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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Search Search: Karroubi keeps up heat as Iran panel says he harms regime AFP - Sunday, September 13 TEHRAN (AFP) - - An Iranian judiciary panel called on Saturday for action against key opposition figure Mehdi Karroubi, even as he kept up the heat by issuing a fresh challenge to the outcome of the June 12 election. ADVERTISEMENT The panel accused 72-year-old Karroubi of harming the regime with his allegations that jailed protesters had been raped, according to the Fars news agency. The panel said its members had met Karroubi and concluded "that there is no proof that people whom Karroubi alleged were raped have been raped. "These allegations have been made without any proof, and all the documents given by Karroubi are baseless. These allegations were aimed at distracting public opinion." The report recommended that action be taken against Karroubi and those airing rape allegations. "This commission proposes... sending its report to the judiciary so it can act with determination against those who are responsible for spreading such allegations which harm the regime," it said. Hossein Sobhani-Nia, a member of the national security committee in parliament, was quoted by the official IRNA news agency as accusing Karroubi of lying. "It is clear that Karroubi's allegations are false and that he has lied... He must be acted against, and quickly. His past does not matter -- he has undermined the honour of the regime," it cited Sobhani-Nia as saying. Karroubi has been the most vocal in alleging that protesters picked up during demonstrations called by the opposition to protest what it claimed was the rigged re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been sexually abused and beaten in police custody. In remarks published on Saturday in the Italian daily La Stampa, Karroubi kept up the pressure, claiming that the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who led the 1979 Islamic revolution, would have annulled the election results. In an interview, he said Khomeini would have recoiled at the bloodshed that followed the election. "If the Imam Khomeini was alive, he would have annulled these elections (and) condemned the violence and murders," Karroubi said. "What happened immediately after the elections, the arrests of thousands of members of the opposition, the murder of dozens of people and the acts of violence... constituted a veritable coup d'etat," he added. Tehran's military prosecutor said on Saturday 90 former inmates of an Iranian detention centre closed over allegations of excesses during the post-election crackdown have formally complained of abuse. Shokrollah Bahrami, quoted by the Mehr news agency, did not elaborate on what kind of abuse allegedly occurred. "Ninety people who suffered harm have come forward to lodge complaints," he said. "Seven suspects, all of them members of the security forces, have been arrested," Bahrami said, adding that the warden of the Kahrizak detention centre south of Tehran is also in custody. He said the case would not go to trial until an investigation had been completed. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered Kahrizak's closure at the end of July, saying warders had failed to maintain proper standards. Three people arrested amid the wave of mass protests that followed the disputed presidential election reportedly died at the centre. Officials have never detailed the circumstances, but press reports and opposition figures say the three were beaten or tortured to death. They were among a total of 36 people who lost their lives during the unrest, a senior commander of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards was quoted on Thursday as saying. The opposition says 72 people died. At least 4,000 people were arrested during the protests. Most have since been freed but around 140 have been put on mass trials. Karroubi came last in the June election. Another defeated candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi, the principal opposition figure, has also spoken out strongly against the poll's legitimacy. On Friday, Khamenei warned opposition groups that they will be "confronted" if they jeopardise the nation's security. "Those who draw swords against the regime will be confronted," Khamenei said as he led the weekly Muslim prayers at Tehran university. "Differences of views should not lead to conflicts... The policy of the regime is to work with the majority. But if opposition groups have ideas that are against the nation's security and the principles of the regime, they will be confronted." Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Sign in to recommend this article » 0 users recommend Related Articles: World Peres discharged from hospital after collapseReuters - 1 hour 19 minutes ago Fire at Kazakhstan health clinic kills 38Reuters - 2 hours 20 minutes ago Netanyahu and Mubarak meet on reviving peace talksAFP - 2 hours 30 minutes ago US Mideast envoy to make final push ahead of UN meetAFP - 2 hours 50 minutes ago Vote fraud hard to pin down in AfghanistanAFP - Sunday, September 13 Enlarge Photo An Iranian judiciary panel has called for action against key opposition figure Mehdi Karroubi, seen here in May 2009, even as he kept up the heat by issuing a fresh challenge to the outcome of the June 12 election. 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