46 yrs ago Shah made a mistake by arresting Imam Khomeini and his comrades despite all the warnings

By witnessing the events of past few days one can see that Friday will be an important day not only because Supreme Leader will hold Friday Prayer and content of his sermons but because it could be the day history would repeat itself as in 46 years a...go in such a day Shah made a mistake by arresting Imam Khomeini and his comrades despite all the warnings and faced people’s harsh response that made him lose his crown.

هشدار به رهبران کودتا: در صورت بازداشت موسوی یا کروبی، منتظر تکرار 15 خرداد 1342 باشید: پاسخ رفتار ی
Source: www.mowjcamp.com
پاسخ رفتار یزیدی، قیام حسینی است، نه صلح حسنی !... چندی پیش آیتالله خامنهای با لحنی طعنهآمیز و تاسفبار، جنبش سبز حقطلبی مردم ایران را کاریکاتوری از انقلاب اسلامی خواند و نشان داد که صدای اعتراض ملت را نشنیده است. با این حال روز گذشته، آیتالله مهدوی ...

Ally of Iran's Mousavi detained, website says
09 Sep 2009 08:39:58 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Website reports detentions of two senior reformers

* No immediate comment from government officials (Adds detail, paragraph 3, background)

TEHRAN, Sept 9 (Reuters) - An ally of Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi has been detained, a reformist website said, in the latest move signalling increased pressure by the authorities on pro-reform foes of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Mowjcamp.com said Alireza Hosseini Beheshti, who heads an opposition committee looking into alleged abuse of imprisoned protesters after the disputed June election, was detained on Tuesday on the orders of Tehran's prosecutor.

He is the son of Ayatollah Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti, who was head of Iran's supreme court for about a year after its 1979 Islamic revolution and killed in a 1981 bombing attack.

There was no immediate comment from officials on the report.

The same reformist website on Tuesday said a top aide of pro-reform cleric Mehdi Karoubi, former Tehran mayor Morteza Alviri, had been detained.

Also on Tuesday, judiciary officials closed down Karoubi's office in northern Tehran and seized documents and computer data discs, the ILNA news agency reported earlier.

Beheshti has issued estimates of the number of people killed in post-election unrest that are much higher than the official death toll of around 26 people. The opposition says more than 70 people died during the street protests.

Mousavi and Karoubi, who finished second and fourth respectively in the election, say the poll was rigged to secure Ahmadinejad's re-election. The authorities deny the charge.

The hardline president shored up his position last week when parliament approved most of his new government ministers, after almost three months of political turmoil in the world's No.5 crude exporter.

Karoubi, whose newspaper was closed down three weeks ago, angered hardliners in early August by saying some imprisoned protesters were raped and abused in jail.

The authorities have rejected the allegation as baseless but the judiciary and parliament have agreed to look into the issue.

Karoubi said on his party's website this week he had handed over films and other material about abuse of three detainees to a special investigative parliamentary committee.

The election and its turbulent aftermath plunged Iran into its deepest internal crisis since the 1979 Islamic revolution, exposing deepening divisions within its ruling elites and adding to tension with the West.

Rights groups say thousands of people, including senior pro-reform figures, were arrested after the presidential poll almost three months ago. Most of them have been freed but more than 200 remain in jail, according to the opposition. (Writing by Fredrik Dahl; editing by Dominic Evans)