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...those living on modest incomes, there are frequent mentions of democracy, human rights, the release of political prisoners, even the overthrow of the entire regime. But taken as a whole, it is hard to tell what their objectives are, particularly since the opposition transcends thwarted presidential contender Mir-Hossein Mousavi's Green Movement platform. The question remains: What exactly will they be marching for - and perhaps fighting for - on Thursday...
...particular, the gang of security chiefs, or the "New Right" - including just-ousted Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejehei, commander of the Basij paramilitary Hasan Taeb, and head of the Revolutionary Guards Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari - may seek to further militarize the already repressive regime. One fundamentalist group linked to the Basij paramilitary force has gone public with plans to wrestle power from Ahmadinejad by advancing its own "desired Cabinet lineup." The spokesman, Lotfali Bakhtiari, said in an interview published in the newspaper Khabar, "Our organization intends to become the government's think tank. We want to introduce...
...time opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi arrived at the cemetery on Thursday afternoon, thousands of protesters were there, swarming around and chanting, "We support you." Another presidential candidate turned opposition head, Mehdi Karroubi, planned to join Mousavi, but it was not immediately clear whether he was in attendance. The crowd began chanting, "Neda is not dead; the regime is dead," and "Death to the dictators!" One witness said rocks were thrown by protesters as they defied orders by the security forces to disperse. Several were arrested, including the political activists Saeed Shariati and Shayesteh Amiri and filmmaker Jafar Panahi, according...
Former Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi is the public face of the opposition, but there are many others who are just as important, from former Presidents Mohammed Khatami and Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to many grand ayatullahs in Qom, Iran's Vatican. Mousavi was chosen as spokesman for the opposition because of his impeccable revolutionary credentials. Even at the revolution's most militant violent and radical peak, Mousavi stood by Khomeini, never questioning his decisions. It was an office under Mousavi that coordinated a series of attacks against the U.S. in Lebanon, including an attack on the U.S. embassy...
After the postelection crackdown in Iran, presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, in one of his few public statements, declared he was founding a new political organization that would represent the demands of the opposition candidates and their supporters - what is now being called the Green Movement. A Facebook page allegedly organized by Mousavi supporters recently put out an open call for ideas on civil disobedience and new forms of protest. (Read Robin Wright on Phase 2 of Iran's protests...