Iran's judiciary denies opposition party allowed to resume activity

Mon, 01 Nov 2010

Tehran - The Iranian judiciary on Monday denied that the opposition party Etemad Melli (National Trust) has been allowed to reopen and resume political activity, ISNA news agency reported.

The National Trust party's deputy head, Rassoul Montajabnia, had told ISNA on Sunday that the main party office has been unsealed by the judiciary and the party told that it could resume its activity.

But judiciary spokesman Gholam-Hossein denied this in his weekly press conference.

"The party's office has not been reopened and no permission granted to the party for resuming its activity." Mohseni-Ejehi, who is also state prosecutor, said.

Etemad Melli is led by Mehdi Karroubi, a former parliament speaker and since last year one of the most vehement critics of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Karroubi and former prime minister Mir-Hossein Moussavi last year lost to Ahmadinejad in the presidential election but accused him and his government of fraud, refusing to acknowledge his re-election.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/351377,party-allowed-resume-activity.html.