Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi was reportedly arrested Saturday following the reformist’s defeat at the polls by hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Supporters of Mousavi, the main challenger to Ahmadinejad, have responded to the election with the most serious unrest in Tehran in a decade and claim that the result was the work of a dictatorship.
There have been a number of contradictory reports from Iran, in large part due to the heavy restrictions imposed on the media in the Islamic Republic and in particular on foreign reporters.
It seems to be as feared. There will be a violent crackdown. The election was clearly rigged. Mousavi’s arrest was a setup. Khamenei fears the youth. We must unflinchingly back this uprising. Save the Iranians from oppression!