| 1 | I'll defend the rights of the people as long as I'm alive and you can't stop my tongue, hand and pen, " said Karroubi, leader of the National Confidence Party. | |
| 2 | Mr. Talabani will also reportedly met with Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the head of Iran's Expediency Council Aly Akbar Hashemi Rafsandjani. | |
| 3 | But undaunted, Karroubi has gone further, saying some detainees were tortured to death. | |
| 4 | Until now, the university has been a centre of support for the former President Ali Akbar Rafsanjani, one of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's main rivals. | |
| 5 | Former presidents Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mahmoud Khatami did not attend the event, which was also boycotted by opposition leaders Mir Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi. |