Assassination attempt against Karroubi fails
There was an attempted assassination attempt against Mehdi Karroubi several hours ago, when the cleric and leading opposition figure arrived in Qazvin for a mourning ceremony of opposition supporters killed in protests. One of Karroubi’s family members gave this first-hand account to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran: “Members of the Basij and […]
Grand Ayatollah Saanei Succeeds Grand Ayatollah Montazeri
Grand Ayatollah Yousef Saanei has effectively succeeded Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri (God grant him peace) as the spiritual guide of the opposition. Here’s more from The Century Foundation’s insideIRAN.org: Now, stepping into the vacuum left by Montazeri’s death is another prominent reformist ayatollah who has emerged to provide the Green Movement with spiritual guidance […]
Opposition clashes with government at Grand Ayatollah Montazeri’s funeral
The BBC is reporting that clashes have taken place between members of the opposition and the government in wake of the funeral of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, who passed away on Sunday, khoda biamorz. “Tens of thousands” reportedly joined the procession through the streets of Qom as the leading dissident cleric was finally laid to […]
Latest report on Iran Protests
This just in from the Green Freedom Wave: (Translation copyright New York Times Company. Please do not repost without giving credit) Based on the latest reports from the earliest hours of today’s protests, Green-wearing protesters have flooded the streets in Tehran and the provinces once again renewed their commitment to the ideals of the martyrs […]
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 […]
More calls for Karroubi to be arrested
The following is a summary and analysis of an article in the infamous hardline newspaper Kayhan, which is close to the Supreme Leader and has a history of threatening Mousavi and Karroubi since the June 12 election. The following article was printed in Kayhan before Karroubi made his defiant statement today. According to the hardline […]
Khamenei Has Ordered Arrest of Karroubi (UPDATED)
Mousavi’s Green Path of Hope news service is reporting that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has ordered opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi’s arrest. Here is the translation of that report (translation copyright New York Times): Informed news sources in Tehran report that “hearings” indicate Khamenei has given an order for the arrest of Karroubi. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, […]
Friday Prayer leader: Why isn’t Mousavi being arrested?
In a further sign of a confrontation between a united conservative front and the Mousavi camp, today’s Friday Prayer leader in Isfahan indirectly called for Mousavi’s arrest. News website Peykiran reports (translation exclusive to New York Times): [Isfahan’s Friday prayer leader] announced: “The people expect that the Judiciary must bring judgment upon the people who […]
Iranian Opposition Leader Karroubi Against Sanctions
The outspoken opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi says he is against further Western sanctions against Iran, according to an interview with the L.A. Times published yesterday. The former presidential candidate has been at the forefront of Iran’s opposition since the disputed June 12 presidential elections, despite calls from for him to be arrested by hardline clerics, […]
Judiciary committee to investigate Karroubi’s letter
Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, Iran’s Judiciary chief appointed a three-member committee to examine Karroubi’s letter on the abuse of prisoners in Iran’s jails. According to Mehr News Agency: Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani has ordered the 3-man committee on Saturday to study Mehdi Karroubi’s recent letter to him on the abuse of some prisoners detained in the post-election […]
Rafsanjani did not back down – His party supports Karroubi
Initial reports claiming Rafsanjani has fallen in line with Khamenei today have been taken out of context. Javan-e Farda reports that Rafsanjani’s party (Executives of Construction) has declared its full support for Mehdi Karroubi. By throwing his party’s support behind Karroubi, Rafsanjani shows indirectly that he will not back down from supporting the opposition. Javan-e […]
Supreme Leader: Arresting Mousavi Would End the Islamic Republic
A reformist news website has obtained an Ahmadinejad-supported “fantasy plan” to arrest Mir-Hossein Mousavi and ten other high-level Reformist leaders. Khamenei’s opposition has prevented Ahmadinejad from carrying it out. Nowruz, run by Islamic Iran Participation Front, reports that the Supreme Leader believes that arresting Mousavi would end the Islamic Republic. Nowruz writes that Ahmadinejad submitted […]