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Article: Restore calm, iran's supreme leader URGES Moussavi postpones major rally after meeting with Ayatollah Khamenei
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- June 16, 2009
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Robert F. Worth and Nazila Fathi The New York Times
International Herald Tribune
06-16-2009
Restore calm, iran's supreme leader URGES Moussavi postpones major rally after meeting with Ayatollah Khamenei
Byline: Robert F. Worth and Nazila Fathi The New York Times
Edition: 1
Section: NEWS
TEHRAN: --
The main Iranian opposition on Monday postponed a major rally to challenge the disputed presidential election, as the country's supreme leader called for calm after days of street protests.
In an unusual broadcast repeated every 15 minutes on state radio, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, was quoted as telling the main opposition candidate, Mir Hussein Moussavi, to pursue his ...