Iran rounds up opposition

BBC:

Up to 100 members of Iranian reformist groups have been arrested, accused of orchestrating violence after the disputed presidential election result.

Backers of defeated reformist Mir Hossein Mousavi were rounded up overnight, reports said, including the brother of ex-President Khatami.

Mr Mousavi's whereabouts are unknown but he is thought to remain free.

Crowds took to the streets of Tehran on Saturday to protest against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election.

There were clashes between protesters and police in Tehran, despite calls from Mr Mousavi to avoid violence.

He has refused to accept the election result, calling it a "dangerous charade" and alleging wide-scale irregularities.

Mr Ahmadinejad is due to hold a news conference on Sunday before attending what is expected to be a huge victory rally.

Details of the arrests remained sketchy, but reports said those detained were members of pro-reformist political parties which had backed Mr Mousavi during the election campaign.

The reformists - said to include the brother of former President Mohammed Khatmai, a former government spokesman and a former deputy speaker of parliament - were said to have been taken from their homes by security forces overnight.

Iran's state news agency, Irna, said those arrested were involved in orchestrating Saturday's protests in Tehran.

The streets of the Iranian capital were reported to be calm on Sunday morning, but the BBC's Jon Leyne, in the city, says concrete barriers are being erected in the streets.

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And so it goes in the religious bigot despot "democracy." Repression will be as extreme as it has to be to ensure the survival of evil. What we will also find is there is little limit to Obama's desire to talk to these despots.