The Iranian Judiciary continues to imprison Mohammad Davari, a journalist who was instrumental in exposing human rights violations at the Kahrizak Detention Center and other prisons in the aftermath of the disputed 2009 elections, despite completion of his five-year sentence. Davari’s August 16 release was denied, so that he may serve a new sentence […]
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Prosecutor says opposition leaders must pay for ‘sin’
Iran’s Prosecutor General has once again revisited the topic of the opposition leaders’ house arrest, saying the Green Movement leaders will not be released and adding: “They have committed a great crime and have to be held accountable for it.” The Tasnim News Agency reports that Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said on Sunday July 27: […]
MP reveals Leader rejected end to house arrests
According to Radio Zamaneh, outspoken Iranian MP Ali Motahari says Iran’s Supreme Leader has turned down his request to release MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi from house arrest, maintaining that their offence is too big and that if the late leader of the Revolution Ayatollah Khomeini were alive, he would have been even more […]
Motahari calls continued opposition house arrests illogical
Iranian MP Ali Motahari said in a speech at Qazvin University that the house arrest of MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi should not be allowed to turn into “a dark mark in the history of the Revolution.” The Kaleme website reports that Motahari referred to the three-year-plus house arrest of Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard and Karroubi […]
Prosecutor says opposition leaders to remain under house arrest
Iran’s Prosecutor General and spokesman for the judiciary says no decision has been made to end the house arrest of MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi. Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei told a press conference: “In the election of 2009, a number of people caused injury to the regime. In the process, a number of people and […]
Karroubi family manages Norooz visit with detained leader
Mohammad Hossein Karroubi, the son of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, reported that he and other family members met with his father, who is under house arrest, on the eve of the New Year. Mehdi Karroubi, one of the challengers of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s victory in the 2009 presidential election, has been under house arrest […]
Student activist given seven year prison term in continuing crackdown
Iran’s authorities must quash the conviction of a 27-year-old student who received a seven year prison sentence because of her peaceful political activities, said Amnesty International. Maryam Shafi’ Pour had been a member of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi’s presidential campaign during the 2009 elections. “That a student could be jailed for seven years merely […]
Judiciary Chief and IRGC Commander Weigh In On House Arrest
Two Iranian officials made new statements about the judicial aspects of the continued house arrest of government critics Mir Hossein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard, and Mehdi Karroubi today. At his regular meeting with Judiciary officials today, Head of the Iranian Judiciary Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani said that the Iranian Judiciary’s conduct in the aftermath of […]
Activists mark four years of opposition house arrests
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, […]
U.S. Calls For Release Of Iran’s Opposition Leaders
Washington is calling on Tehran to release three Iranian opposition leaders who have been under house arrest since 2011 without being formally charged with any crime. The U.S. State Department issued the call on February 14 – marking the third anniversary of the detention of former presidential candidates and opposition leaders Mehdi Karrubi and […]