According to a report on the reformist “Third Wave” website, At 1600 Tehran time (about 10 minutes from now) Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi, and former President Muhammed Khatami will participate in a rally in central Tehran. The route is planned from Englelab Square to the Azadi Monument (see route marked in above photo courtesy of Google Earth). The site reports that the has not been given national or city-level permission, but that Mousavi will attend “out of respect for his supporters, encourage calm and to speak with them.” The report also notes that Zahra Rahmavard, Mousavi’s wife will also attend.
Given reports that Mousavi is either under “house arrest” or under surveillance at his home it will be a critical test for the regime whether he is permitted to travel to the site or not. The presence of Khatami is also very significant since he has been keeping a very low profile for the last few days. See below (also courtesy of Google Earth) two zoomed in pictures of the start and end points.
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Englelab (Revolution) Square
Azadi (Freedom) Monument
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