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Updated V: Rioting Grows Ayatollas Call for New Elections, Telephone Cut Off Teheran, Mousavi Arrest

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Sat Jun 13, 2009 at 08:26:21 AM PDT

Note: We are simply watching the best Farsi websites. Payman has been reading them for years, so he knows the good ones.  I should note that one of those sources did call Mousavi's arrest long before anyone else and it has been since confirmed. Will report that landscape in the am.

Update V: I've lost my translator (Payman) for the night.  He promised a birthday dinner to a Bosnian friend.  We'll be back at it very early tomorrow.  People are finding 'other' ways to get the news out, so we hope to have more news by morning.

Update IV:

Link: A committee of respected Ayatollahs (the spiritual fighters) have requested that the election be invalidated for the purpose of restoring the people’s trust in the Islamic Republic.  "We request the people to stay calm and not to provoke the government agents."

UpdateIII:

Link Telephone communication between Tehran and the rest of Iran has been completely disconnected.  This corresponds with the beginnings of the arrests of the opposition.  It is suspected that this is being orchestrated by Mojtaba Khamenei son of The Supreme Leader, Ali.

It's true. We are unable to telephone people in Tehran we spoke to an hour ago. No error just silence.

Update II: Pyknet: Mousavi has been place under house arrest. He was arrested on his way to Khamenei's house.  All communication has been shut off.  Khamenei has issued a statement claiming that HE that he is leading this coup to SAVE the Islamic Government (Nezam)

Update I: Sianat az ara (Protectors of Votes) Iran' Election Commission, have called the result fraud and are calling for new election.

They pointed to the suspension of text messaging Thursday night and the disruption of phone service for the campaigns and others, and ballot shortages.

Sianat az ara is a group of election monitors chosen by the four candidates.  Ahmadinejad campaign is rejecting the claim of fraud and dismissed the committee as pro-Mousavi.

It is almost 9:30pm in Iran.  In the north (rich part) of Tehran, the curfew is being ignored.

Photos here. Mo' pix here.

peiknet.com is reporting;
Translation -

Rafsanjani has resigned all duties in protest to Supreme Leader Khamenei's endorsement of Ahmadinejad as winner of yesterday's election.

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