IRAN: Opposition leader Mousavi supports Egypt, Arab uprisings, condemns Tehran hard-liners
Los Angeles Times / Los Angeles Times
29-Jan-2011 (one comment)

Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi issued a strong statement of support Saturday for the Tunisian revolution that ousted longtime strongman Zine el Abidine ben Ali and the ongoing uprising against Egyptian ruler Hosni Mubarak, linking the ongoing struggles for freedom in the Arab world to popular revolt against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009.

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Mousavi suggested that Iran's uprising after Ahmadinejad's reelection debacle inspired the Arab world.