Habibollah Asgaroladi, a senior Iranian political figure, has expressed his support for Hashemi Rafsanjani, adding that the Islamic Republic government should not easily give up on the opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi.
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Concern grows for detained opposition leaders
Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has expressed grave concern regarding the health of Iranian political prisoners, including the condition of Iranian opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard and Mehdi Karroubi, who have been under house arrest since February of 2011.
Conservative figure raises return of opposition leaders
A senior member of Iran’s conservative faction says the Islamic Republic system is prepared to accept opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi if they recant from the position they took following the 2009 elections.
UN’s Ban Ki-moon urges Iran to release opposition leaders, activists
The voices of Iranian people must be must during next year’s presidential election, secretary general tells audience at Tehran university.
As Iranian Hosts Watch, Egyptian and U.N. Leaders Rebuke Syria
Iran’s triumphal stewardship of the Nonaligned Movement summit meeting here veered off script Thursday when the two most prominently featured guest speakers, President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt and the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, denounced the repression of the armed uprising in Syria, a close Iranian ally.
Activists urge UN chief to visit opposition leaders
More than 400 Iranian political and social activists have written to the UN Secretary General to urge him to visit Iranian opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard and Mehdi Karroubi, who have been under house arrest in Iran for more than 18 months.
Iranian activists urge Egypt’s Morsi to speak out against house arrest of green leaders
A group of activists in Iran’s pro-democracy Green Movement have called on Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to speak out against the continued house arrest of opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi during his visit to Tehran.
Letter from Iranian media and social network activists to the Leaders of Non-Aligned Movement
Letter from Iranian media and social network activists to the Leaders of Non-Aligned Movement :
Sanctions on Iran punish its people, not its leaders
The embargo on oil imports and sanctions against the central bank won’t stop Iran’s rulers pursuing their nuclear ambitions.
Imprisoned journalist begins ‘indefinite fast’ to protest house arrest of green leaders
GVF — Imprisoned political activist and journalist Mehdi Mahmoudian has begun an indefinite to protest the continued house arrest of opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi. Mahmoud has vowed to continue with his fast until the men are released from captivity.