TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's supreme leader vowed Monday to deliver a "punch in the mouth" to the country's enemies if the opposition goes ahead with major new protests planned for this week, as a senior pro-reform figure was sentenced to six years in prison over postelection unrest.
The opposition has called for a large turnout for protests on Thursday to coincide with celebrations for the 31st anniversary of Iran's Islamic revolution. Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi is determined to participate in the demonstration, a step that could escalate tensions, his Web site reported Monday.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced the opposition as "counterrevolutionaries" being used by the country's enemies, the United States, Britain and Israel, and vowed that Iranian unity in support of the Islamic revolution would defeat them.
Iranians "will punch (them) in their mouths to shock them," Khamenei said.
The opposition, he said, was not a part of the Iranian people. "Today, it is clear that those who stand against the great job done by the Iranian nation in the election, are not a part of the people" of Iran.
The opposition claims that Mousavi was the rightful winner of June 12 presidential elections and that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's victory was fraudulent. Street protests have persisted despite a heavy crackdown by security forces in which hundreds have been arrested.
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so what does that mean???
by Ali9 Akbar on Mon Feb 08, 2010 12:41 PM PSTshould the USA go to red alert to assure that Iran does not pull a 9-11 type attack on the United States???
I assure you IRI supporters that the USA and NATO would turn the nuclear facilities of Iran into a parking lot and probably the city of Qom should be evacuated by all non-combatants ... Also I believe the Iranian Air Force and Army might want to consider putting in for vacation time to assure it's survival...