WRAPUP 1-Iran set for day of mourning after protest deaths

Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:38pm BST
 
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By Parisa Hafezi and Hashem Kalantari

TEHRAN, June 18 (Reuters) - Supporters of Iran's defeated presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi prepared to heed his rallying call for a national day of mourning on Thursday for those killed in post-election clashes.

State media said seven people were killed in an opposition protest in Tehran against what Mousavi says was a rigged election last week in favour of hardline incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.  Continued...

 

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