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NEWS ABOUT: Mir Hossein Mousavi

Mir Hossein Mousavi stories: 92 news summaries

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 Iran Council Confirms 
 Ahmadinejad Win 

Top council makes decision

Jun 29, 09 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - After partially recounting ballots, Iran’s top legislators have confirmed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the victor in the country’s presidential election, the BBC reports. The decision by the 12-member, conservative-controlled Guardian Council was announced on state television and follows weeks of protests in which some 17 are believed to have... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • protests • Guardian Council • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

 Iran Police Clash 
 With 3K Protesters 

Witness describe chaos at a protest near Tehran mosque

Jun 28, 09 1:47 PM CDT
(AP) - Riot police clashed with up to 3,000 protesters near a mosque in north Tehran today, using tear gas and truncheons to break up Iran's first post-election demonstration in 5 days. Witnesses told the AP that some protesters fought back, chanting: "Where is my vote?" They said others described... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • protests • journalist • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Basij militia

Mousavi Turns Down Partial Vote Recount

Meanwhile, Iran's prez vows 'harsh' action against the West

Jun 27, 09 6:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iranian presidential challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi today rejected offers for a partial recount of the June 12 election that has sparked massive rallies and left at least 20 people dead, Reuters reports. "This kind of recount will not remove ambiguities," said Mousavi on his website. Iran's Guardian Council,... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • disputed election • recount • Mir Hossein Mousavi

 Mousavi Backers Tortured, Told to Confess Foreign Plot

Regime seeks to force 'confessions' implicating reformist in conspiracy

Jun 27, 09 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran's opposition says prominent supporters have been tortured in an effort to extract "confessions" that foreign forces in league with Mir Hossein Mousavi are plotting against the Islamic republic, the Guardian reports. Amnesty International, citing "very credible sources," says screams have been heard from reformist politicians jailed... More »

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ANALYSIS

 Mousavi's Options Shrink 
 as Crackdown Hardens 

Battle for Iran moves from the streets to corridors of power

Jun 26, 09 5:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two weeks after Iran's allegedly rigged presidential election, the regime's clampdown has hardened and left opponents of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with few avenues for protest. The New York Times reports that shouts of "God is great" and "Death to the dictator" continue to echo at... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • police crackdown • Hashemi Rafsanjani • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Iranian politics • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

 Mousavi Fights On as 
 Ahmadinejad Bashes Obama 

Iranian opposition leader may be under house arrest

Jun 25, 09 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mir Hossein Mousavi said today that the Iranian regime has pressured him to drop his challenges to the disputed election, but that he would resist any efforts to abridge his "constitutional right to protest." The opposition leader has not been seen in public for days, reports the Guardian,... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • house arrest • political demonstrations • George W. Bush • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

 Iran Arrests 70 Profs 
 Who Met With Mousavi 

Crackdown intensifies as opposition calls off rally

Jun 25, 09 6:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iranian authorities arrested 70 university professors yesterday, after they met with Mir Hossein Mousavi, according to a dissident website, as the regime intensified its crackdown on demonstrators. The professors' whereabouts are now unknown, but hundreds of activists are now being held in a prison system notorious for torture and human... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • professor • dissidents • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

(Newser) - Authorities in Iran have ordered the family of Neda Aghan Soltan—the woman whose videotaped death has galvanized protesters—from their Tehran home, reports the Guardian. "We just know that they were forced to leave their flat," a neighbor told the newspaper, which has been unable to contact... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Neda • Neda Agha Soltan

Latest Iran Protests Turn Bloody, Witnesses Say

It's like a war zone: witnesses

Jun 24, 09 4:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of protesters faced off against several thousand riot cops in a Tehran square today after Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran won’t budge on election results, the Guardian reports. Witnesses called the site a war zone, with helicopters hovering overhead as police savagely beat and arrested demonstrators. The reports could... More »

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Iran • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Mahdi Karroubi • Iranian protests

