Wednesday
Feb092011
The Latest from Iran (9 February): The 25 Bahman Beat Goes On
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 8:09
2120 GMT: Not Worried at All (cont. --- 0925 GMT). Revolutionary Guards commander Hossein Hamedani has commented on the proposed march for 25 Bahman (11 February), "The seditionists (opposition leaders) are nothing but a dead corpse and we will strongly confront any of their movements. We definitely consider them as anti-revolutionary and spies, and we will strongly confront them."
The Facebook page supporting Monday's rally now has more than 25,000 supporters.
2050 GMT: Partners. China has signed a $13 billion contract to develop Iran's railway system.