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4pm at Behesht-e Zahra; 6pm on Mordad 8, Neda 40 at Mosallah Mosque; Solidarity with martyrs' families
July 30th morning 2am, Mir Hossein Mousavi's aides sent out invitation for supporters to participate in the July 30th (thursday Mordad 8th, 1388 Anno Persico) commemoration of the martyrs of recent violence, especially Neda Agha-Soltan, whose 40th day since death is on Mordad 8th. The message asks supporters to attend peaceful and solemn ceremony at the Mosallah Mosque of Tehran, the largest mosque in the city, located in the Abbas Abad district. Before the 6pm prayer, main activities will take place at 4pm at the burial sites of the martyrs, namely the Behesht-e Zahra Cemeteries, which Mousavi and Mehdi Karrubi will attend. After the service at the mosque, the leaders will pay visits to and show solidarity with some families who have lost their members in the violence. This message also ties into Mousavi's earlier message that "religious celebrations are opportunities for the display of the 'Green' movement’s creativity."

Mousavi To Organize Opposition Party
Currently, the Opposition Party of Iran is already a Shadow Government & the ONLY legitimate government in Iran.

Therefore, President Mousavi's party and Government is responsible for the Moral Uplifting of the Iranian Nation, and the representation of the ethical choices of the nation over international issues especially having to do with Universal, Humanitarian values. The words of the True President of Iran will be of great value to the International Community, and of great value to the Moral Uplifting of Humanity as a whole.

I sincerely pray that President Mousavi and his party will be remembered in history among the good deeds of Gandhi, Dalai Lama, Mandela, Martin Luther King, Thich Nhat-Hanh.

For President Mousavi and the intellectual tradition through which he comes from, is the example of the wisdom and conscience that the Persian Civilization offers the World in our day, and is leading Iran and World Humanity towards a destiny of Pacifism, Humanitarianism & Collaboration. Mousavi's new party is Iranian Civil Society's party. But more importantly, it will be World Civil Siciety's Party!

2009 Iranian election protests victims other than her are (and not limited to):
There are more people killed in these two violent months. But these 26 names are those verified as martyrs killed in Tehran directly by the Basijis and the Police.

Therefore we call them "The 26 Martyrs of Khordad and Tir", or the "Neda 26". They are all Neda, as we all are.

1- Mohhammad Hossein Barzegar, male, 25, Highschool graduate, self-employed, shot in the head in Haft-Tir Sq, Tehran on Wed. June 17, 2009. Buried in Lot 302, Behesht-Zahra, on Sun Jun 21 after family's commitment to the conditions.

2- Seyyed Reza Tabatabaee, male, 30, Accountant, shot in the head on Azarbayjan St., on June 20, 2009. Buried in Lot 259, Behesht-Zahra, on Jun 24 after family's commitment to the conditions.

3- Iman Hashemi, male, 25, self-employed, shot in the eye on Azaadi St., on Sat. June 20, 2009. Buried in Lot 259, Behesht-Zahra, on Jun 24.

4- Parisa Koli(or Parisa Kali), female, 25, B.Sc. in Persian Literature, shot in the neck on Keshavarz Blvd., on Sun June 21, 2009. Buried in Lot 259, Behesht-Zahra, on Tue. Jun 23.

5- Mohsen Haddadi, male, 24, Software Designer, shot in the forehead on Nosrat St., on Sat June 20, 2009. Buried in Lot 269, Behesht-Zahra, on Tue. Jun 23.

6- Mohammad Nikzadi, male, 25, Civil Engineer, shot in the chest in Vanaq Sq., on Tue June 16, 2009. Buried in Lot 257, Behesht-Zahra, on Sat Jun 20.

7- Ali Shahedi, male, 24, was arrested on Sun Jun 21, 2009 and transferred to Tehranpars police station. He died in the police station for unknown reasons (according to the official autopsy). But his family believe he died from baton hits in the police station. Buried in Lot 257, Behesht-Zahra on Jun 24.

8- Vaahed Akbari, male, 34, self-employed, married with a 3-year old daugther, shot in the side on Vanaq St., on Sat June 20, 2009. Buried in Lot 261, Behesht-Zahra, on Tue Jun 23.

9- Abolfazl Abdollahi, male, 21, Associate Degree in Electrical Eng., shot in the back of the head in front of Sharif Univesity on Sat June 20, 2009. Buried in Lot 248, Behesht-Zahra, on Tue Jun 23.

10- Saalaar Tahmasbi, male, 27, Business Administration Student in Rasht, shot in the forehead on Jomhouri St. on Sat June 20, 2009. Buried in Lot 254, Behesht-Zahra, on Tue Jun 22 (or Mon Jun 21?).

