225 Iranian activists issued a statement calling for the release of opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Zahra Rahnavard. Kaleme reports in a statement the activist say: “Three years have passed since the illegal house arrest of the leaders of the Green Movement of Iranian people and since February 14, 2011 Mr. Karroubi, […]
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Top prosecutor says opposition leaders must repent to be released
Iran’s Prosecutor General has announced that efforts to end the house arrest of MirHosein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard and Mehdi Karroubi are futile and nothing will change unless they repent. The Tasnim News Agency reports that Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei told a meeting of seminarians in Hamadan: “Some are trying to end the house arrests to […]
Minister reveals potential pardon for opposition leaders
Iranian Justice Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi said if MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi declare that “we are committed to the rule of law and peace”, they could become eligible for a pardon. At a press conference on Tuesday February 4, Pourmohammadi said Mousavi and Karroubi have not been officially put on trial because the establishment […]
MP condemns official’s statements about detained leaders
Iranian MP Ali Motahari has spoken out against the recent statements made by Ahmad Jannati, the head of Iran’s Guardian Council, at Tehran’s Friday Mass Prayers against MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, the Iranian opposition leaders who have been under house arrest for more than a thousand days. In a letter on his website, […]
Hardliner says Mousavi, Karroubi should be thankful for lives
The head of Iran’s Guardian Council, Ahmad Jannati, said at today’s Tehran mass prayers that the opposition leaders under house arrest should be thankful for not being given a death sentence. MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi challenged the legitimacy of the 2009 elections. When their allegations led to months of mass street protests, the […]
Judiciary dampens hopes of liberty for opposition leaders
Iran’s prosecutor general announced at his latest press conference that the the opposition leaders under house arrest are offenders and there has been no reconsideration of their punishment. Asked about the possible prosecution in court of the two opposition leaders, MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, the spokesman for Iran’s judiciary, Gholamhosein Mohseni Ejei, said: […]
Minister quashes rumor of action to free opposition
Iran’s justice minister says his ministry has not formed any committees to end the house arrest of MirHosein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard and Mehdi Karroubi, the three opposition leaders who have been under house arrest for over two years. ILNA reports that Mostafa Pour Mohammadi announced at the latest cabinet meeting that talk about a […]
Ill and long isolated, Iranian opposition leaders scent freedom
Four months after President Hassan Rouhani’s election, Iran is reviewing the house arrest of two opposition leaders, but conservatives may fear the consequences of freeing men who remain heroes to many Iranians. Mirhossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi, candidates who led the “Green Movement” that disputed the 2009 re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have never been […]
Top cleric slams conditions on opposition leaders’ release
Iranian senior cleric Ayatollah Ali Mohammad Dastgheib has criticized placing conditions on the release of Iran’s Green Movement leaders and other political prisoners. The Masjed Ghoba website, run by supporters of Ayatollah Dastgheib in Shiraz, reports that the senior cleric has heard of the imminent release of MirHosein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard and Mehdi Karroubi […]
Late cleric’s son calls for release of political prisoners
Ahmad Montazeri, the son of the late dissident cleric Ayatollah Montazeri, has written to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei to ask that he release the two detained opposition leaders, MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, so they can attend the inauguration of president-elect Hassan Rohani. In a letter published on his website, Ahmad Montazeri writes […]