Mir-Hossein Mousavi timeline
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Protestors Against Iranian Elections Dispersed by Police in Kuala Lumpur
Malaysian police have fired tear gas to disperse about 500 Iranian students who staged a protest over the results of their home country's disputed... Read more
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Protesters Rally in Streets of Tehran as University Professors Resign in Response to State Violence
A sit-in by students from the Tehran University in protest to the brutal suppression of fellow students, in particular during the recent dormitory... Read more
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Opposition Candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi Demands New Election
[Iran's leaders] received a resounding refusal [of an offer to conduct a partial recount] — first from reformist politicians who said they would... Read more
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Protests Against Iranian Election Results Continue in New York City
Demonstrators gathered in New York City's Union Square Wednesday evening in support of Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi. The rally... Read more
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Reform Candidate Mousavi Stages Silent Protest in Tehran Against Alleged Election Fraud
A peaceful, nearly silent rally by supporters of failed presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi has begun at Tehran's Hafte Tir... Read more
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Defeated Presidential Candidate Mohsen Rezaei Writes to Interior Ministry Demanding Release of Detailed Election Results
Defeated presidential candidate Mohsen Rezaei has given the Interior Ministry an ultimatum to release the detailed election results. In a letter... Read more
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Iranian Soccer Players Wear Protest Colors During Game in Seoul
The players wore the colour adopted by the opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi in an apparent show of support. He challenging... Read more
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Protesters in London Continue Demonstration Against Iranian Election Results
Protestors are expected to gather again outside the Iranian embassy in London this evening as the political crisis in Iran... Read more
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Protests of Iranian Election Irregularities Intensify in Paris
Several dozen journalists and the press watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) staged a protest rally outside the Iranian embassy in Paris on... Read more
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Slain Protesters are Mourned as Demonstrations Against Voting Irregularities Continue in Tehran
More than 100,000 people have attended a "day of mourning" rally in Tehran to remember eight people killed while opposing Iran's election... Read more
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Blames Foreign Media for Doubts of Election Results and Warns of Violence if Protests Continue
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sternly cut off any compromise over the nation’s disputed elections on Friday. In a long and... Read more
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Iranian Woman, Identified as Neda Soltani, Dies On Camera During Protests
I have just seen a very heartbreaking video footage of an Iranian girl after she was shot during a protest in Iran. Iran is in turmoil now and... Read more
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Newsweek Announces the Detainment of Reporter, Maziar Bahari, by Iranian Authorities
On Sunday morning in Tehran, Newsweek's Maziar Bahari was detained without charge by Iranian authorities and has not been heard from since. Mr.... Read more
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Five Relatives of Ayatollah Hashemi-Rafsanjani Arrested in Tehran
A backstage struggle among Iran's ruling clerics burst into the open Sunday when the government said it had arrested the daughter and other... Read more
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Iran's Guardian Council Announces that Voting Irregularities Occurred
Iran's Guardian Council has suggested that the number of votes collected in 50 cities surpass the number of people eligible to cast ballot in those... Read more
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Iranian Government Spokesman Claims West Actively Spreading "Anarchy and Vandalism" in Iran
A spokesman said foreign media were "mouthpieces" of enemy governments seeking Iran's disintegration. He spoke as Tehran remained tense but... Read more
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Iran's Guardian Council Claims Voting Irregularities not Significant Enough to Affect Results
Iran's election authority has rejected claims of voting irregularities by a defeated presidential candidate, while acknowledging that the number of... Read more
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President Obama Denounces Violence Against Protesters in Iran
President Obama's latest remarks on Iran, in which he said the U.S. and the world are appalled and outraged by the Iranian government's crackdown... Read more
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Declares Iranian Election Result Final as Protests Continue
Hundreds of protesters clashed with waves of riot police and paramilitary militia in Tehran on Wednesday, witnesses said, as Iran’s supreme leader,... Read more
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Mir Hossein Mousavi Reasserts That The 2009 Iranian Presidential Election was "Rigged"
Iran protest leader Mir Hossein Mousavi says he holds those behind alleged "rigged" elections responsible for bloodshed during recent... Read more
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Demonstrators Attack Iranian Embassy in Stockholm
Angry demonstrators broke into the Iranian Embassy outside Stockholm on Friday, climbing in through shattered windows and injuring one embassy... Read more
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Iran's Guardian Council Certifies Election Results After Partial Recount
While many remain dissatisfied by Iran's partial recount in its contested presidential election, supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad... Read more
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Leading clerics defy Ayatollah, declare election results illegitimate
An important group of religious leaders in Iran called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate on Saturday, an act... Read more
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Vows Reform in New Iranian Government
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed on Tuesday to change his team and show respect for Iran's youth as opposition leaders made a joint plea for the... Read more
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Several Prominent Iranian Conservative Figures Criticize Rafsanjani for Questioning Election Results in Speech
Several prominent Iranian conservative figures and hard-line newspapers offered sharp criticism on Saturday of former President Ali Akbar Hashemi... Read more