11- Fahimeh Salahshour, female, 25, Highschool graduate, died on Jun 15th in the hospital from internal bleeding resulting from baton hits to her head in Valiasr Sq. on Jun 14th, Buried in Lot 266, Behesht-Zahra, on Tue Mon Jun 17.

12- Vahid Reza Tabatabaee, male, 29, B.A. in English Literature, shot in the head in Baharestaan Sq. on June 24, 2009. Buried in Lot 308, Behesht-Zahra, on Tue Mon Jun 27.

Before this, the name of another 14 martyrs was released, including:

1- Neda Agha Soltan (female) 2- Fetemeh Barati (female) 3,4- Fatemeh Rajabpour & her daughter (female) 5- Kasra Sharafi (male) 6- Movina Ehtermi (female) 7- Kambiz Shojaee (male) 8- Mohsen Imani (male) 9- Naser Amirnejad (male) 10- Iman Namazi (male) 11- Mostafa Ghonyan (or Mostafa Ghanyan) (male) 12- Bahman Jenabi (male) 13- Ashkan Sohrabi (male) 14- Kaveh Alipour (male)

June 28
Responding to Mir Hossein Mousavi's appeal, Iranian government legally approved a Sunday June 28 2009, (or Tir 7th 1388 Anno Persico) peaceful prayer gathering at 6pm mourning those killed during the 2009 post-election clashes at the Qoba Mosque on Ghoba Alley (North of Hosseinie Ershad Mosque on Doktor Ali-ye Shariati) in Tehran. Diplomats from other countries may attend. The government promised not to hurt the peaceful mourners present.

Snipers and Inteligence officers are seen on the roofs near Ghoba, an Unit of Anti-Riot Police Warned People to Leave, military helicopters hovering in the sky.

Thousands of people are gathered around the Ghoba-Shariati neighborhood.

An estimated 5,000 protesters marched slowly & silently through Tehran Sunday. Government was reportedly allowing demonstration.

The large crowd shouted "Ya Hussein" in a Youtube footage. A Youtube footage shows that Mehdi Karroubi entered the crowd at the Ghoba Mosque. One witness reported at 8:30pm that Mohammad Khatami and Mir Hossein Mousavi are reportedly seen earlier at the Mosque. However, another witness said that Alireza Beheshti, son of Mohammad Beheshti told the crowd that Mousavi was prevented from coming. Faezeh Hashemi was seen with people that ringed around the banner outside of the Mosque door. The slogans were: "Salam bar Beheshti, Dorood bar Mousavi." Mostafa Malekian stood in the Ghoba alley with the crowd and sported victory signs. Reza Attaran also joined the crowd, wearing a green T-shirt. Also attending the gathering was Hojjat al-Islam Hadi Ghaffari.

Because the Shariati Street entrance of Ghoba Alley and the other end were both blocked by barriers, about 2000 mourners packed in the alley, under surveillance of sharpshooters and heavy police presence, especially those fully deployed along Shariati Street. A witness reported that police used tear gas to disperse the people at the northern end of the Ghoba Alley.

There are Facebook posters who claimed to have attended the Ghoba gathering who disputed that there was serious clashes, claiming that the exit towards the United Nations office (which is at the northern end of Ghoba Alley) was peaceful and free of tear gassing or clashes. This claim, along with those of serious clashes, cannot be verified.

All Youtube postings that shows Ghoba setting are peaceful so far, including one with the crowd surrounding Alireza Beheshti, who spoke via a loudspeaker, and was watched by a police officer behind. Beheshti conveyed to the crowd a message delivered by Mousavi over the phone. On the same day, there are new Youtube postings of some street (allegedly on Shariati Street leading to Ghoba Alley) marches with "Marg ba diktator" shouted in unison, and some with smoldering objects and gunshots dispersing rioters. But these were clearly not shot at the narrow alley of Ghoba, and not necessarily on Sunday the 28th. The safety in the surrounding of a historical mosque, coinciding with an important memorial date in the Islamic Republic seem to have given police forces and the protesters such an uneasy moment of truce and standstill. This matches the pattern throughout centuries of Islamic history in which religiously-sanctioned gatherings became moments of freedom of political expression, and in which political dissents became symbiotic with a community held together by common interpretation of faith, which secular authorities had difficulties in outlawing.

Despite this, the government's arrest of 8 British embassy employees (with 4 later released) is another indicator of its readiness to intimidate the international community. Khamenei has issued a statement warning "both sides" not to provoke each other, hinting that further wanton police brutality is perceived by the Supreme Leader, if not by Ahmadinejad's faction, to be costly for the regime's shaky rule.

The Sunday June 28 large gathering outside the Qoba Mosque in Tehran.