Website: Iran opposition figure's house under siege

Iranian paramilitaries surrounded the house of leading opposition figure Mehdi Karoubi on Tuesday to prevent the cleric from participating in a religious ceremony, his website said.

"Right now there are more than 50 members of the Basij (a volunteer force fiercely loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) and plainclothes men who covered their faces around his house," the Saham News website said. (Reuters)