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However, there had been no riot police or civilian militia to deter one large gathering. On Wednesday, Dec. 30, in Tehran's Revolution Square, firebrand pro-government cleric Ahmad Alamolhoda stood before a large pro-government rally and tried to pump it up with language little short of an incitement to civil war. "Enemies of the leader, according to the Koran, belong to the party of Satan," Alamolhoda declared. "Our war in the world is war against the opponents of the rule of the Supreme Leader...
...makeup of the crowd in Tehran belied the popularity of Alamolhoda's message. The previous day, hundreds of buses had ferried families into the capital from outlying areas. Canceled school exams and days off from government offices ensured that some tens of thousands were at Revolution Square to receive free food and drink and to carry banners and shout slogans prepared for them by government officials, such as "Death to [Mir-Hossein] Mousavi" [the central figure of the opposition movement] and "Rioter Hypocrites Must Be Executed." There were no pro-government rallies in the large cities of Mashad and Isfahan...
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