New protests in Iran following arrest of Musavi and Karrubi

Rahana

Mousavi and Karroubi Detained and Transferred to Heshmatieh Prison

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Mousavi and Karroubi Detained and Transferred to Heshmatieh Prison

Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and their spouses Zahra Rahnavard and Fatemeh Karroubi have been arrested and transferred to the Heshmatieh Prison in Tehran./ Kaleme reports that their transfer to the Heshmatieh Prsion has been confirmed but the exact time is unknown. The authorities had ...

Feb 28, 2011

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Iran Uses Tear Gas To Disperse Protesters: Reports

Huffington Post

Iran Uses Tear Gas To Disperse Protesters: Reports

TEHRAN, Iran — Police in Tehran used tear gas and batons Tuesday to disperse anti-government protesters demanding the release of opposition leaders, with several people arrested in the biggest street clashes in Iran's capital in more than two weeks, witnesses and opposition websites said. ...

March 1, 2011

Yahoo! News

Iran police, protesters clash in Tehran: reports

Yahoo! News

Iran police, protesters clash in Tehran: reports

TEHRAN (AFP) – Iranian security forces in Tehran fired tear gas on Tuesday at anti-government protesters demanding the release of two opposition leaders they save have been jailed, opposition websites reported. However, the online edition of state-run newspaper Iran reported that Tehran was ...

March 1, 2011

Yahoo! News

Iran forces clash with Tehran protesters: report

Yahoo! News

Iran forces clash with Tehran protesters: report

TEHRAN (AFP) – Iranian security forces on Tuesday fired tear gas in Tehran clashes with anti-government protesters demanding the release of two opposition leaders, opposition websites reported. Kaleme.com and Sahamnews.org, the websites respectively of opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and ...

March 1, 2011

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Radio Free Europe

Iran's Musavi, Karrubi Reportedly Jailed Ahead Of Protests

Radio Free Europe

Iran's Musavi, Karrubi Reportedly Jailed Ahead Of Protests

The Iranian opposition website Kaleme.com, which is close to opposition leader Mir Hossein Musavi, has reported that Musavi and reformist cleric Mehdi Karrubi are being held in a Tehran prison. The development comes ahead of opposition protests planned for March 1 in Tehran and other cities to ...

March 1, 2011

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Iran mum on status of missing opposition leaders

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Iran mum on status of missing opposition leaders

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's foreign ministry spokesman says the country will not respond to international questions about the whereabouts of top opposition leaders who purportedly have been jailed. Rights groups and family members claim that Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi have been taken from ...

March 1, 2011

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Iran denies opposition leaders jailed

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Iran denies opposition leaders jailed

TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran denied on Tuesday that authorities have jailed opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi at a Tehran prison as repeatedly claimed by their family members. "The published news by some hostile media regarding the transfer of Mr Mousavi and Mr Karroubi to ...

March 1, 2011

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Iran opposition says leaders held

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Iran opposition says leaders held

TEHRAN (AFP) – Iranian opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi and their wives have been arrested and put in a Tehran jail, their websites said Monday in reports swiftly denied by a judicial official. The two had been under house arrest after judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq ...

Feb 28, 2011

Huffington Post

Mirhossein Mousavi And Mehdi Karoubi, Iran Opposition Leaders, Arrested: Reports

Huffington Post

Mirhossein Mousavi And Mehdi Karoubi, Iran Opposition Leaders, Arrested: Reports

Iran arrested two leading opposition figures on Monday ahead of a planned nationwide anti-government rally, an opposition website said. Mirhossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi had been forced to stay in their homes in the capital Tehran for more than two weeks. Mousavi's daughters said on the ...

Feb 28, 2011

VOA News

Iran Opposition Site: Mousavi and Karroubi Arrested

VOA News

Iran Opposition Site: Mousavi and Karroubi Arrested

Iran's main opposition website reported on Monday that Iran's two key opposition leaders were arrested. The Kaleme.com site says Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and their wives were jailed in Tehran. Earlier on Monday, Iran acknowledged that the men and some members of their families were ...

Feb 28, 2011

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Iran opposition leaders arrested: websites

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Iran opposition leaders arrested: websites

TEHRAN (AFP) – Iranian opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi have been arrested along with their wives and jailed at Tehran's Heshmatiyeh prison, their websites reported on Monday. The two had been under house arrest after judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani said earlier ...

Feb 28, 2011

NPR

Iran Arrests Opposition Leaders, According To Reports

NPR

Iran Arrests Opposition Leaders, According To Reports

government Iranian demonstrators carry mocking photos of opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi (left and right) and Mahdi Karroubi during a rally after Friday prayers in Tehran, Friday, Feb. 18./ Iran has arrested two former presidential challengers who helped to spark demonstrations against ...

Feb 28, 2011

Yahoo! News

Iran FM: Iran's protests unlike recent uprisings

Yahoo! News

Iran FM: Iran's protests unlike recent uprisings

GENEVA – Iran's top diplomat says there's no comparison between the popular uprisings roiling the Arab world and recent unrest in Iran. Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says Iran has only experienced a few "manipulated protests, while mass movements in the countries in the region are authentic, ...

