After his 220 days in solitary confinement, under harsh interrogations, Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court, presided by Judge Pirabbasi, has sentenced Former MP and former governor of Karaj, Mir Taher Mousavi, to five years imprisonment and ten years forced exile in Baluchestan.
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Western officials call for justice for Iranian opposition leaders
International protests against the house arrest of Iranian opposition leaders gained momentum this week, as the foreign ministries of France, Britain and the United States issued statements calling on Iranian authorities to end their arrest and the abuse directed at their families.
End arbitrary house arrests of Mousavi, Karroubi, and Rahnavard; free all prisoners of conscience
The Iranian authorities should immediately release from arbitrary house arrest two former presidential candidates Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi, his wife Zahra Rahnavard, author and political activist, and cease harassing or detaining without cause the couple’s two daughters and Mehdi Karroubi’s son, said the Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi […]
Kokab and Narges Mousavi Summoned to Evin Court| Mousavi’s Son-in-Law Threatened by Phone
February 12th, 2013-(Kaleme) On the anniversary of the illegal house arrest of opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Zahra Rahnavard, Kokab and Narges Mousavi , two of Mir Hossein Mousavi’s daughters were contacted by phone and summoned to Evin court again.
Iran holds, questions opposition leaders’ children
Iranian authorities held and questioned two daughters of detained opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi and the son of fellow opposition figure Mehdi Karoubi for several hours on Monday, opposition websites reported.
UN Rights Experts Urge Immediate and Unconditional Release of Opposition Leaders
Today three United Nations experts spoke out against the continued detention of former Iranian presidential candidates Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi and cultural leader Zahra Rahnavard, as well as the recent detention and interrogation of their children. This Friday, February 15, will mark two years of the opposition leaders’ […]
UN Working Group Calls on Iran to Release the Opposition Leaders
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has issued an opinion “request[ing] the Government [of Iran] to release Hossein Mossavi, Mehdi Karoubi, [and] Zahra Rahnavard,” calling their detention “arbitrary (and thus prohibited).
Continuing the prevention of Mousavi and Rahnavard to contact their children
Total prevention of call contact between Mousavi and Rahnavard with their daughters is still continuing and these two besieged are not allowed to be informed about anything related to their children.
MP says detained opposition leaders must have day in court
Ali Motahari, a conservative Iranian MP, says opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi must be given a chance to speak in an official court.
Human Rights: Brief News
Opposition continues against removal of prisoners to hospital in prison uniforms