Bob Dylan in Tehran, Duel of the Mullahs……….
"There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'......" Bob Dylan
“Iran's top opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi is challenging the government once again Saturday and calling for an anti-government rally to prove the strength of his opposition Green Movement. The call comes just days after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Mousavi and other opposition leaders that they were now excluded from the regime. Mousavi's challenge to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to allow opposition forces to demonstrate is a clear act of defiance. It follows the Ayatollah's harsh words, several days ago, to the Assembly of Experts, pronouncing opposition leaders officially outside the regime. "I and [fellow opposition leader Mehdi] Karroubi," he insisted, "think the Green Movement should be allowed to hold a rally and put an end to speculation [about our movement's strength]." He also argued that a February 11th pro-government rally was "staged" with the help of an "unprecented" show of police and security forces," said Mousavi………”
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