Mousavi identifies ‘achievement’ in Iran election

          
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          ‘achievement' in Iran election
          Amid ongoing opposition to Iran's disputed election,
          former presidential candidate M ir-Hossein Mousavi
          says the vote and its ‘bitter aftermath' have led to a
          “treasured achievement” for the nation.
          “There is a treasured achievement in the [ post-vote]
          events,” said Mousavi, who has emerged as the leader
          of the opposition after losing to President Mahmoud
          Ahmadinejad.
          The former prime minister, speaking to a group of youth
          on Tuesday, said the election had brought to sixface
          “grave and complicated crises” facing the establishment
          30 years after the Islamic Revolution.
          The re-election of President Ahmadinejad with almost
          two-thirds of the votes on June 12 generated great
          waves of discontent in Iran.
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          The result of the vote prompted a vast outpouring of anger by supporters of Mousavi and another presidential
          candidate, Mehdi Karroubi, whe took to the streets to protest what they call a “rigged” election.
          The opponents and critics of Ahmadinejad have harshty slammed the presidert, who enjoyed windfall oil revenues
          in his first term, over what they call mismanaging the economy, stoking inflation and damaging Iran's image in the
          international community.
          ‘These problems would not have been unveiled, if it weren't for the election,” said Mousavi, whose credentials
          are well-known since the 1979 revolution. “This is a great achievement.”
          The defeated candidate went on to say that the nation now fully feels the problems that were raised during the
          course of the election, Ghalam News reported.
          On the issue of protesters who face trial on charges of plotting to topple the government, Mousavi said that
          arrests of opposition figures and activists would not stop the movement opposing Ahmadinejad's re-election.
          Mousavi and his supporters claim that the election was stolen from him in a widespread “fraud” in favor of the
          incumbent. The charges have been disputed by Iran's electoral watchdog.
          “I noticed the birth of a strong national feeling duing the course of the election... wlich has united different
          groups in the society,” he said. “Some thought that by arresting several people whe they believe are protest
          leaders, the whole story will be finished.”
          “But the fact is that this movement has stayed alive, showing that the arrests will not be effective.”
          Irarian authorities arrested thousands of opposition figures, protesters and journalists in the aftermath of the
          election, many of whom have been released since.
          Despite the defiant opposition, President Ahmadinejad, who was sworn in before Parliament on Wednesday,
          struck a tone of unity, calling on officials and the people to work with his government.
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          Mousavi, who continues to question the legitimacy of the
          4hmadlneJad government, has dismissed allegations thai his
          supporters are plotting a velvet revolution.
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