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Mousavi warns supporters away from Iran protest



16 June 2009 @ 02:07 pm BST

Mir Hossein Mousavi, a leading presidential candidate in last Friday's Iranian elections, has tried to cancel a planned mass protest in Tehran for fear that violence may break out due to the presence of a counter-demonstration supporting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Yesterday seven people were reported to have been killed at an illegal anti-government rally attended by Mr Mousavi and hundreds of thousands of supporters.

Today a further demonstration was planned but news that Mr Ahmadinejad's supporters would also be demonstrating led Mr Mousavi to warn people to stay away from the event in case fresh violence broke out.

A spokesman for Mr Mousavi said that "The moderate's rally has been cancelled", reports the Times Online.

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Demonstrations sprung up after President Ahmadinejad claimed a massive victory in the election last Friday. According to the official results Mr Ahmadinejad polled 24.5 million votes, Mr Mousavi received 13.2 million votes whilst the two other candidates received just over a million votes between them.

Mr Mousavi and his supporters claim that the result was the result of widespread electoral fraud. They have claimed that the speed of vote counting combined with Mr Ahmadinejad's strong support of 2-1, even in his opponent's political powerbases, is highly suspicious.

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