(Newser) - Zahra Rahnavard, wife of opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, today reassured Iranians that she had not been arrested, but called on the regime to release those who had, AFP reports. In a statement on her husband’s website, she condemned the crackdown, saying it was “as if martial... More »

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(Newser) - Ayatollah Khamenei ruled out political compromise today, telling parliament that Tehran would not “yield to pressure at any cost,” the New York Times reports. “I insisted and will insist on implementing the law on the election issue,” he said. He spoke after Mohsen Rezai, one... More »

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Iran • Ali Khamenei • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • opposition • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests • Mohsen Rezai

Iranian Press Pushes for Mousavi's Arrest

Pro-regime papers may be laying ground for new crackdown

Jun 24, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Several Iranian newspapers sympathetic to the regime have published articles blaming Mir Hossein Mousavi for recent violence, reports the Telegraph. The papers demand that the opposition leader be arrested for treason, a strategy that may be part of an effort to strengthen the position of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Meanwhile, the... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • newspaper editorials • Iranian politics • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

 Mousavi Silenced by 24-Hour 
 Secret Police Guard 

Opposition candidate prevented from speaking freely to supporters

Jun 24, 09 3:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi is constantly surrounded by guards and secret police and can no longer speak freely to supporters, protest spokesman Mohsen Makhmalbaf tells the Independent. Makhmalbaf, one of Iran's leading film directors, says Mousavi's lines of communications have been cut or confiscated. More »

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Iran • Ali Khamenei • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Mohsen Makhmalbaf

(Newser) - The top body investigating the results of the recent election is asking Iran’s supreme leader to give it more time to clear up any and all “ambiguities,” Reuters reports. “We are urging you to allow us to extend the deadline to receive further complaints five more... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • inquiry • Guardian Council • election results • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Mehdi Karoubi

Iran 'Retires' Soccer Players Over Protest

Banned for life for wristbands showing Mousavi support

Jun 23, 09 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran has barred four of its national soccer players from the field for life after they wore green wristbands during a match last week in apparent support of opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, an Iranian pro-government newspaper said. Six players wore the bands; most took them off at halftime,... More »

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(Newser) - The Iranian regime’s first response against pro-Mousavi protesters last week was not the Revolutionary Guard but its volunteer branch, the Basij militia, CNN reports. Iran says the militia, created by the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979, numbers 12 million; the actual count is probably a smaller—but still effective—300,... More »

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Iran • Iranian Revolutionary Guard • Iran war • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Ayatollah Khomeini • Basij militia

OPINION

 Thank Women for 
 Iran's Revolution 


Jun 23, 09 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Americans like to thank Barack Obama or George Bush or even Twitter for Iran’s revolution, but the real movers and shakers are Iran’s women, writes Anne Applebaum in the Washington Post. They’ve spent years organizing and campaigning for equal rights, and their presence in the... More »

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feminism • women • women's rights • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Zahra Rahnavard • Iranian protests • Iranian women • equal rights

Neda Mourned Privately as Iran Bans Memorials

Slain 26-year-old lover of music, travel  'couldn't stand injustice'

Jun 23, 09 6:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Neda Agha-Soltan has become the face of the Iranian protests but friends say she was never an activist before the disputed election, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 26-year-old, a music lover who was studying for a career in tourism, was shot dead by a sniper on her way to... More »

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(Newser) - Iran's official Guardian Council has declared absolutely that the nation's controversial presidential election will stand, reports CNN. "If a major breach occurs in an election, the Guardian Council may annul the votes," said a spokesman. "Fortunately, we found no witness of major fraud or breach in the... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • protests • protesters • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests

ANALYSIS

Death of 'Neda' May Echo for Weeks in Iran

Lengthy Shia cycle of mourning martyrs often includes protests

Jun 22, 09 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's not clear who killed the Iranian protester known as Neda, but footage of her gruesome shooting in the streets of Tehran may transform the demonstrations gripping Iran, Time reports. Shia Muslims mourn their dead three, seven, and 40 days after death, and Iranians often use those commemorations for protests.... More »

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Iran • Islam • Shia • shah • martyrdom • mourning • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Neda

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