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Source: http://www.nypost.com/seven/07182009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/failed_peace_deal_179839.htm
Former Iranian President Rafsanjani Offers Compromise
[New York Post] Amir Taheri - Former President Hashemi Rafsanjani proposed that the dispute over the presidential results be referred to the Supreme Court for final judgment. He called for the government to release the 5,000 people arrested since June 13, publish the full list of those killed in the insurrection, and lift the ban on dozens of newspapers and magazines closed down for their opposition to Ahmadinejad's controversial re-election. Rafsanjani offered the formula at the Friday mass prayer at Tehran University where he appeared with former President Muhammad Khatami and defeated presidential candidates Mir Hussein Mousavi and Mehdi Karrubi in a show of unity. Rafsanjani refused to acknowledge Ahmadinejad as the legally elected president.