The wife of Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi has called on the authorities to release women jailed since the disputed June presidential election, the reformist Kaleme website reported on Tuesday. Skip related content
"We demand immediate and unconditional release of all (political) prisoners, particularly those women who have been arrested since the election," the website quoted Zahra Rahnavard as saying.
Defeated moderate presidential candidate Mousavi urged his supporters on Saturday to take to the streets on November 4, the 30th anniversary of the U.S. embassy takeover in Tehran.
Iran's hardline clerical establishment, trying to avoid any repeat of the huge demonstrations that erupted after the disputed vote won by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, say security forces will confront any illegal gatherings.
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, which helped to quell post-election protests, warned the opposition on Monday not to use the anti-U.S. rallies on Wednesday to stage new demonstrations.
(Writing by Parisa Hafezi, Editing by Alison Williams)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over.
