Iran's conservative Kayhan daily newspaper is calling opposition leader and defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi a "U.S. agent" and demanding that he be tried for allegedly collaborating with foreign governments to incite post-election violence. The editorial printed Saturday in Kayhan, asks if Mr. Mousavi's actions during several weeks of post-election unrest were in response to instructions by American authorities. Written by a close ally of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, the article also called for Mr. Mousavi and for Iran's former president and leading reformist, Mohammad Khatami, to be tried for treason. Mr. Khatami has accused Iran's leaders of a "coup" against democracy for upholding the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. A wave of attacks against alleged foreign involvement in Iran's... [read full story]
