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June 22, 2009

Mousavi Calls for More Street Protests
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Meanwhile, Mousavi and former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami have
defied Iran’s Supreme Leader and urged protesters to continue street
demonstrations calling for a new election. Iranian state media reports
that between ten and nineteen people were killed during protests on
Saturday. Iranian police fired tear gas and water cannons at the
protesters. Iranian state radio reported 457 protesters were arrested.
On Sunday, Iranian police briefly detained five relatives of former
Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a close ally of Mousavi.
Reporters Without Borders says Iran is now jailing thirty journalists
and cyber-dissidents, including Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari, who has
been held since Sunday.



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