Govt losing supporters, admits Khamenei |
In a surprising admission, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that the country’s rulers have lost some supporters since the disputed presidential election in June.
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| Still, he blamed the pro-reform opposition leaders for Iran’s problems. “The reality in the society is that as some (supporters) dropped out, twice that number joined (us),” he said.
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Tens of thousands of hard-line government supporters turned out for state-sponsored rallies on Wednesday, some of them calling for the execution of opposition leaders.
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Pro-government rallies were staged in Shiraz, Arak, Qom and Tehran, among other cities. Demonstrators at a rally in Tehran chanted “Death to Moussavi,” a reference to opposition leader Mir Hussein Moussavi. The government gave all employees a day off to attend the rallies and organised buses to transport schoolchildren and supporters from outlying rural areas to the protests.
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