Nearly two million people demonstrated in the streets of Tehran and joined the Friday Prayer sermon of Mr Hashemi Rafsanjani. Leading reformist leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi also took part in the gathering as was announced before. During this event, the police used tear gas against the crowd. At least 15 people were arrested by the police. Among the arrested protestors were Shadi Sadr, a prominent Iranian women’s rights activist and writer. Deutsche Welle described it as the most critical and turbulent Friday prayer in the history of contemporary Iran. Mehdi Karroubi and Abdollah Nouri were attacked and beaten by men in plain-clothes on their way to Friday prayers at Tehran University.
In his speech, former president Hashemi Rafsanjani said: "Doubt has been created [about the election results]." "There is a large proportion of the wise people who say they have doubts. We need to take action to remove this doubt." |
