Report: Mousavi Placed Under House Arrest in Iran
Others Also Reportedly Detained as Clashes in Tehran Grow
As the violence in Tehran continues to worsen, several as yet unconfirmed reports have emerged suggesting that the chief opposition candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, has been placed under house arrest. Mousavi has accused President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of having rigged the election, and claims to have actually won by a wide margin.
Some of the reports have said that Mousavi was arrested while en route to the home of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. It is being claimed that other opposition figures have been arrested as well, but with the chaos in post-election Tehran restricting the movement of foreign reporters those reports have yet to be confirmed either.
The official results released by Iran’s Interior Ministry says President Ahmadinejad won by a surprisingly large margin, but Mousavi has condemned the results as a “dangerous plot” and has said he will not surrender until it has been uncovered.
Analysts had predicted that the record turnout would favor the challenger, and some are pointing to the official results in individual Iranian cities as perplexing given the historical ethnic and regional splits in past elections.
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Report: Mousavi Placed Under House Arrest in Iran — will to truth
June 13th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
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IIllyaKuryakin
June 14th, 2009 at 10:04 am
If this is in fact true, I would venture to guess it's because he is collusion with agents of western intelligence in sowing seeds of insurrection with Iran. Ahmadinejad clearly won, as anyone without an "axe to grind" could have easily predicted.
Pattonpaws
June 14th, 2009 at 10:45 am
I am sceptical of Mousavi's claims. Especially so , since he is favored by both Israel and the US. It is apparent the CIA will now intensify its destabilization of Iran under the cover of election chaos.
rybo1
June 14th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
CNN and others seem to be exaggerating unrest in Iran. Western media will exploit this to the fullest. Before the election Western "news" outlets were claiming that the race was neck and neck, which I doubt was the reality. Sunday talking head news shows will undoubtedly spew anti Ahmadinijad propaganda.
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