Top Iranian cleric says Mousavi should be tried for 'crimes against the nation'

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Saturday, July 4th 2009, 9:54 AM AFP/Getty Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi speaks to supporters. A top cleric in Iran called Mousavi a "US agent" 's supreme leader called the country's main opposition figure a U.S. agent and said in an editorial Saturday that he should be tried for committing crimes against the nation. While hard-line figures had previously demanded Mir Hossein Mousavi be prosecuted for describing Iran's June 12 elections fraudulent and leading demonstrations afterward, the editorial was the first public declaration that the opposition leader was a foreign agent. A detained Iranian employee of the British embassy has also been charged with harming Iran's national security, his lawyer said Saturday, in a move certain to increase tension with Europe. Iran's leadership has been trying... [read full story]                    

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