Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, who has been under house arrest for over three years, has begun medical treatments following a two-week delay. Mousavi’s daughters reportedly told the opposition website Kaleme, in a report published on Thursday, that they met with their parents on May 14 and were told that the authorities have […]
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First Photo Of Iran Opposition Leader Musavi Emerges From House Arrest
A photo of Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Musavi has emerged online and been widely shared on social media. The photo seems to have been released to mark Father’s Day, celebrated in Iran this week.The snapshot is the first to be made public since Musavi was put under house arrest in February 2011 for […]
Opposition leader’s doctor warns not to stop treatment
Iran’s Ruling Establishment Sites Security Measures as Reason For Delays in Mir Hossein Mousavi’s Medical Treatment | Narges Mousavi Warns that the Family Will Do Whatever it Takes to Ensure that Medical Protocols are Followed!May 8th, 2014 [Kaleme – Mehdi Sharif] – Narges Mousavi criticizes the indifference of the ruling establishment towards her father’s […]
Mousavi Medical Condition Called “Alarming” by Daughter
“The family is in complete darkness about my father’s physical conditions and not even allowed a telephone call with him…My father’s health conditions are alarming,” wrote Narges Mousavi, daughter of Mir Hossein Mousavi, the opposition leader who was abruptly hospitalized for emergency heart surgery on April 29, 2014, in her Facebook page. Concern for […]
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 […]
Opposition leader’s daughter suspicious of his health problems
Nargess Mousavi, the daughter of Iranian opposition leader MirHosein Mousavi, has expressed grave concern regarding the health of her father and the development of health complications that, according to her, were not present prior to the leader’s arrest. Nargess Mousavi reports on her Facebook page: “The physical condition of my father and mother prior […]
Iranian Opposition Leader Returns To House Arrest After Hospitalization
Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Musavi has been transferred to house arrest, a day after he was hospitalized due to heart problems. The opposition website Kalame, which is close to Musavi, reports that the opposition figure underwent a heart procedure before being sent home where he’s been held under arrest since February 2011. One […]
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 […]
Concern grows for health of detained opposition leaders
An opposition website reports that the medical condition of opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard, who have been under house arrest since February 2011, is cause for grave concern. Kaleme reports that: “Guards do not follow up on the matters concerning Mousavi and Rahnavard’s health.” The report adds that doctors have said that […]
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 […]