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Mir Hossein Mousavi

Type: Person

Name: Mir Hossein Mousavi

Title: Politician

Date of Birth: 1941-09-21

Place of Birth: Khameneh

Nationality: Iran

Fact Sheet: Biography for Mir Hossein Mousavi

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Iran releases prominent opposition figure on bail

One of Iran’s prominent pro-reform figures was released on bail Wednesday after spending nearly four months in jail on charges of inciting the country’s postelection unrest, the official IRNA news agency reported.It said Saeed Shariati, one of opposition ... [Khaleej Times - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Bail, Saeed Shariati, Iran

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

United Nations

In Draft Resolution, United Nations Rebukes Iran for Rights Violations Since Election

UNITED NATIONS The United Nations criticized Iran on Friday for numerous human rights abuses in the wake of the disputed presidential election in June, including the arrests, intimidation and mass trials of members of the political opposition.A draft ... [New York Times - 12 hours ago]

Entities: United Nations, Iran, Elections

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 Documents

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran: Why Janus is Not the Answer

This is how Mir-Hossein Mousavi, the principal challenger to Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad describes his "green movement" at a meeting with the families of political prisoners in Tehran earlier this month.The statement reveals much about a leader ... [Asharq Al-Awsat - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mir Hossein Mousavi

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 Documents

Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps

Iran Trying To Wage Media Battle Against Us

add comment ()The Iranian parliament is considering a new media outlet in response toU.S. efforts toward Iran. Iran's new media apparatus may be placed inthe hands of the hardline Revolutionary Guard, strengthening thatalready powerful body.Iran's Press ... [Turkish Weekly - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Iran, Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, Mir Hossein Mousavi

First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 3 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

5 get death in Iran post-vote turmoil

Supporters of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi clash with riot policeman in Tehran, June 20, 2009. [Agencies]Iran has sentenced five defendants to death in a mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the unrest that ... [China Economic Net - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Iran, Ali Zamani, Mir Hossein Mousavi

First Reported 11/14/2009 - Updated 11/14/2009 - 9 Documents

Iran opposition leader's brother-in-law to face trial

TEHRAN (AFP) - Shahpour Kazemi, the brother-in-law of Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, will face trial, Tehran prosecutor was quoted as saying by several local newspapers.He did not elaborate.Mousavi's wife, Zahra Rahnavard, said on July ... [Yahoo! Canada - 11/14/2009]

Entities: Zahra Rahnavard, Iran, Tehran, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

First Reported 11/14/2009 - Updated 11/15/2009 - 6 Documents (in Politics)

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iran opposition calls rulers brutal

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's embattled opposition leaders accused the government of becoming more brutal than the shah's regime in Web statements yesterday, and authorities announced a new Internet crackdown aimed at choking off the opposition movement's last ... [Philadelphia Inquirer - 11/15/2009]

Entities: Iran, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

First Reported 11/14/2009 - Updated 11/14/2009 - 3 Documents

Defiant Mousavi repeats call for new Iran election (AFP)

TEHRAN (AFP) Iran's main opposition leader and defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi has repeated his call for a new election, after unrest this month saw clashes between police and protesters, a reformist website reported on Saturday. "The ... [Yahoo! News - 11/14/2009]

Entities: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Tehran, Mehdi Karrubi, Anti-American

First Reported 11/15/2009 - Updated 11/15/2009 - 8 Documents

Neda 'was ready to die for cause' in Iran

An Iranian killed in protests over President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's reelection in June was willing to be "shot in the heart" for her cause, her boyfriend said in an interview Sunday.The killing of Neda Agha-Soltan on June 20 came to symbolise the public ... [France24 - Business - 11/15/2009]

Entities: Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Neda Agha-Soltan

First Reported 11/15/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 2 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Iran trolls Internet for opposition voices

Tehran appointed a 12-member team of police and other security officials to monitor the Internet for information opposing the principles of the republic.Authorities said the increase in the use of the Internet creates a need to monitor crime occurring ... [UPI - 11/16/2009]

Entities: Iran, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Tehran

First Reported 11/14/2009 - Updated 11/15/2009 - 9 Documents

Iranian student gets 8 years over post-poll unrest

TEHRAN: An Iranian court on Saturday sentenced a student who took part in protests following Irans disputed presidential election this year to eight years in prison, a website reported.The June 12 vote triggered big street demonstrations by opposition ... [Arab News - 11/15/2009]

Entities: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Tehran, Zahra Rahnavard

First Reported 11/15/2009 - Updated 11/15/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Iran's opposition divided, adrift

