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August 30, 2009

Green Trio Forced to Cancel Iftar Ceremony

According to Zahra Rahnavard’s Facebook page, Mousavi, Khatami, and Karroubi were forced to call off their Iftar ceremony because of crowds gathering outside the Amir Almomenin Mosque in Tehran. Iftar refers to the evening meal when Muslims break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan. The video shows small crowds chanting “Ya Hossein! Mir Hossein!” and “Coup d’etat govenment, resign! Resign!”
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVXS9ttAcIE]

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