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Mousavi: demonstrators' blood not going in vain.


Summary: An Iranian reformist Website on Wednesday said defeated Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi vowed not to let the blood of protestors killed in post-election violence go in vain vain  
adj. vain·er, vain·est
1. Not yielding the desired outcome; fruitless: a vain attempt.

2. Lacking substance or worth: vain talk.

3.
.

An Iranian reformist Website on Wednesday said defeated Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi vowed not to let the blood of protestors killed in post-election violence go in vain.

"We will not allow the blood of this youth to be suppressed sup·press  
tr.v. sup·pressed, sup·press·ing, sup·press·es
1. To put an end to forcibly; subdue.

2. To curtail or prohibit the activities of.

3.
," Mousavi reportedly said.

Mousavi's remark came Tuesday night when he and his wife visited Sohrab A'rabi, 19, who disappeared during a June 15 demonstration. The family was told that he was shot dead. He was buried bur·y  
tr.v. bur·ied, bur·y·ing, bur·ies
1. To place in the ground: bury a bone.

2.
a. To place (a corpse) in a grave, a tomb, or the sea; inter.

b.
 Monday. The Website reported candles were lit in streets of Arabi's neighborhood as hundreds chanted chant  
n.
1.
a. A short, simple series of syllables or words that are sung on or intoned to the same note or a limited range of notes.

b. A canticle or prayer sung or intoned in this manner.

c.
 "death to the dictator dictator, originally a Roman magistrate appointed to rule the state in times of emergency; in modern usage, an absolutist or autocratic ruler who assumes extraconstitutional powers. From 501 B.C. until the abolition of the office in 44 B.C., Rome had 88 dictators. ."

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Geographic Code:7IRAN
Date:Jul 15, 2009
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