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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/28/AR2009062800196.html
Crackdown in Iran Aimed at Opposition Candidate Mousavi
[Washington Post] Thomas Erdbrink - In recent days, President Ahmadinejad's supporters have said they are ready to put opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi's advisers on trial and have threatened to execute some of the Mousavi supporters who took to the streets to protest the election result. State media have rolled out a daily serving of alleged plots and conspiracies involving Mousavi supporters. They refer to the protesters as "rioters" and "hooligans." Mousavi can either acknowledge his defeat and be embraced by his enemies or continue to fight over the election result and face imprisonment.