Iran Opposition Leader's Daughter Accuses Guard of Biting Her

Iranian women guards struck the two daughters of reformist opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi and bit one of them after they visited their father under house arrest, one of the daughters said on Facebook late on Thursday. Mousavi, in his 70s and in poor health, has been held under house arrest since early 2011 when he called for marches in solidarity with “Arab Spring” pro-democracy protests. The election of relative moderate Hassan Rouhani as Iran's president in August and his ...

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