Iran Opposition Leader Attacked in Quds Day Rally

Mousavi was forced to leave the rally for Quds Day after an attack on his car, official news agency Irna reported. Photo by armybase.us

Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has come under attack in Tehran during an annual rally in support of Palestinians, reports say.

Mousavi was forced to leave the rally for Quds Day after an attack on his car, official news agency Irna reported.

In a separate incident ex-President Mohammad Khatami was knocked to the ground, a reformist website reported, cited by the BBC.

Thousands have taken to the streets of Tehran for the rally. Iranian authorities had warned the opposition not to stage anti-government protests during Quds (Jerusalem) Day.

The rallies are held nationwide every year on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

Protesters shouted slogans in support of Mousavi, a key opponent of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, during the rally.

Mousavi was defeated by the president in June's disputed presidential election.

Although it is an officially sponsored occasion, opposition leaders who have continued to reject the re-election of Ahmadinejad had called on their followers to turn out.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps said it would deal "decisively" with any effort to stage an opposition protest.

 

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