Mir-Hossein Mousavi
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Iran releases ex-official on bail in mass trial...a "show trial." The government has stopped short of indicting the most visible opposition leaders, presidential candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi, but there have been signs in recent weeks that could change. The opposition... In this article: Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Iran, Defendant, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mohammad Khatami, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran, and Mahdi Karroubi |
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washingtonpost.com | November 13, 2009
Iran to try brother-in-law of opposition leader
...crackdown, Tehran's top prosecutor said Friday. The opposition has denounced the arrest of Shapour Kazemi as an attempt to pressure opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi. Kazemi, the brother of Mousavi's wife, was arrested in June...
In this article: Iran, Tehran, IRNA, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | 7 days ago
Political crackdown goes online
...security apparatus. The move is seen as partly targeting Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, the two defeated reformist candidates in the disputed presidential election in June, as well as political activists. Colonel Mehrdad Omidi,...
In this article: Mehdi Karroubi, Iran, Reporters Without Borders, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Paris
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Opposition: Iran rulers more brutal than shah
...of breaking pens and mass closures of newspapers." Mousavi and Karroubi touched on an extremely sensitive point in their comments likening the government to the shah's regime. Iran's Islamic leadership has repeatedly denounced the...
In this article: Iran, Mahdi Karroubi, Islam, Mohammad Ali Jafari, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Democracy, Pahlavi regime, and Twitter
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | November 14, 2009
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: Iran, Mehdi Karroubi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran, and US
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Top Iranian reformer jailed for six years: reports
...to trigger mass protests. On Saturday, the head of a hardline political party, Mohammad Nabi Habibi, called for opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi to face trial for spreading the "big lie" of vote fraud. Any legal action against...
In this article: Mirhossein Mousavi, Iran, Tehran, Mohammad Ali Abtahi, U.N., Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Allegation
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Iran's Mousavi tells government to end intimidation
...pressure to uproot it. "The government should not intimidate people to change their path ... this movement will continue and we are ready to pay any price," Mousavi was quoted as saying by his Kaleme website. Unable to stage their own...
In this article: Mirhossein Mousavi, Iran, Islamic, Hillary Clinton, Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Tehran, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh (میرحسین موسوی خامنه, Mīr-Hoseyn Mūsavī Khāmené; born 29 September 1941) is an Iranian reformist politician, painter and architect who served as the fifth and last Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 1981 to 1989. Mousavi is currently the president of the Iranian Academy of Arts and was a candidate for the 2009 presidential election.
He was the last Prime Minister in Iran before the 1989 constitutional changes which removed the post of prime minister. Before that, he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He is also a member of the Expediency Discernment Council and the High Council of Cultural Revolution. However, he has not participated in their meetings for years, which is interpreted by political analysts and commentators as a sign of his disapproval. In the early years of the revolution, Mousavi was the editor-in-chief of the official newspaper of the Islamic Republican Party, the Jomhouri-e Eslami (Islamic Republic) newspaper. In 2009 presidential election, Mousavi chose green as his campaign color, a color which has since become pervasive in Iran.
- Birth Date:
- September 29, 1941
- Birthplace:
- Khameneh, Iran
- Religion:
- Usuli Twelver Shia Islam
- Spouse:
- Zahra Rahnavard
- University Attended:
- Shahid Beheshti University
- Political party:
- Independent
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