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Opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi called on Saturday for continued protests over Iran's disputed June election, two days after MPs backed most of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's new government ministers. Mousavi urged his supporters to create a wide opposition network using meetings such as family and union gatherings, as well as sporting and cultural events.

"In order to achieve our cause, I do not recommend anything but the pursuit of the green path of hope which you have followed in the past few months ... through small and large gatherings," he said in a statement on a reformist website.

"It is up to your friends to not betray the confidence ... created in the struggle against the cheaters and the liars," said Mousavi, who repeated allegations of "organised violations and fraud."