Iran's Mousavi says ready for martyrdom-witness

Sat Jun 20, 2009 12:28pm EDT

TEHRAN, June 20 (Reuters) - Iran's defeated presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi told his supporters on Saturday he was ready for martyrdom, a Mousavi ally told Reuters.

"In a public address in southwestern Tehran, Mousavi said he was ready for martyrdom and that he would continue his path," the ally, who asked not to be named, told Reuters by telephone from the Jeyhun street in Tehran. (Writing by Parisa Hafezi)

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