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Iran: Reuters reports mass “pro-government” rallies, calls for punishment under Sharia law

Reuters: Tens of thousands at pro-government rallies in Iran
– Reuters: “Tens of thousands of government supporters rallied in cities across Iran on Wednesday swearing allegiance to the clerical establishment and accusing opposition leaders of causing unrest in the Islamic state”
– ” ‘You should repent … otherwise the system will confront you as a ‘mohareb’ (enemy of God),” cleric Ahmad Alamolhoda told reformist leaders at a Tehran rally, state TV reported. Under Iran’s Islamic sharia law the sentence for a mohareb is death.”
– “In Tehran, crowds burned American and British flags.”