Mehdi Karroubi
Politician
Iran media plans stir talk of elite force at helm...re-election. One of his challengers, Mahdi Karroubi, described the silencing of dissent as worse than the measures imposed by the former Western-back shah before he was overthrown in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. At the same time,... In this article: Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran, Uranium, Basiji, Press TV, Syracuse University, and Mohammad Ali Jafari |
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Boston Globe -- World | 6 days ago
Divisions test mettle of Iran’s opposition
...which ended a 2,500-year-old monarchy. Former prime minister Mir Hossein Mousavi and Shi'ite cleric Mehdi Karroubi, two presidential candidates who accuse Ahmadinejad of securing a landslide reelection victory in June through large-scale...
In this article: Iran, Islamic, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran, and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
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washingtonpost.com | 7 days ago
Opposition: Iran Rulers more brutal than shah
...takeover. Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi, who lead the protest movement rejecting the legitimacy of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's June re-election, said authorities wielding batons even struck women on their heads. They called...
In this article: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Mahdi Karroubi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Cairo, Islamic, and Tehran
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | 7 days ago
Defiant Mousavi repeats call for new Iran election
...and branded his government illegitimate. The pro-opposition Mowjcamp website reported that Mousavi on Friday met reformist cleric Mehdi Karroubi, another defeated presidential contender. It said the pair discussed the events of...
In this article: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran, and US
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en.wikipedia.org
Mehdi Karroubi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
High stakes in Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's reelection campaign.". New Yorker. ... Mahmoud Ahmadinejad · Mir-Hossein Mousavi (campaign) · Mohsen Rezaee · Mehdi Karroubi ...
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www.cnn.com
Opposition candidate Karroubi assails Iran's state-run media ...
NEW: Mehdi Karroubi also likens Ahmadinejad supporters to Taliban ... All About Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Iran • Mehdi Karroubi • Mir Hossein Moussavi ...
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Mehdi Karroubi
Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi (C) is attacked by ... Mehdi Dehghan AP News. Jun 07, 2009 00:07 EDT (4)IRAN-POLITICS-MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD-CAMPAIGN ...
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enduringamerica.com
Mehdi Karroubi | Enduring America
... Diehl, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mehdi Karroubi, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mohammad ... Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Majid Namjoo, Manouchehr Mottaki, Mehdi Karroubi, Mohammad ...
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www.latimes.com
Iran investigating prominent opposition cleric -- latimes.com
Iranian authorities launched a provocative attack on the opposition movement Tuesday by announcing a special investigation of prominent cleric Mehdi Karroubi over ...
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Follow Mehdi Karroubi at Evri.com, your source for real time news, quotes, ... U.S., Tehran, Mehdi Karroubi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Anti-Americanism, Uranium, ...
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Hojjat ol-Eslam Mehdi Karroubi (مهدی کروبی ; born 1937 in Aligoudarz in Lorestan) is an Iranian politician and cleric, the resigned chairman and founding member of the Association of Combatant Clerics party. He was the Speaker of the Iranian parliament from 2000 to 2004, and from 1989 to 1992, and a presidential candidate in the 2005 presidential election.
Karroubi was also a candidate in the 2004 parliamentary elections in Tehran, but after he ranked thirty-first in the first round, where thirty representatives were chosen, he withdrew from the second round.
Karroubi is a critic of the Guardian Council but at the same time supports the Supreme Leader, and calls himself a follower of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. He was an Advisor to the Supreme Leader and a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, by appointment of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, until he resigned from all his political posts on June 19, 2005 after the first round of the 2005 presidential election (see below).
Karroubi considers himself a pragmatic reformist and is an ethnic Lur.
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