The release of Iran’s opposition leaders Mir Hossein Musavi and Mehdi Karrubi, who have been under house arrest for more than two years, has been one of the main demands of some of those Iranians who voted for President-elect Hassan Rohani. In his campaign, Rohani reportedly promised that he would help release the two […]
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Reformist says Iran should harness experience of detained leaders
Senior reformist figure Abdollah Nouri is calling on the Islamic Republic establishment to take advantage of the experience and popularity of opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi to help resolve the country’s growing problems.
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.
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).
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.
Iranian Opposition Leaders Musavi, Karrubi Remain ‘Seditionists’
“I never said [Mir Hossein Musavi] and [Mehdi Karrubi] are not seditionists, I said they’re not at the top of the sedition,” senior conservative politician Habibollah Asgar Oladi has said in an interview with the semiofficial Mehr news agency.
Senior cleric defends detained opposition leaders
Ayatollah Dastgheib, a dissident Iranian cleric and member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, has issued a statement saying those who put MirHosein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Zahra Rahnavard under house arrest are “guilty of committing a crime.”
Opposition leaders denied attending funeral of Rahnavard’s father
Zahra Rahnavard was allowed 15 minutes away from her house arrest on Saturday December 29 to visit her father Sadegh Kazemi, who had just passed away at a hospital in Tehran.