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ShareLos Angeles:: A group of hardline Iranian members of parliament want the judiciary to prosecute defeated presidential candidate Mirhossein Moussavi over post-election unrest that rocked the Islamic Republic last month. "Those who hold illegal rallies and gatherings should be legally pursued," MP Mohammad Taghi Rahbar was quoted as saying by the hardline Javan newspaper on Thursday.
It said Rahbar was among several MPs preparing to write to the judiciary complaining about Moussavi's activities after the disputed June 12 election. It did not say how many lawmakers backed the petition.
In another sign of mounting hardline pressure, state television said a student branch of the pro-government Basij militia, which helped police suppress pro-Moussavi street protests, had urged the attorney-general to take Moussavi to court.
The authorities have blamed Moussavi, a moderate former prime minister who says the poll was rigged in favour of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, for violence in which at least 20 people were killed.Moussavi again denounced the election results and said Ahmadinejad's cabinet would be illegitimate.
