Iran's Khatami calls for release of opposition chiefs
TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran's former reformist president Mohammad Khatami has urged the authorities to release opposition leaders Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi from house arrest, his website said on Saturday. "Why should people like Mr Mousavi and Mr Karroubi, and their wives, who have had a glorious past in the revolution and the Islamic republic, and who are loyal to the revolution and the Islamic republic, be placed under house arrest?" Khatami said according to his Khatami.ir website. "Such action pushes people who are against the regime ...
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