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Wide of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi's statement on table \u003cbr/\u003e2.  Close-up of first page of statement with Mousavi picture and headline reading (Farsi) \"Statement number nine of Mir Hossein Mousavi on approving the validity of the election by the Guardian Council\" \u003cbr/\u003e3. Close-up of part of statement with highlighted part reading (Farsi) \"From now on, we will have a government which will be in the worst possible situation regarding its relation with the people, and a majority of the people, including me, do not accept its political legitimacy. (It's) a government with weak public support and moral background, which is doomed imprudent, non-law abiding, ambiguous, and breaks decision-making structures and continues with destructive economic policies. It is feared that, due to its enormous, inherent and acquired weaknesses, it (the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) will yield to the concession of foreigners. This is not something that pleases us, on the contrary we are afraid of it.\" \u003cbr/\u003e4. Mid of first page of statement with logo of Mousavi's website; Ghalamnews.ir and his picture\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide of four-page statement \u003cbr/\u003e6. Close-up of statement with two highlighted parts reading (Farsi) \"All the efforts which are underway to confront you (the people) are aimed at discouraging you from continuing your legal protests, but as long as we are not discouraged - this government will not be legitimate. Hope in the future is the loudest cry of our protest.\" Second  highlighted part reads (Farsi) \"It's our historic responsibility to continue our complaint and make efforts not to give up the rights of the people. Our religious duty is not to let our revolution and system change in to something that Islam doesn't like.\" \u003cbr/\u003e7. Close-up of statement on what Mousavi said would be his aim, highlighted part reading (Farsi) \"An end to the military and security confrontation in issues related to the election and returning the country to its normal political state; amendment to election laws so that it will be impossible to repeat major election frauds and guarantee the impartiality of supervisors; implement Article 27 of the constitution on freedom for gatherings and rallies; freedom of the press and lifting the ban (on the press); re-launching independent websites.\" \u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide of four-page statement\u003cbr/\u003eIn fresh displays of defiance, Iran's opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said he considered Iran's government illegitimate, and demanded that it release all political prisoners and institute electoral reforms and press freedoms.\u003cbr/\u003eEmbattled opposition leader Mousavi released a statement on his website Ghalamnews on Wednesday saying that the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was \"doomed imprudent, non-law abiding, ambiguous, and breaks decision-making structures and continues with destructive economic policies\".\u003cbr/\u003eMousavi told supporters that it was not too late to push for their rights, and he joined the reformist ex-president Mohammad Khatami in condemning the regime for its post-election crackdown, which both said was tantamount to a coup.\u003cbr/\u003e\"As we are not discouraged (from protesting) this government will not be legitimate. Hope in the future is the loudest cry of our protest,\"  Mousavi told his supporters.\u003cbr/\u003eIran's standoff with the West escalated with the European Union considering pulling out all 27 of its ambassadors in retaliation for the recent detentions of several local employees of the British Embassy in Tehran, despite Iranian claims that all but one had been released.\u003cbr/\u003eKhatami, meanwhile, lashed out at what he termed \"a poisonous security situation\" in the wake of violent street protests.\u003cbr/\u003eIn boldly worded statements posted on their Web sites, Khatami also accused Iran's leadership of a \"velvet coup against the people and democracy,\" and Mousavi said the government's crackdown on demonstrators was \"tantamount to a coup.\"\u003cbr/\u003eWednesday's confrontations with the regime came as Iran's feared Basij militia accused Mousavi of undermining national security and asked a prosecutor to investigate his role in the protests.\u003cbr/\u003eKhatami, an ally of Mousavi - who contends the June 12 election was marred by widespread fraud and insists he was robbed of victory - scorned the government for declaring incumbent Ahmadinejad the winner in a landslide.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's not yet too late,\" said Mousavi, who has slipped from public view in recent days. \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's our historic responsibility to continue our complaint and make efforts not to give up the rights of the people.\"\u003cbr/\u003eMousavi also condemned alleged attacks by security forces on college dormitories where \"blood was spilled and the youth were beaten,\" and he called for a return to a more \"honest\" political environment in the Islamic Republic.\u003cbr/\u003e\"A majority of the people, including me, do not accept its (Ahmadinejad's government) political legitimacy,\" he said.      \u003cbr/\u003eState television reported on Wednesday that all but one of nine Iranian employees of the British Embassy in Tehran had been released, and the sole Iranian still in custody was being held on suspicion of playing a role in post-election protests. \u003cbr/\u003eBritish Foreign Secretary David Miliband said he had information suggesting two local employees might still be in detention.\u003cbr/\u003eBoth Britain and the EU had condemned the detentions as \"harassment and intimidation,\" and Britain asked the 27-nation bloc to withdraw its ambassadors.\u003cbr/\u003eThe semiofficial Fars news agency, meanwhile, said the Basij, known as supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's street enforcers, sent the chief prosecutor a letter accusing Mousavi of taking part in nine offenses against the state, including \"disturbing the nation's security,\" which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years' imprisonment.\u003cbr/\u003eIran's regime says 17 protesters and eight Basiji were killed in two weeks of unrest that followed the election.\u003cbr/\u003eThe powerful Guardian Council, Iran's top electoral oversight body, pronounced the election results 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