Top Reformist Confesses In Iran Political Trial (ap)

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In this photo released by the semi-official Iranian Fars News Agency, Iranian senior reformist Saeed Hajjarian, center, a former city councilor and a close aide to former reformist President Mohammad Khatami, is assisted to deliver his defence at the court room where he is among dozens of opposition activists and protesters in trial, at the Tehran's Revolutionary Court, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. Iran resumed Tuesday the mass trial of opposition activists and protesters charged with rioting and plotting to topple the ruling Islamic system through a 'velvet revolution' following the country's disputed presidential election. Hajjarian, gravely wounded in an assassination attempt in 2000 when he was shot in the head from close range, has been forced to use a wheelchair and has difficulties speaking. His arrest and trial have drawn wide condemnation, even from conservatives within the ruling system. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency,Hasan Ghaedi) EDITORS NOTE AS A RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL IRANIAN GOVERNMENT BAN ON FOREIGN MEDIA COVERING SOME EVENTS IN IRAN, THE AP WAS PREVENTED FROM INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO THIS EVENTAP – One of Iran’s most prominent pro-reform figures admitted fomenting unrest and asked for the country’s forgiveness Tuesday during the mass trial of activists detained in the postelection crackdown in a confession that the opposition said was coerced.

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