If the whole regime topples and Mousavi becomes leader of a new Iranian government, will Sharia no longer be the law of the land there? Will equality of rights before the law, freedom of speech, and freedom of conscience be established and defended? That seems unlikely — for all his newfound reputation as a reformer, Mousavi was a founder of Hizballah and an architect of the Islamic Republic’s intelligence agency.
“Mousavi warns supporters away from Iran protest,” from International Business Times, June 16 (thanks to James):
Mir Hossein Mousavi, a leading presidential candidate in last Friday’s Iranian elections, has tried to cancel a planned mass protest in Tehran for fear that violence may break out due to the presence of a counter-demonstration supporting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Yesterday seven people were reported to have been killed at an illegal anti-government rally attended by Mr Mousavi and hundreds of thousands of supporters.
Today a further demonstration was planned but news that Mr Ahmadinejad’s supporters would also be demonstrating led Mr Mousavi to warn people to stay away from the event in case fresh violence broke out.
A spokesman for Mr Mousavi said that “The moderate’s rally has been cancelled”, reports the Times Online….