Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dozens of government agents on motorbikes have surrounded the Tehran office of Mir Hossein Mousavi, the Iranian opposition leader, and the country's chief prosecutor is threatening to arrest him.
The Empire Chronicles (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dozens of Iranian Government agents on motorbikes have surrounded the Tehran office of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi and the country’s chief prosecutor is threatening to arrest him, The Times reports. The moves come just one day after tens of thousands of students across the country staged the latest in a long series of demonstrations against the Government the so-called...
Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Civil disobedience has folowed Mr Mousavi's defeat in an allegedly fraudulent election in June The God Regime unravels! Dozens of government agents on motorbikes have surrounded the Tehran office of Mir Hossein Mousavi, the Iranian opposition leader, and the country's chief prosecutor is threatening to arrest him. The moves come just one day after tens of thousands of students...
France 24 (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi challenged the country's authorities as they moved to prevent protests on Monday to coincide with the annual Students Day. "If you silence all the universities, what can you do with the situation of the society?" Mousavi asked in a statement posted on his website Kaleme.com. Mousavi, who is spearheading a movement...
We The Free (Free subscription) | yesterday
clipped from pajamasmedia.com The leader of the Green Movement, Mir Hossein Mousavi, got very angry. His wife had been assaulted yesterday by regime thugs, who unleashed pepper spray at her face when she attempted to join the demonstrations. She was sent back home, apparently in better shape, some hours later. Meanwhile, Mousavi had been forced to spend the night at his offices...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi throws his support behind the student demonstrations and declares that his pro-democracy movement is still alive.
Rantburg (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
[Al Arabiya Latest] Iran's opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said on Sunday the reform movement was alive despite pressure from the clerical establishment to end it as former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani accused the government of intolerance. Mousavi's remarks, a day before Iran plans to commemorate the killing of three students in 1953 under the former Shah, may encourage...
Dialogic (Free subscription) | yesterday
... for destroying the country, and burned photos of Khamenei. AP says, 'Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi declared the clerical establishment was losing legitimacy in the eyes of Iranians. "A great nation would not stay silent when some confiscate its vote," said Mousavi, who claims to be the real winner of the June 12 election. . . ' Monday's rallies were bigger...
p2pnet (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
p2pnet news view | P2P | Politics:- “ALL internet & mobile networks are cut. We ask everyone in Tehran to go onto their rooftops and shout ALAHO AKBAR in protest #IranElection,” was the Twitter message from Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh, a then candidate for the 2009 Iran presidential election. Now, “Iranian expatriate human rights activists report [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
... and Ahmadinejad. They even sent a message of disapproval to the main opposition leader, Mir Hossein Mousavi: "Mousavi is an excuse, the target is the regime," they shouted. Another slogan hit the leader more indirectly: "Students are awake, dictators, they detest." Dozens were arrested after fierce clashes with security forces. But when, despite security...
Morton's Musings (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
The Czech revolution took place without the internet... . Iran chokes off Internet on eve of student rallies Government also warns foreign journalists to stay in their offices for the next three days Ali Akbar Dareini Tehran— The Associated Press Former Prime Minister and presidential election candidate Mirhossein Mousavi looks on as he speaks to his supporters at an election campaign...
Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | yesterday
... for destroying the country, and burned photos of Khamenei. AP says, 'Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi declared the clerical establishment was losing legitimacy in the eyes of Iranians. "A great nation would not stay silent when some confiscate its vote," said Mousavi, who claims to be the real winner of the June 12 election. . . '
Middle East Analysis (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Iranian police use teargas and batons in clashes with protesters Mobile phone network cut and protesters arrested in crackdown on supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi Mark Tran and agencies guardian.co.uk, Monday 7 December 2009 12.05 GMT Thousands of Iranian police used batons and fired teargas to disperse demonstrators chanting anti-government slogans in a central Tehran...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... the streets. The call went out on dozens of Web sites run by supporters of opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi, both of whom ran in the June 12 election. Most of those sites have been repeatedly blocked by the government, forcing activists to set up new ones. Internet connections in the capital, Tehran, have been slow or completely down since Saturday. Blocking...
Government Mess (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
... demonstrators to turn out Monday and show their movement still has momentum. Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi threw his support behind the student demonstrations and declared that his movement was is still alive. A statement posted on his Web site said the clerical establishment cannot silence students and was losing legitimacy in the Iranian people's minds. "A great nation...
