Iran opposition leaders barred from leaving

Tehran: A prominent conservative lawmaker says Iran's opposition leaders are barred from leaving the country.

Mousa Qorbani is quoted by a state-run news agency as accusing "sedition leaders" of being "mohareb" - a term meaning that they are "fighting God" - and won't be allowed to leave the country, referring to former presidential candidates Mir Hussain Moussawi and Mahdi Karroubi, as well as former reformist president Mohammad Khatami.

Qorbani is a member of the Judicial and Legal Committee of the conservative-dominated parliament.

Though no official ban has been announced, Khatami was barred from travelling to Japan in April to attend a conference on dialogue between cultures.