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A day earlier, Iran hanged two men sentenced to death on charges including waging war against God, trying to overthrow the Islamic establishment and membership of armed groups.
Opposition websites have been inviting people to hold further anti-government rallies on Feb. 11, the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution. Hardline authorities have warned the opposition against “illegal” rallies.
“I thank the judiciary chief for executing two rioters and urge him to execute others if they do not give up such protests,” Jannati told worshippers at Tehran University. His speech was broadcast live on state radio.
Jannati is head of the Guardian Council, which vets candidates for national elections, and is a staunch supporter of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose victory in the June vote he has repeatedly praised.
Iran’s interior minister warned opposition activists on Jan. 5 they risked execution as enemies of God if demonstrations continued.
Authorities said the two were part of an 11-member pro-monarchy and anti-revolutionary group who had planned to plant bombs and assassinate officials to create tension on the day of election and afterwards. Death sentences imposed on the other nine are at the appeal stage.
In Iran’s bloodiest unrest since the immediate aftermath of the vote, eight people were killed on Dec. 27, the date of the Shi’ite ritual of Ashura. Authorities have accused opposition leaders of links to “foreign enemies”. The opposition denies the allegation.
Neither side has shown much appetite for compromise in the seven months since the vote and confrontations are expected to intensify on Feb. 11.
“We showed weaknesses until Ashura ... There is no more space for tolerance,” said Jannati.
Opposition leaders say the vote was rigged to secure Ahmadinejad’s re-election. Authorities deny this.
The opposition says more than 70 people have been killed, but Iranian authorities estimate the post-election death toll at about half that number, including pro-government militiamen.
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