Iran opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi told his supporters today: “It’s not yet too late.” AP reports:

Embattled opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said he considered Iran’s cleric-led government illegitimate, and he demanded that it release all political prisoners and institute electoral reforms and press freedoms. Former President Mohammad Khatami, meanwhile, lashed out at what he termed “a poisonous security situation” in the wake of violent street protests.

In boldly worded statements posted on their Web sites, Khatami accused Iran’s leadership of a “velvet coup against the people and democracy,” and Mousavi said the government’s crackdown on demonstrators was “tantamount to a coup.”

Wednesday’s confrontations with the regime came as Iran’s feared Basij militia accused Mousavi of undermining national security and asked a prosecutor to investigate his role in the protests.

The Washington Times is also reporting that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had urged President Obama for two days to start talking tough on Iran before he finally did so at his June 23 news conference. Obama’s sudden change of course apparently came as a complete surprise to Clinton.