Mir-Hossein Mousavi

UN committee targets Iran's human rights violations and crackdown on election opponents

A key U.N. committee approved a resolution Friday urging Iran to halt the persecution of political opponents following the country's disputed presidential election and release those still detained. ...

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U.S. talks tougher on dealing with Iran

U.S. talks tougher on dealing with Iran By Jay Solomon, Wall Street Journal, November 20, 2009 The international spokesman for Iran’s main opposition movement called for President Barack Obama to increase his public support for...

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Iran: Why Janus is Not the Answer

"We want to be like Janus, the Greek god because we wish to combine different values. We want to be able to mourn our own Neda Agha-Sultan and be sad about people dying in Gaza." This is how Mir-Hossein

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Ahmadinejad in Brazil to Erase Images of Iran's Suspected Election Fraud

The president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, arrives this weekend in Brazilian capital Brasília accompanied by a group of 300 people, most of them business men. But more than just doing business, the Iranian leader would love to...

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Iran's opposition durable, Khatami says

TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- The opposition movement in Iran is not temporary because the people long for freedom and security, former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said. Khatami joined forces with opposition leaders Mir...

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Iran's Prominent Pro-Reform Figure Released From Jail

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 TEHRAN, Iran — One of Iran's prominent pro-reform figures has been released on bail after nearly four months in jail on charges of inciting unrest. Iran's official IRNA news agency reported on...

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Kurdish MPs urge Iran to reconsider death penalty (AFP)

AFP - Iran's Kurdish lawmakers asked the country's judiciary on Tuesday to reconsider issuing death sentences on people from the Kurdish minority fearing it was distancing the ethnic group from the regime.

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World › Iran sentences 5 to death over postelection turmoil

Wednesday 18th November, 05:25 AM JST TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has sentenced five defendants to death in a mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the unrest that followed the disputed June presidential election, state...

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Iran: Death of Kahrizak Detention Center Physician Under Investigation

In the post-election unrest many reports of "murder, torture and sexual abuse" surfaced from Kahrizak detention centre. Mowjcamp, Mir Hosein Mousavi's website reports today that before his death, Dr. Pourandarjani "had revealed...

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Kurdish MPs want Iran judiciary to reconsider death penalty

TEHRAN, Nov 17, 2009 (AFP) - Iran's Kurdish lawmakers asked the country's judiciary on Tuesday to reconsider issuing death sentences on people from the Kurdish minority fearing it was distancing the ethnic group from the...

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