Insight: Ahead of vote, ‘kidnapped’ Iran reformists imprisoned at home

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Iran's presidential election candidate Mousavi waves to supporters during an election campaign at a stadium in southern TehranBy Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI (Reuters) – Four years after Iranians took to the streets to demonstrate against the results of a presidential election, the authorities are taking no chances this time, keeping opposition leaders confined under house arrest with doors and windows welded shut. When Iran elects a new president on Friday, authorities are determined to prevent a repeat of the street unrest that posed the biggest challenge to the Islamic Republic's ruling system since its birth in the 1979 revolution. …

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