Despite rising threats against opposition leaders, including arrest or other forms of punishment, the reformist candidates who finished behind Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran’s presidential election continue to speak out against the election results.

On Wednesday, according to AFP and Independent.ie:

• Mir Hossein Mousavi renewed his demand for a re-vote, something Iran’s highest legislative body the Guardian Council has said will not happen. He also called for freedom of assembly and freedom of speech.
• Mehdi Karroubi had his newspaper, Etemad Melli, shut down after he called the election results invalid and Ahmadinejad’s presidency illegitimate.
• Ayatollah Mohammed Khatami, former president of Iran, also spoke out against the election results

Here are the latest tweets from the Twitterverse, some in Iran, some not, on these and related developments:

1. 
   oxfordgirl Source: sms is back in Iran – but tell ppl not to use for political info – they are tracking #IranElection #iranelections #Iran 01 Jul 2009 from TweetDeck
2. 
   Alchymy thank you mousavi and karroubi for keeping the pressure on the ahmadinejad illegitimate govt. the world should call them the same 02 Jul 2009 from mobile web
3. 
   pareyeTanam … the green colour of Mousavi’s presidential campaign has now become the symbol of this broader civil-rights movement. #iranelection 02 Jul 2009 from web
4. 
   _Free_Iran_ #iranelection #iran #neda Do not wait until all the innocent are jailed or dead. NOW is the time Mr.Mousavi. People are dying. 02 Jul 2009 from web

ABC Middle East reporter Lara Setrakian continues to post the latest she is hearing on Twitter. A few of her most recent posts in the last 24 hours:

1. 
   LaraABCNews Keep hearing to watch what the clerics say in this phase of the #iranelection (ex: Ayatollah Taheri just called this govt illegitimate) 01 Jul 2009 from web
2. 
   LaraABCNews From Tehran: SMS working again, Karroubi’s paper Etemad Melli shut , UNCONF high officials transferring large sums of money out thru Turkey 01 Jul 2009 from web
3. 
   LaraABCNews source: shops are closed earlier, people cannot ( = are afraid) to leave home at night. it is really like an un-announced martial law. 01 Jul 2009 from web
4. 
   LaraABCNews Khatami: #iranelection was a ‘velvet coup’ against democracy, undermines country’s leadership @ap 01 Jul 2009 from txt

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