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Iran steps up crackdown on opposition after protests

Nobel laureate's sister detained, Tehran blames West for fomenting unrest

AFP, AP, "Miran
Iran's conservative parliament called for maximum punishment of opposition demonstrators-yesterday as the regime stepped up its crackdown on dissent arresting the sister of Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi.
She was detained along with dozens of journalists and activists, reports said, after eight people were killed in protests on Sunday during Shia rituals for Ashura.
"Parliament wants the judiciary and intelligence bodies to arrest those who insult religion and impose the maximum punishment on them without reservation," said the statement read out by parliament speaker Ali Larijani on television.
Tehran is accusing Western countries of fomenting this week's violent protests in the capital and says it is summoning Britain's ambassador to file a complaint.
InTehran on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamin Mehmanparast said the deadly clashes were the work of a tiny minority. He accused outside countries, including the US and Britain, of "miscalculating" by siding with anti-government protesters. He did not directly address President Barack Obama's praise of the reformist movement.
Parliament also condemned "disgusting comments" by Western governments about Sunday's unrest, after they unanimously denounced (he Islamic regime's deadly crackdown on protesters.
Hie MPs accused the protesters, who poured onto the streets in fresh anti-government demonstrations, of being "anti-religion" and "counterrevolutionaries."
But they took a softer stance towards opposition leaders, who reject President Mahmoud Ahmadienjad's June reelection as fraudulent, urging them to distance themselves froth the protests.
"We expect these gentlemen who had complaints in the election to wake up and clearly separate their path from this wicked movement, not to come out and issue statements again and make the air dustier."
Eight people were killed as security forces used teargas, batons and eventually live rounds to push back thousands who had taken to the streets.
The nephew of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi -- Ahmadinejad’s main challenger in the disputed June election - -was shot dead in the demonstration. Mousavi's brother-in-law was again arrested on Sunday.
US President Barack Obama demanded on Monday that Iran free those protesters it had detained and told the opposition that history was on its side.
"The United States joins with the international community in strongly condemning the violent and unjust suppression of innocent Iranian citizens," Obama said in Hawaii where he is on holiday.
The MPs hit out at Obama over his "statement in favour of this group which committed anti-religion acts on Ashura" and said it was reminiscent of his predecessor George W. Bush.