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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/01/AR2009070100522.html?hpid=topnews
Defiant Iranian Opposition Leaders Refuse to Accept Ahmadinejad Government
[Washington Post] Thomas Erdbrink - Three opposition leaders including leading presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, former speaker of parliament and presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi, and former president Mohammad Khatami openly defied Iran's top political and religious authorities Wednesday, vowing to resist a government they have deemed illegitimate after official certification of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's reelection. They called for annulment of the June 12 vote and the continuation of protests. The three made clear that they do not oppose Iran's system of religious government, but they charged that the country is turning into a dictatorship.