According to the obtained from unofficial sources, Moussaoui was taken into custody on the way to a meeting with Iran's spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Other sources confirm the information on the arrest of Moussaoui has not yet been reported.
According to official figures announced by the Iranian authorities, a victory in the presidential elections held on 12 June, won acting head of the country Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who obtained 62.6 per cent of the vote. His main rival - Mir-Hossein Mousavi received the support of 33.75 percent of voters.
Following the announcement of the election results Moussaoui supporters staged a riot in Tehran. The police against the demonstrators with rubber truncheons. According to the correspondents of foreign news agencies in the dispersal of protesters took part and special services staff, disguised in civilian clothes. On Saturday, June 13, evening in Tehran has been disabled for mobile communications and blocked access to several Internet sites.
Mir-Hossein Mousavi after the announcement of the election results, reported AFP, called on his supporters to avoid violence, but he made it clear that during the counting of votes had been violated. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in turn, called the protest, which began in Tehran, "a hostile provocation and called on representatives of the opposition to rally around Ahmadinejad.
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