The Iranian Justice Minister says the house arrest of MirHosein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnvard and Mehdi Karroubi is a security issue, not a legal one. Mostafa PourMohmmadi said on Wednesday September 2 that the decision to arrest the challengers of the 2009 president election results came after a social conflict, adding: “Therefore, we cannot argue […]
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The Green Movement Stirs and Rouhani Responds
On February 14, Iran’s Green Movement leaders will enter their fifth year of house arrest. Despite his implicit campaign promise, President Hassan Rouhani has been unable to gain the release of former Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi, his wife Zahra Rahnavard, and former speaker of parliament Mehdi Karroubi. As recent events indicate, however, supporters […]
Latest Report on the Condition of the Leaders of the Green Movement ~ Illegal House Arrest Approaches 1300 Days
The following is a summary of the latest report from Kaleme dated Sunday September 1st, 2014 regarding the condition of the Leaders of the Green Movement Mir Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard, now under illegal house arrest at their residence on Akhtar Street since February 2011. – More than a year following the election promises […]
Mohsen Rahmani arrested for raising a poster sentenced to 7 years
Activist Mohsen Rahmani who was arrested by security forces for raising a Mir Hossein Mousavi poster at a Hassan Rouhani presidential campaign rally on June 1, 2013, has been sentenced to 7 years imprisonment. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), during imprisonment at Ward 209, Rahmani was under severe […]
Opposition leaders’ daughters have better visit
The daughters of MirHosein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard have met once again with their parents, after the events of their last meeting triggered serious controversy. During their last visit, Zahra and Nargess Mousavi reported being assaulted by one of the Intelligence Ministry guards. Their parents have been under house arrest since February 2011, and […]
Ill and long isolated, Iranian opposition leaders scent freedom
Four months after President Hassan Rouhani’s election, Iran is reviewing the house arrest of two opposition leaders, but conservatives may fear the consequences of freeing men who remain heroes to many Iranians. Mirhossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi, candidates who led the “Green Movement” that disputed the 2009 re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have never been […]
Moghayse’s imprisonment is over but he is not still released
While Mohammad Reza Moghayse the head of following up committee on victims of 2009 election incidents, has spent all his four years imprisonment verdict the judicial officials are not releasing him yet.According to the report of Kalemeh website, Mohammad Reza Moghayse is one of the veterans of Iran-Iraq war and was member of Mir […]