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Reformists in Iran: Investigate if Khamenei qualified to rule

Aug 14th, 2009 | By | Category: Signs of the Times (click on article name)

Karroubi criticized Larijani’s speedy denial of the rape allegations, saying no probe could have been completed that fast. He also vowed he won’t remain silent over the “medieval torture and corruption” in Iran’s prisons.

“Insults and criticism won’t make me silent. I’ll defend the rights of the people as long as I’m alive and you can’t stop my tongue, hand and pen,” said Karroubi, leader of the reformist National Confidence Party.

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Iran’s “Show Trial” Of Foes Hurts System: Khatami

Aug 2nd, 2009 | By | Category: Signs of the Times (click on article name)

Iranian authorities have tightened pressure on their opponents by staging what former President Mohammad Khatami derided on Sunday as a “show trial” of 100 reformists accused of trying to instigate a “velvet revolution.”

The trial was the latest shot in an official campaign to snuff out defiance by those who say Iran’s June 12 election was rigged to ensure the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, due to be sworn in by parliament on Wednesday.

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Iran Cleric Calls for Protest Leaders to Be Punished ‘Harshly’

Jun 26th, 2009 | By | Category: Signs of the Times (click on article name)

“I ask the judiciary to behave harshly and cruelly with the leaders of the protests, as they are fed by the U.S. and Israel, so that it will teach a lesson to others,” Ahmad Khatami told worshippers yesterday in Tehran. Protesters who use weapons should face the death penalty, he said.

“None of Mousavi’s claims were right and we’ve had the healthiest election,” a council spokesman, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, was cited as saying “I can firmly say that no election fraud has been committed.”

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