Iran's opposition leader vows more protests

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Iran's opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said on Monday the pro-reform protests which erupted after the country's disputed June presidential vote will continue, his website reported.

Iran's opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said on Monday the pro-reform protests which erupted after the country's disputed June presidential vote will continue, his website reported.

"The pro-reform path will continue," Mousavi said in a statement. "The establishment should respect the constitution and let us to gather to commemorate our killed loved ones on Thursday."

"The killings and arrests are a catastrophe, people will not forgive those behind such crimes," it said, adding, "I am sure the judiciary is not informed about many arrests."

The June 12 vote plunged the country into its biggest internal crisis since the 1979 Islamic revolution and exposed deepening divisions in its ruling elite.

Iranian media have reported several cases of protesters' deaths following the vote, including those of Sohrab Aarabi and Mohsen Ruholamini.

Iran's top judge Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi ordered the judiciary on Monday to follow the cases of detained protesters, the students news agency ISNA reported.

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