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"Mr Mousavi, do you know there are seats here for you and your friends who were the cause of this plot? " he said.

In a statement on his website, Mousavi said he had formally asked the Guardian Council, a legislative body, to cancel the election result.

It had been the planned venue for a rally of Mousavi supporters, but those supporting the incumbent president arrived first.

The council may be preparing for a modest revision of the results, giving Mr Mousavi a few more votes, probably in a few days' time.

It seemed a bit odd that the number assigned for Mr. Mousavi was "4" and that of Mr. Ahmadinejad was "44. "

The main opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi has said the confessions were the product of torture.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faces a strong challenge from his main rival, the reformist Mir Hosein Mousavi.

One of the remaining reformist candidates, Mir Hosein Mousavi, is seen as capable of attracting conservatives as well as liberals.

Reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi said he won, and claimed the election was fraudulent.

The regime surely did not fear Mousavi, who is a pretty tame sort of reformer, or even his formidable wife.

Businessman Hadi Hajiabbas did not vote in the 2005 election but had just chosen Mousavi, largely for his economic skills.

And an aide said Mousavi's Web site, his primary means of staying in touch with supporters, was taken down by unknown hackers.

Member Mehran Barati said it is no longer about the election of Mousavi, but the right to a free vote.

"Mousavi called on people to go on national strike if he gets arrested, " the witness told Reuters.

Mousavi said volunteer and social networks would form the mainstay of his organisation without giving details.

But soon afterwards rolling official results, announced with unusual speed, showed him far behind with only a third of the vote.

Mousavi is something entirely different: he stands for the resuscitation of the popular dream that sustained the Khomeini revolution.

Earlier, the defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi addressed the crowd in his first public appearance since Friday's disputed election.

"Even though it is bad for their mental health, Mousavi's supporters spend hours on the Internet, " he said.

Witnesses and video footage meanwhile showed a long column of pro-Mousavi supporters filing through a part of north Tehran.

Mr. Mousavi made brief remarks at the edge of the gathering, saying he would welcome a new vote.

Early on Mr Mousavi, who, supporters say, was tipped off by allies within the Ministry of Interior, proclaimed himself the likely winner.

Many analysts say that a victory by reformist-minded Mir Hossein Mousavi would have made rapprochement between Washington and Tehran easier.

Instead those disparate groups of discontented Iranians united behind the main challenger, Mr Mousavi.

In the election's aftermath, the movement had an attractively simple goal: to replace Mr Ahmadinejad with Mr Mousavi.

But an opposition Web site loyal to leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said Mohammadi was a well-known Mousavi supporter.

The legal appeal by the opposition stander bearer Mir Hossein Mousavi has yet to run its course .

Opposition websites urged supporters of Ahmadinejad's main rival, Mir Hossein Mousavi, to protest against the swearing-in.

Mousavi also called for a national strike if he is arrested, a witness said.

Hardliners are increasingly calling for Mousavi to be put on trial along with hundreds of the regime's opponents.

And Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has declared victory. But his opponent, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, is claiming ballot fraud and wants an investigation.

Clashes and mass arrests were reported on university campuses of those supporting Mousavi.

Mr. Mousavi's allegations of widespread vote rigging are raising serious legitimacy questions at home and abroad.

After the performance, I asked him if he would vote for Mir Hossein Mousavi in the upcoming Iranian elections.

Cars flying green flags speed through the city, honking horns for Mousavi. " Dreyfuss wrote. "

He denied this had any effect on the result, a landslide victory for the incumbent president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, over Mir Hossein Mousavi.

Mr Mousavi, a former prime minister, is the most reform-minded of three challengers competing against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The nephew, Seyed Ali Mousavi, was participating in antigovernment protests in Tehran on Sunday, the site said.

Mr Mousavi has timed his comments to encourage a new round of anti-government protests that are expected next week.

Mousavi's call for an annulment has been ruled out by Iran's top legislative body, the guardian council.

Mousavi supporters chose to mostly sit out the day, waiting to show their support in Tehran's "Freedom Square. "

The opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi alleges massive fraud in the election, saying he is the rightful winner, not Ahmadinejad.

Both Mousavi and Khatami, the reformist former president, have denounced the hearings.

There have been no official indictments against Mousavi.

In the words of Mohsen Armin, an influential reformist who backs Mr Mousavi, "No one is controlling the street protests. "

Many defendants had spent weeks in jail without access to lawyers, Mousavi said yesterday.

Mr. Mousavi went to the hospital where the body is being kept, the site said.

He is expected to back a reformist former prime minister, Mir Hosein Mousavi, against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the populist incumbent.

The movement does not need Mr Mousavi or Mr Karroubi to survive.

Why didn't the government provide enough ballot papers in big cities where Mousavi had a huge number of supporters?

State television said that eight people had died, including a nephew of last June's thwarted presidential candidate, Mir Hosein Mousavi.

Many brought green ropes or strings, which they tied together to form a giant chain in Mousavi's signature color.

Green is the campaign color of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi.

Iranian supporters of defeated reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi demonstrate on June 17, 2009 in Tehran, Iran.

Clashes also took place outside the Mousavi campaign HQ, where several journalists were detained.

Kurdish construction worker Amjad Abdollazadeh voted for Mousavi too.

It's widely believed to be a close race between Mr. Ahmadinejad and his reformist challenger Mir-Hossein Mousavi who is calling for change.

Mousavi demanded the elections be annulled.

Its figure heads, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karrubi, were put under house arrest last winter.

The site said Alireza Beheshti was arrested Tuesday. He's a senior aide to oppositional leader Mir Hossein Mousavi.

Supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi.

Mr. Mousavi, for instance, would not have a chance to come to Press TV and talk.

Mr. Mousavi and the other two candidates announced the recount wouldn't be acceptable to them.

Tomorrow at 5 p. m. local time, Mousavi supporters will gather at Vailasr Square.

Mousavi told students in Tabriz, Tuesday, that he supports free-speech, since that was a key goal of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution: