Iran parliamentarians call for death of opposition leaders

Several Iranian parliament deputies demanded that the country's opposition leaders be sentenced to death on Tuesday, state television reported.

This demand came in light of renewed opposition protests on Monday in Tehran and at least five other cities, which were eventually suppressed by police. The protests were inspired by the unrest that has engulfed the Arab world, leading to the ouster of the presidents of both Egypt and Tunisia and demonstrations that persist in both Bahrain and Yemen.

The opposition, led by former Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Moussavi and ex-parliament speaker Mehdi Karroubi, called for solidarity demonstrations in support of popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.

The deputies shouted, "Death to Moussavi, Karroubi and Khatami," also condemning former President Mohammad Khatami, another opposition leader, the official news agency IRNA said.