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Report: Iran Detains Opposition Leader's Bodyguard

   VOA News 18 May 2010

   An Iranian opposition website says authorities have arrested the chief
   bodyguard  of  the  country's opposition leader, former prime minister
   Mir Hossein Mousavi.
   The website (Kaleme.com) says Ahmad Yazdanfar was arrested late Monday
   night and taken to an unknown location.
   He  has  worked  as  Mr.  Mousavi's  chief bodyguard for more than two
   decades.
   Hundreds  of activists, including several of  Mr. Mousavi's aides and
   political  allies, have been arrested in a crackdown of the opposition
   following   their   rejection   of   President  Mahmoud  Ahmadinejad's
   re-election last year.
   Iran's  opposition accuses Mr. Ahmadinejad of rigging the presidential
   election  last  June  to  give himself a second term.  The opposition
   insists Mr. Mousavi was the rightful winner.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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