Iran's opposition leader said on Monday that the protest movement that has swamped Iran since the country's disputed presidential elections in June will continue, saying the government crackdown on protesters will only increase the size of his movement.
"The pro-reform path will continue," Mir Hossein Mousavi said in a statement on his Web site. "The establishment should respect the constitution and let us to gather to commemorate our killed loved ones on Thursday."
Mousavi and another reformist candidate, Mehdi Karoubi, called on Iranian authorities on Sunday to allow a mass public mourning ceremony Thursday at Tehran's "Grand Mosala" shrine to commemorate protesters who have died in the unrest that has gripped the country since the June 12
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