Feb 28, 2011

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Iran opposition leaders Mousavi and Karroubi 'arrested'

BBC

Iran opposition leaders Mousavi and Karroubi 'arrested'

Iranian opposition leaders Mir Hussein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi and their wives have been taken from their homes by security forces, reports suggest. Mr Karroubi's son told the BBC he had heard his father had been moved, but did not know where he had been taken. A website close to Mr Mousavi ...

Feb 28, 2011

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Iran arrests two opposition leaders: opposition website

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Iran arrests two opposition leaders: opposition website

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran has arrested opposition leaders Mirhossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi, the opposition website Kaleme said on Monday. "Sources say that they have been arrested and transferred to Heshmatiyeh jail in Tehran," Mousavi's website Kaleme reported. Judiciary officials were not ...

Feb 28, 2011

Radio Free Europe

Iran Warns Opposition Against Tuesday Protests

Radio Free Europe

Iran Warns Opposition Against Tuesday Protests

Iran has warned opposition activists to refrain from holding any new protests. Prosecutor-General Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie was quoted as saying that anyone who acts against the law will be “dealt with." Websites of opposition leaders Mir Hossein Musavi and Mehdi Karrubi have called for ...

Feb 28, 2011

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Iran's Karroubi moved to unknown location: report

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Iran's Karroubi moved to unknown location: report

TEHRAN (AFP) – Iranian security forces have shifted opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi to an unknown location from his Tehran residence where he was being held under house arrest, his website Sahamnews.org said Monday. Prosecutor general Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei confirmed "restrictions" had ...

Feb 28, 2011

Yahoo! News

Iran: Outside contact with opposition leaders cut

Yahoo! News

Iran: Outside contact with opposition leaders cut

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's state prosecutor says all outside contact with the country's two opposition leaders has been cut as part of a campaign to silence dissent. Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi warned "other measures" could be taken if necessary against Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi. His ...

Feb 28, 2011

Yahoo! News

Iran's Khatami calls for release of opposition chiefs

Yahoo! News

Iran's Khatami calls for release of opposition chiefs

TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran's former reformist president Mohammad Khatami has urged the authorities to release opposition leaders Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi from house arrest, his website said on Saturday. "Why should people like Mr Mousavi and Mr Karroubi, and their wives, who have had a ...

Feb 28, 2011

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Iran opposition websites post calls for new protests

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Iran opposition websites post calls for new protests

TEHRAN (AFP) – The websites of Iranian opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehi Karroubi have posted calls for new protests on Tuesday to demand their release from reported house arrest. The call, posted on Kaleme.com and Sahamnews.org, was issued by the Coordination Council of the Green ...

Feb 28, 2011

Yahoo! News

White House condemns 'intimidation' by Iran

Yahoo! News

White House condemns 'intimidation' by Iran

WASHINGTON – The White House is condemning what it calls an "organized intimidation campaign" by the Iranian government against opposition leaders and other activists. In a statement released Sunday, National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor accused Iran of "blatant violation of the ...

Feb 27, 2011

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US condemns Iran arrests, intimidation

Yahoo! News

US condemns Iran arrests, intimidation

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States condemned the Iranian government Sunday for what it said was an organized campaign of intimidation and arrests of political figures, journalists and activists. "The United States strongly condemns the Iranian government's organized intimidation campaign and ...

Feb 27, 2011

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LA Times

IRAN: Opposition leaders reportedly moved from house arrest to prison

LA Times

IRAN: Opposition leaders reportedly moved from house arrest to prison

Iranian opposition leaders Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi may have been moved from house arrest to a prison in Tehran. According to reformist website Kaleme.com, the two men and their wives were believed to have been taken to Heshmatieh prison after two weeks of house arrest, the ...

Feb 28, 2011

Washington Post

Iran FM: Iran's protests unlike recent uprisings

Washington Post

Iran FM: Iran's protests unlike recent uprisings

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Feb 28, 2011

Yahoo! News

U.S. accuses Iran of "blatant" rights violations

Yahoo! News

U.S. accuses Iran of "blatant" rights violations

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Sunday accused Iran's government of hypocrisy and "blatant" violations of the rights of its citizens. "The United States strongly condemns the Iranian government's organized intimidation campaign and arrests of political figures, human rights ...

Feb 27, 2011

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Iran official says opposition leaders isolated

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Iran official says opposition leaders isolated

Feb 28, 2011

Washington Post

Iran: Outside contact with opposition leaders cut

Washington Post

Iran: Outside contact with opposition leaders cut

Feb 28, 2011

Independent

Iran reformers 'abducted' by security forces

Independent

Iran reformers 'abducted' by security forces

Two of Iran's main opposition leaders and their wives are said to be in grave danger after security forces apparently abducted them from their homes, where they were under house arrest. The claim, by the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, indicates a serious escalation in the ...

Feb 27, 2011

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Iranian opposition leader missing?

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Iranian opposition leader missing?

Iran's opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi (R) waves among his supporters while they gather to mourn Neda Agha-Soltan, the young woman killed in post-election violence who has become a symbol for the opposition to Tehran's hardline leaders and other victims of recent clashes, at Behesht-e-Zahra ...

Feb 28, 2011

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