Mousavi Denounces Killing of Protestors
Mir Hossein Mousavi, the “Green Movement” leader and 2009 presidential candidate, denounced the gas price hike and killing of protestors. He declared: “The violent and bloody confrontation with angry and destitute people who’ve reached their limits, who came to the streets in protest at an irrational and profit-aiming decision that goes against the interests of the poor … is similar to merciless killing of the people on the bloody September 8th of 1978.”
Why Rafsanjani is so important for the Greens
Six months ago in Mashad, Iran, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani delivered a speech to a group of Iranian student activists saying: “If people want us, we will govern; and if they don’t, we will have to go.” This might have seemed like nothing new, but it wasn’t coming from just anyone — it was said by […]
The Significance of Today’s Events
Today clearly breathed new life into Iran’s opposition movement. Opposition leaders Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi both took the risk and attended alongside countless other mourners. (Mousavi’s convoy was reportedly attacked en-route back to Tehran by plain-clothed security officials who cut off the convoy and bashed in a window of one of the […]
Karroubi Still Not Backing Down
Translation via Mousavi’s facebook page: Mehdi Karoubi welcomed the recent remarks made by Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, the General Prosecutor, in which he promised to “take Mousavi and Karoubi to court when the time is right”. Karoubi said: “I very much welcome this event so that if during… these years due to some considerations I have not […]
Mehdi Karroubi criticizes Rafsanjani
BBC Persian reports that Mehdi Karroubi has criticized Rafsanjani severely for his performance in the recent Assembly of Experts meeting in a letter, and asks: “What is your answer to the people who, under dangerous conditions, question the actions of the Assembly of Experts under your leadership?” He praises Rafsanjani’s role in the Revolution before […]