused them of meddling.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday Iran's intentions were unclear following the vote and that President Barack Obama's offer of talks with Tehran over its nuclear program was not open-ended.
A reformist newspaper, Etemad, said Mousavi had voiced continued defiance in a meeting on Tuesday with the family of 19-year-old Sohrab Aarabi, who human rights activists say was killed during demonstrations after the vote.
State media say at least 20 people were killed during clashes between protesters and riot police backed by the Basij religious militia. Some rights activists say the death toll was higher. The authorities and Mousavi blame each other for the bloodshed.
The authorities reject charges of vote fraud, but the election and its turbulent aftermath also exposed deepening divisions within the Islamic Republic's leadership.
Mousavi has said he will join a planned group of leading figures to follow up people's rights and "ignored" votes.
"God willing, we will all move forward in the way that we have chosen...This is an irreversible path," Mousavi told Aarabi's mother, Etemad reported.
Mousavi, who was accompanied by his wife Zahra Rahnavard, said he would not allow the teenager's "blood to be trampled" and vowed to follow up his case, Etemad said.
"REFORMERS' TURN"
Iran's most powerful figure, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, upheld Ahmadinejad's landslide win in his Friday sermon one week after the election. Continued...
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