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First person account of yesterday's coup in Iran. In this audio interview (Persian) Mohsen Makhmalbaf, prominent filmmaker and Mousavi spokesperson, explains the coup. He reports from Paris before Ahmadinejad officially claimed victory.

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Rough transcript up to minute 1:54:

Yesterday morning 20 men in plain clothes break into Mousavi's headquarters, break the communications equipment, beat some people up, and throw tear gas when confronted. Mousavi's supporters manage to capture and retain 7 of them in the headquarters. when the police come they ask that the 7 people be handed over to them, assuring that they will be given the proper punishment. Mr Aminzadeh (from the headquarters) requests a written report of the incidents from the police.

At this time Mousavi's staff receives a call from the interior ministry asking Mousavi to prepare his victory speech. They inform the supreme leader of Mousavi's victory which he approves of, and gives his permission to communicate the news to people. Right after this, all cell phones in the headquarters get cut off. The reformist newspapers are told that Mousavi has won but they are asked not to put the news out yet. The headquarters are closed down and they appoint him (Makhmalbaf) as the campaign's spokesperson. All this he reports from direct communication with the headquarters.

After minute 1:54:

From this he speculates some points, the most remarkable being that Ahmadinejad and Sepah (the Army of the guardians of the Islamic Revolution) might be doing a coup against the supreme leader and Rafsanjani (neither of whom has been seen since)