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As the ruling system mourts pressure on Iran's
opposition, a lawmaker rules out any prospect of
prosecuting Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mohammad
Khatami - - two of the public symbols of the opposition.
With Iran grappling with a grave turbulence following a
controversial presidential election in June, a formal
endorsement by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on
Monday set in motion Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's second
inauguration as president.
Meanwhile, remarks made by Ayatollah Sewed Ali
Khamenei during the approval ceremony suggested that
President Ahmadinejad had plans to quell the elites who
“failed” the election test.
“Those who talk of the nation's distrust do so either out
of spite or out of negligence,” said Ayatollah Khamenei
in an allusion to protests against the vote resuit, adding
that the angry crowd would contirue their opposition during Ahmadinejad's second term in office.
The suggestion was made as the Iranian president had reportedly warned earlier that after taking office he would
put down any uprising against his government.
Ever since the poll, a vast outpouring of discontent with massive and deadly street protests against the official
outcome of the election has caused a growing divide among the ruling elite.
Among the opposing voices are influential figure Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani and Mousavi, whose
credentials are well-known since the 1979 revolution, as well as Khatami, a two-time former president, and
Mehdi Karroubi, a former Parliament speaker.
The opposition figures, as well as the family members of the founder of the Islamic Revolution, shunned
Ahmadinejad's approval ceremony on Monday.
The defiant opposition, meanwhile, has attracted storms of criticism and an increasing number of attacks by
Principlist politicians and a raft of high-ranking officials.
Senior cleric and official Ayatollah Seyyed Aftnad Khatami has assailed efforts to question the ‘legitimacy' of the sermon
government that is “legitimized” by the Leader and law.
On Saturday, Tehran Representative in Majlis Hamid Rasayi said the mass trial of opposition figures, protesters
and journalists -- which had opened earlier in the week -- had paved the way for action against the “real riot
leaders”.
In separate remarks on Tuesday, Javad Karimi-Qoddousi, a member of the Iranian Parliament's National Security
Commission, said that Mohammad Khatami, who has expressed his disbelief and opposition at the election resuit
as well as the trial, should be banned from leaving the country until further notice.
Commenting on recent reports, Qoddousi claimed that it was likely that Khatami would take asylum in a foreign maker
country to avoid ‘prosecution.'
However, a member of the minority bloc in Parliament, AIi-Akbar Oliya, was quoted by the Iranian Labor News
Agency (ILNA) as saying that such reports are of pure propagandist nature.
Oliya went on to say that the prospects of any trial of influential figures and opposition leaders were “rumors”
floated by “hardliners”.
“Instead of spreading such rumors, we need to work to restore law and security to the nation,” the
parliamentarian added.
On Tuesday, Iranian Judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi called for “solidarity” and “unity”
among officials ahead of President Ahmadinojad's swearing-in ceremony.
Ahmadinejad is to take the oath of presidency before Iran's Parliament on Wednesday at 4:30am GMT.
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