Mousavi Reports That 70 Professors Who Met With Him Were Immediately Arrested

The L.A. Times reports that "Iran's leading opposition figure, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, launched a lengthy broadside against the Iranian leadership and state-owned media in comments published today on his website as authorities arrested 70 university professors who had just held a meeting with Mousavi. The former prime minister, in comments apparently delivered Wednesday to the professors and posted on one of his websites today, accused Iran's supreme leader of not acting in the interests of the country and said a dramatic change for the worse had taken place in Iran. He slammed state-controlled broadcast outlets, which have intensified a media blitz against the West, and alleged that recent unrest over the disputed June 12 elections was the work of Iran's international antagonists... Hundreds have been arrested for allegedly taking part or inciting disturbances, including 70 members of the Islamic Society of University Professors, who were arrested after they met with Mousavi on Wednesday afternoon. Their whereabouts are unknown, according to Kalameh.ir, Mousavi's website."

"The leadership's support for the government under normal circumstances is helpful," Mousavi said about Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. "However, if the leadership and the president are the same, it will not be in the interests of the country."
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