In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].

[Q]: (CNN) -- Mir Hossein Moussavi, Iran's former prime minister, has emerged as a serious contender to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was, for months, considered a shoo-in for re-election to the Iranian presidency. Presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi holds up the "V" sign after casting his vote on Friday. A painter and architect who withdrew from the political front for two decades, Moussavi has emerged with a platter of promises. He has said he wants to reform Iran into a global communicator that embraces freedom of speech. He's also taken an usual step in politics in Iran by relying heavily on his wife, a college professor. Her public support of his candidacy has underscored his professed support of women's rights.Mir Hossein Moussavi, Iran's ex-PM, hasn't worked officially in politics in 20 yearsAnalysts: He is wooing support by portraying himself as the "anti-Ahmadinejad'Moussavi says he's a reformer, believes in more freedoms and an open IranAuthor who has interviewed him says she is skeptical that he truly feels that way 
 Question:"There were still freedoms that were stifled under _," Molavi said.
[A]: Mir Hossein Moussavi


[Q]: The grandmother to the young Australian boy who was infamously pictured holding a severed head in Syria, says it was an act his terrorist father Khaled Sharrouf would have encouraged the then nine-year-old to undertake. Karen Nettleton told The Australian of her fears about the psychological effects the incident may have had on her grandson Abdullah as he is known to be a 'clean freak' who was fond of clean clothes. The chilling photo was posted online by Sharrouf in August last year with the caption 'that's my boy'. It showed his son using both hands to hoist a decapitated head up in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa.Karen Nettleton believes terrorist Khaled Sharrouf encouraged her grandson to hold a severed head in SyriaThe grandmother to the young boy, Abdullah, says her grandson is known to be a 'clean freak'She has told of her reaction when she first saw the chilling image of her grandson last yearIt shows the then nine-year-old using both hands to hoist a decapitated head upThe mother-in-law of Sharrouf has begged the prime minister to help bring her grandchildren home 
 Question:With the deaths of Mohamed Elomar and likely _, my daughter and grandchildren more than ever need the love and care of their family to help them recover from the trauma, abuse and terrors of war they have experienced.
[A]: Khaled Sharrouf


[Q]: Palmyra, Syria (CNN) When does it take almost seven hours, several armored vehicles and attack helicopters to get to a classical concert? The answer: When you have to travel through half of Syria and the concert is held in a newly liberated area with ISIS nearby. The Russian military put around 100 journalists on five buses, sent a convoy of armored vehicles and fighting vehicles and drove the reporters from Latakia in northwestern Syria to Palmyra, the ancient heritage site in the central desert. As our convoy slowly made its way down the Syrian coast and then made an eastward turn toward Homs and then Palmyra, Russian attack helicopters circled overhead, looking out for any threats.Fred Pleitgen and other journalists attended under Russian military escortThe orchestra performed in a Roman ampitheater, the scene of an ISIS massacre 
 Question:ISIS destroyed many other historic sites until the _ army -- backed by Russian forces -- retook the city in March.
[A]:
Syria