Iran's Mousavi calls for national strike if arrested

Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:09pm BST
 
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TEHRAN, June 20 (Reuters) - Iran's defeated presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi urged Iranians to stage a nationwide strike if he was arrested by the authorities, a witness said.

"In his address to his supporters in Jeyhun (a southwestern district of Tehran) Mousavi called on people to go on a national strike if he gets arrested," the witness told Reuters. (Tehran newsroom)

 

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