The leaders, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, are under de facto house arrest but have regularly issued defiant messages to their supporters through their websites, including one which led to anti-government protests on Monday that left two people dead and several wounded.
The protests angered regime-backers and prompted furious MPs to demand the execution of the pair, who were once pillars of the Islamic establishment. (*)
Editor: Kunto Wibisono
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