Tehran - Over one-third of the Iranian parliament's lawmakers have sued Iran's opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi for harming the reputation of the Islamic establishment, official news agency IRNA reported.

Tehran MP Hamid Rassaei told IRNA that the complaint letter was forwarded to the chief prosecutor office for further action.

The MP added that the number of the signatories of the letter might gradually increase. IRNA said it was signed by 100 of parliament's 290 deputies.

Tehran  - Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi said in a statement Monday that financial sanctions against Iran would just hit the people and not the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

"These sanctions would not be against a government but the people who have already been agonized by this government," Moussavi said in a statement carried by several reformist websites.

Tehran  - Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi voiced concern Wednesday over more arrests of opposition activists, the opposition website Kaleme reported.

The judiciary Tuesday ordered the closing down of three opposition party including two of the Etemad Melli party led by moderate cleric Mehdi Karroubi, and the confiscation of party documents.

The judiciary reportedly also ordered the arrest of four dissidents, including Ali-Reza Beheshti and Morteza Alviri, the two senior advisers of Moussavi and Karroubi.

Tehran - Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi has accused President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of misusing Islam, his website reported Saturday.

"Islam is frequently referred to but seldom followed," Moussavi said in a statement carried by his website Kalame.

Moussavi is one of main opponents of Ahmadinejad, whom he has charged with fraud in the June 12 presidential election, and whose re-election he refuses to acknowledge.

Tehran - Iran's opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi has accused agents of the regime of sexual abuse in Tehran prisons, the opposition website Mowjcamp reported Tuesday.

"Those who have committed these crimes (sexual abuse) are agents of the regime," Moussavi said in a letter to moderate cleric Mehdi Karroubi.

"Does the rulership have no interest in knowing what these agents are doing to the people?" Moussavi added.

Tehran - The ongoing trial of 100 activists, including several former Iranian officials reflects the a deep problem existing in Iran, opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi was quoted as saying on his website Wednesday.

"These hectic trials just reflect the deep problem which exists in our country," Moussavi said in a meeting Monday with his young supporters.

Tehran - The ongoing trial of 100 activists, including several former Iranian officials reflects the a deep problem existing in Iran, opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi was quoted as saying on his website Wednesday.

"These hectic trials just reflect the deep problem which exists in our country," Moussavi said in a meeting Monday with his young supporters.

Tehran - The Iranian government on Tuesday once again rejected a request by opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi to hold a memorial ceremony for the victims in recent protest demonstrations, Fars news agency reported.

An Interior Ministry official said no permission has been issued for any gathering on Thursday (July 30).

Tehran  - Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi applied at the interior ministry for permission to hold a mourning ceremony for the victims of the recent protest demonstrations, the labour news agency ILNA reported Sunday.

At least 20 demonstrators were killed during protest demonstrations in the last 40 days against alleged fraud in the June 12 presidential election that led to re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Tehran - A large number of Iranian opposition figures, including opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi, called Saturday on senior clergy circles to help gain the release of political detainees.

In a letter to the senior ayatollahs carried on Moussavi's website Ghalamnews, the opposition figures warned against "grave consequences" of continued detainment of the protesters.

Tehran - Iran's opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi said Wednesday that protests against the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would continue until all jailed protestors were released.

"The election file will remain open and the legitimacy of the (Ahmadinejad) government will be questioned until the last jailed protestor is released," Moussavi said in a meeting with journalists in Tehran.

Tehran - Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi said Monday that a new generation has emerged in Iran that will not be intimidated by detentions.

"Today a new generation and a new awakening have emerged, which cannot be erased by detentions and false accusations," Moussavi said in a meeting with families of political detainees.

Tehran  - Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi would make his first public appearance since the June 12 presidential election in Friday's prayer ceremony in Tehran, his website reported Wednesday.

Moussavi said that he would join his supporters at the Friday prayers, which are to be led by the moderate ex-president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani in the university in central Tehran.

Tehran  - A senior Iranian cleric said Friday that the country's opposition led by Mir-Hossein Moussavi was acting like dissidents because of its fraud accusations after the June 12 presidential election.

"They (the opposition) neither acknowledge the laws nor those in charge of implementing the laws, so what are they after? Isn't this approach confronting the whole governing system?" Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said at Friday prayers in Tehran.

Tehran  - Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi said in a statement Wednesday that he did not acknowledge the re-election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

"From now on we will have a government the legitimacy of which the majority of the people, including me, will not acknowledge," Moussavi said in a first reaction to to the official confirmation of Ahmadinejad's re-confirmation,

Moussavi further said on his website that he would make no compromise on the rights of his supporters.(dpa)

Tehran - Defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Moussavi said via his website late Thursday that four of 70 academics allegedly arrested after meeting with him had still not been released.

One of those four included the chief of Moussavis election headquarters, Ghorban Behzadiannejad, the website said. 66 had been freed, it said.

The state-run Farsi news agency earlier denied any of the 70 Islamic scholars had been arrested.(dpa)

Tehran - ­ The authorities in Iran have denied arresting 70 academics following their meeting with opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi, Fars news agency reported.

Moussavis website said that the 70 scholars, all members of the Islamic Associations of their universities, were arrested after Wednesdays meeting with Moussavi and taken to an unknown destination.

Tehran - The best way to settle the dilemma over the controversial results of Iran's presidential elections would be formation of an independent committee, the camp of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi suggested Wednesday.

Moussavi, and millions of Iranians, accuse the government of fraud in the June 12 election which gave polls which gave President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad an overwhelming landslide victory.

Tehran/Berlin  - Mir-Hossein Moussavi, the presidential candidate defeated in last week's contested poll, has written a letter to Iran's Guardian Council on Saturday, saying that he believes the election was rigged in advance.

In the seven-page letter, made public as clashes were going on between police and protestors in Tehran, Moussavi said "I will continue my efforts to clarify the truth on the basis of the constitution and current laws, although the violations and planning of this disgusting move had been planned in advance."

Tehran  - Supporters of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi are planning more mass rallies on Saturday, despite warnings by Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to call off protests against last week's disputed presidential elections.

The Interior Ministry late Friday banned a rally planned for the next day in central Tehran. Moussavi, who was defeated by incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the June 12 polls, called on his supporters to demonstrate against the alleged vote manipulation and for new elections.