Iran judge urges arrests decision
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| The head of Iran’s judiciary has ordered a decision within a week on the fate of prisoners arrested after disputed elections, Iranian media say. |
A spokesman for the judiciary chief, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi, also said some prisoners should be freed, the Mehr news agency reported. |
The spokesman, Ali Reza Jamshidi, said about 300 people remained behind bars. |
Meanwhile, opposition leaders have applied to hold a commemoration for those killed in post-election violence. |
Mir Hossein Mousavi, a defeated candidate who has challenged the results of last month’s elections, appealed on his website for people to gather on Thursday for the commemoration ceremony. |
“The killings and arrests are a catastrophe, people will not forgive those behind such crimes,” he said in a statement quoted by Reuters news agency. |
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