Iranians rally at Ghoba (Qoba) Mosque

Mousavi supporters join Beheshti commemorators

Published by Press TV – Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:36:24 GMT

Hundreds of Iranians have gathered in a mosque to commemorate the martyrdom of former chief justice Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti.

Supporters of defeated presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi also marched down Tehran’s Shariati Street from north to south and silently gathered outside the Ghoba Mosque — where the event was being held.

Ayatollah Beheshti was killed in terrorist attack on June 28, 1981, along with over 70 government and the Islamic Republic Party officials.

The pro-Mousavi gathering was the first post-election demonstration in five days. Latest reports said the demonstration ended peacefully Sunday night.

Opposition rallies were held almost on a daily basis, following the announcement of election results, in which incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared winner with almost two-thirds of votes.

However, once the Leader of the Islamic Revolution called for an end to the street rallies, the protests drew down on scale and frequency.

The three defeated candidates — Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Mohsen Rezaei — have lodged more than 600 alleged ‘irregularities’ with the electoral watchdog, the Guardian Council.

Mousavi and Karroubi believe these irregularities are enough for the election results to be annulled.

However, the head of Iran’s electoral office, Kamran Daneshjou, has criticized the complaints filed by the defeated presidential candidates for being ‘too general’. The Guradian Council has also stressed that there are no ‘major’ irregularities in the presidential election.

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