Iran’s Mousavi says protests will continue: website

Mousavi, prime-minister in 1980s, said detentions could not halt the pro-reform movement. "The killings and arrests are a catastrophe, people will not forgive those behind such crimes," Mousavi said, adding: "I am sure the judiciary is not informed about many arrests." "The country of 70 million cannot become a prison for all of them. The more they arrest people, the bigger this movement becomes."

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TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi said on Monday the pro-reform protests which erupted after the country’s disputed June presidential vote will continue, his website reported.

“The pro-reform path will continue,” Mousavi said in a statement. “The establishment should respect the constitution and let us to gather to commemorate our killed loved ones on Thursday.”

Moderate defeated candidates Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi on Sunday called on the authorities to permit a gathering on Thursday at Tehran’s “Grand Mosala,” a prayer location where tens of thousands can gather, to commemorate unrest victims.

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