Drudge Retort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs
Sunday, June 28, 2009

GroundReport Editor's Note: The following report is unconfirmed and we do not certify its accuracy. We will continue to update as facts emerge.

Breaking Tweets can confirm via reliable sources that Mir Houssein Mousavi has been arrested in Iran. He was arrested at approximately 9:30 p.m. Sunday in Tehran.

Mousavi lost June 12's presidential election to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a landslide, even though the results were expected to be close. It has sparked controversy in the days since and Mousavi supporters have organized protests.

The first to tweet about the news is Omid Habibinia, an Iranian journalist who lives in exile in Switzerland.

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If true, looks like things are going to the next level. He had turned down an offer for a partial recount earlier, and was standing firm.

Next thing you know, America will extend unlimited detention at Gitmo.
Wait, didn't that just happen?

Wait, didn't that just happen?

#2 | Posted by Diablo

No.

I heard this story too, but that's the bitch of getting any news out of Iran right now. I'm either looking on message boards or twitter for info.

Lots of room for error and rumor, and lots of uncertainty. I don't know if this would be a smart move for the government - many demonstrations have been spontaneous and arresting Moussavi makes an already despotic leadership look even worse. I wouldn't put it past them, though.

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