Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
The Iranian regime has announced the establishment of the "Alavi Green Movement," meant to counterbalancetheGreen Movement identified with Mir Hossein Mousavi. Source: ILNA (Iran), November 1, ... November 1, 2009, 10:20 am
JURIST (Free subscription) | yesterday
... of detainee mistreatment came days after the arrest of 109 supporters of opposition candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi during clashes with police at rallies held to mark the 30th anniversary of the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran. In September, an Iranian judicial panel rejected similar allegations of detainee assault brought by pro-reform presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi and...
Shimshon 9 (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Supporters of reformist candidate Hossein Mousavi continue to appeal the results of tenth presidential election which was held on 12 June, 2009 and reports of violence, arrests and attacks on opposition keep coming from Iran.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | yesterday
Security forces clashed with supporters of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi in Tehran on Wednesday when an annual state-organised rally marking the 30th anniversary of the storming of the US embassy turned violent.Police have previously not ADVERTISEMENTsaid how many people they rounded up during the unrest, the most serious to hit the country since the disputed June presidential...
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Tehran Bureau: Fariba, a twenty-nine year old journalist who may have voted for Mir Hossein Mousavi, was arrested on August 22, the first day of Ramadan near Iftar time at her father's home. According to her father, Reza Pajooh, a...
Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
In November 4 demonstrations, protestors in Tehran called on U.S. President Barack Obama: "Obama, Are You With Us or With Them [i.e. the Iranian regime]?" The Hammihannews website reported that dozens of supporters of reformist leader Mir Hossein ... November 6, 2009, 1:15 pm
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Tehran, Nov. 4 (Reuters): Police clashed with supporters of Iran's Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi in Tehran today when a rally marking the 30th anniversary of the storming of the US embassy turned violent, witnesses said.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... demonstrations. Here's some of the background: • The defeated opposition candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi have urged their supporters to take to the streets. • Official anti-US rallies are planned to take place outside the US embassy. • Tehran's police force has warned it will "strongly confront" any other gatherings . • Rumours have been...
FP Passport (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... extremely careful not to identify itself with U.S. foreign policy goals. Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has also expressed support for Iran's nuclear enrichment program. Could these marchers have been planted?
The Observer (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Pro-Mousavi demonstrators are met with militia violence after taking to the streets against Ahmadinejad regime Iran's opposition has come out in force to mount some of the biggest street protests since June's disputed elections in a bid to overshadow official rallies marking the 30th anniversary of the storming of the US embassy in Tehran. Thousands of demonstrators poured into the centre of...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
POLICE clashed with hundreds of supporters of Iran's opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi in Tehran yesterday, as a rally marking the 30th anniversary of the storming of
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
POLICE clashed with hundreds of supporters of Iran's opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi in Tehran yesterday, as a rally marking the 30th anniversary of the storming of
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... since President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed victory in last summer's disputed elections. Mir Hossein Mousavi, the man who says he won in June, plans to exploit the occasion to remind Iranians – and the world – that the flame of democracy has not been extinguished despite a crackdown that has seen about 70 dead, thousands of arrests, show trials, a gagged media, divisions...
News from TheMediaLine.org. (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
On the day marking the 30th anniversary of the storming of the American Embassy in Tehran, police clashed with supporters of opposition leader Mir- Hossein Mousavi in the streets of the capital. Eyewitness estimates placed the number of demonstrators in the "hundreds," many chanting anti-government and anti-Ahmadinejad epithets. Supporters of Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi...
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... Wednesday wore green scarves or wristbands that symbolised the campaign of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, who claims Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stole the June election from him through fraud. Mousavi and his allies, including former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, appeared to encourage opposition protesters to stay on the streets. For a month after the...