Many Tehran residents who oppose President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are taking a harder line against Iran's leaders and want to remove them from power, several protesters said. Others in the opposition movement favor gradual changes and caution against pressing ... [Washington Post - 11/15/2009]

Entities: Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Shia Islam, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Quotes

...a former prime minister who challenged Ahmadinejad in the June 1 election, from leaving his office, a Web site affiliated with Mousavi reported. "he was under de facto house arrest today from the early morning" another Web site said

large protests [Washington Post - 11/06/2009]

More Content

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In Draft Resolution, United Nations Rebukes Ira... [New York Times - 12 hours ago]
UN targets Iran's rights violations [Sky News Australia - 13 hours ago]
Iran Trying To Wage Media Battle Against Us [Turkish Weekly - 15 hours ago]
Trying KSM [The National Interest - 16 hours ago]
Twitter vs the world: Ten scandals that set Twi... [CNET.co.uk - 19 hours ago]
Iran: Why Janus is Not the Answer [Asharq Al-Awsat - 22 hours ago]
Iran Defence And Security Report Q3 2009 - New ... [OfficialSpin - 23 hours ago]
Obama warns of new sanctions against Iran [World Socialist Web Site - 11/20/2009]
Ahmadinejad in Brazil to Erase Images of Iran's... [Brazzil Magazine - 11/19/2009]
Hope in Palestine [The National Interest - 11/19/2009]
The Velvet Revolution: 20 years on [New York Review of Books - 11/19/2009]
Iran releases prominent opposition figure on bail [Khaleej Times - 11/19/2009]
Dont eulogise greatness: it is not dead yet [Abu Dhabi National - 11/18/2009]
Iran's opposition durable, Khatami says [UPI - 11/18/2009]
Human Capital [The National Interest - 11/18/2009]
Iran's Islamic militiamen will confront "r... [Reuters India - 11/18/2009]
5 get death in Iran post-vote turmoil [China Economic Net - 11/18/2009]
Unbalanced [The National Interest - 11/18/2009]
Iran sentences 5 to death in postelection turmoil [CHINAdaily - 11/17/2009]
Five face death over Iran poll riot - PA [Guardian.co.uk - 11/17/2009]
Kurdish MPs urge Iran to reconsider death penalty [Yahoo! Canada - 11/17/2009]
Ahmadinejad's Iran cab... [Siasat Daily - 11/17/2009]
Iran trolls Internet for opposition voices [UPI - 11/16/2009]
Iran Trying to Wage Media Battle Against US [VOA News - 11/16/2009]
Go to SES Berlin or Chicago for (Over) Ten Auth... [Searchenginewatch - 11/16/2009]
Fissures over goals test strength of Iran's opp... [Iran Focus - 11/16/2009]
Iranian leaders brutal: opposition [Taipei Times Online - 11/16/2009]
Iran's Economic Climate and the Post-election P... [Payvand Iran News - 11/16/2009]
Iran moves to silence opposition with internet ... [Guardian.co.uk - 11/15/2009]
The deal that would not die [Guardian.co.uk - 11/15/2009]

Blogs

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Iran: Art in Protest [Global Voices Online - 11/16/2009] Mir Hussein Mousavi, one of Iran's opposition leaders, recently mentioned in a video interview that the artistic creativity of the ‘green' protest movement since ...
Go to SES Berlin or Chicago for (Over) Ten Auth... [Search Engine Watch Blog - 11/16/2009] During the past nine weeks, I've shared nine significant reasons for going to either Search Engine Strategies Berlin or SES Chicago 2009. For those of you who want ...
The deal that would not die [World news: Julian Borger's global security blo ... - 11/15/2009] As long as it divides the Tehran regime, western diplomats are reluctant to give up entirely on a uranium dealThe patient has shown no sign of life for weeks, but ...
Profile Of A Prisoner [The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - 11/05/2009] Tehran Bureau:Fariba, a twenty-nine year old journalist who may have voted for Mir Hossein Mousavi, was arrested on August 22, the first day of Ramadan near Iftar ...
Tehran protesters call to Obama [FP Passport - 11/04/2009] Andrew Sullivan posts the following video from Tehran today, showing opposition demonstrators chanting, "Obama, Obama, you're either with us or with them":Another ...

Audio/Video

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Amateur video of Iran rally turning violent [ITN News - YouTube - 11/04/2009]
Mousavi supporters march in Tehran [Reuters - YouTube - 11/04/2009]
Mousavi supporters march in Tehran [Reuters Video: Top News - 11/04/2009]
Iranian clerics voice support for reform moveme... [Slate Magazine - 07/05/2009]
Iranian opposition leaders make it clear they'r... [Slate Magazine - 07/02/2009]

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