Calls to execute Iran opposition leader

GOVERNMENT supporters rallied across Iran yesterday to protest against an opposition “insult” to the Islamic Republic’s revered founder, with some calling for pro-reform leader Mir Hossein Mousavi to be executed.

Calls to execute Iran opposition leader

It was the first time such a call was made during a state-sponsored event and signalled increased pressure on the moderate opposition, which has continued to show defiance over a presidential election in June it says was rigged.

“Mousavi, this is our last warning. The sedition leaders should be executed,” people chanted at a rally in Tehran.

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