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Iran judge urges arrests decision | 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. | 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. | 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. | The spokesman, Ali Reza Jamshidi, said about 300 people remained behind bars. |
Meanwhile, an opposition leader has called for people to attend a ceremony for victims of post-election violence. | |
Mir Hossein Mousavi, a defeated candidate who has accused the authorities of electoral fraud, made the appeal on his website. | |
'Catastrophe' | |
Mr Mousavi and another moderate, defeated candidate, Mehdi Karoubi, said on Sunday they had applied for a permit to hold the commemoration on Thursday at Tehran's "Grand Mosala", a site of prayer that can hold tens of thousands of people. | |
"The pro-reform path will continue," Mr Mousavi said in his statement. | |
"The killings and arrests are a catastrophe, people will not forgive those behind such crimes." | |
Mr Mousavi said Thursday's ceremony would be used only for mourning and the recital of the Koran, saying no speech was planned. | |
"The establishment should respect the constitution and let us to gather to commemorate our killed loved ones," he said. | |
In the 12 June election, Mr Mousavi was the main challenger to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was declared to have won a comfortable victory. | |
Thursday marks the 40th day after the start of post-election demonstrations in which at least 20 people were killed and hundreds arrested. | |
Ayatollah Shahrudi ordered that "those prisoners who have not committed serious enough crimes to keep them in jail should be freed," his spokesman said. | |
Mr Mousavi said he was sure the judiciary was not being informed about many arrests. |
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