GVF — The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, urged Iranian authorities to release Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi, the leaders of Iran’s opposition Green Movmenet.
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Iran’s pro-regime sites hit with attacks hours before opposition rally
GVF — Two pro-government websites appeared to have come under cyber attacks today, just hours before rallies by the opposition Green Movement.
Activists demand release of opposition leaders
More than 400 Iranian political and civil activists are calling for the release of Iranian opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Zahra Rahnavard.
Concern grows for health of Iranian opposition leader
Fatemeh Karroubi told the Jaras opposition website that she is greatly concerned about her husband’s health under house arrest, given that opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi is being treated by “physicians trusted by the state security services.”
Iran to confront pre-election opposition protest
(Reuters) – Iranian authorities will crack down this week on any public protest against the year-long house arrest of opposition leaders, Mirhossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi, an official was quoted as saying on Sunday.
Iranian authorities threaten daughters of opposition leaders (2 Reports)
The daughters of Iranian opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard have been threatened with arrest by Islamic Republic security forces, the Kaleme Website reports
Senior cleric calls for release of opposition leaders
Ayatollah Ali Mohammad Dastgheib, a senior Iranian cleric and a chief critic of the Islamic Republic’s recent domestic policies, has called on the establishment to end the house arrest of Mehdi Karroubi and MirHosein Mousavi, the two opposition leaders who have been detained since last February.
Concern for opposition leader under house arrest
The wife of detained Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi reports that she has been completely cut off from her husband, adding that the authorities are now holding him in solitary confinement.
Opposition Leader Mir Hossein Mousavi’s Brother: “They Continue to Harass a Heavy Hearted and Concerned Family”
January 18th, 2012 – [Kaleme: Zahra Sadr] Mir Abdollah Mousavi, Opposition Leader Mir Hossein Mousavi’s older brother is an old and ailing man who continues to work behind his small and humble neighborhood store and yet he too is not immune to the harassment by security forces who have approached him at his store […]
Opposition Leader Mehdi Karroubi’s son Hossein Karroubi: “My Father is Incommunicado and in Solitary Confinement
Monday January 16th, 2012 – While Mehdi Karroubi has been under house arrest for almost a year and deprived of all basic civil rights, according to the latest reports by his family, the limited and rare visitations with his family members have now also been banned by the security agents.