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Mir Hossein Mousavi spotted at Friday Prayers today.

From Tehran Bureau’s Saya Ovaisy in Tehran:

Eyewitness report from a 64-year-old university professor of Strategic Management:

I was outside the east gate of Tehran University on Qods St. (former Anatole France St.) at 11:30 am.

The crowd, amassed in all directions as far as the eye could see, was so thick and compact that security forces could do nothing but stand by passively on the sidelines.

They were so docile that the crowd thanked them by chanting: “Police Forces, thank you!”

Chants
Unhindered, the crowd chanted an entire repertoire of slogans, including:

* “Down with this people-fooling government!”  (Marg bar in dolat-e mardom-farib)
* “Coup d’etat government, step down!”  (Dolat-e kudeta, estefa, estefa!)
* “As long as it’s Ahmadinejad, every day shall be thus!” (Ta Ahmadinejad-e, har rooz hamin basat-e!)
* “Die Mojtaba, before you see the Leadership!” (Mojtaba bemiri, rahbari o nabini!) [in ref. to Khamenei's son]
* “We are not chaff — we are the nation!” (Ma khashak nistim, mellat hastim!) [in ref. to Ahmadinejad labeling protesters 'chaff']
* “Political prisoners must be freed!” (Zendani siasi, azad bayad gardad!)

Before Rafsanjani began his sermon, a chant addressed to him warned:

* “If you maintain silence, you commit treason!” (Agar sokut koni, khaeni!)

During the overture speech to Rafsanjani’s sermon made by Friday Prayer organiser Reza Taghavi, whenever Taghavi spoke praisingly of Khamenei (e.g., “The Supreme Leader upholds the law”), the crowd outside erupted in boos and chanted:

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