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Opposition leader treated by family doctor
Mehdi Karoubi, the Iranian opposition leader who has been under house arrest since February 2011, has been allowed a visit with his family physician, his son reported on Thursday December 6. » read more
Hospital treatments raise concerns about opposition leaders
Iranian opposition media are expressing concern regarding the health of Mehdi Karroubi and MirHosein Mosuavi, the Iranian opposition leaders who have been held under house arrest by Islamic Republic authorities for more than 600 days. » read more
Opposition leader expresses concern for Iranians
Detained Iranian opposition leader MirHosein Mousavi, in a rare meeting with family members, has expressed his concern about the “subsistence” of the Iranian people. » read more
Activists urge UN chief to visit opposition leaders
More than 400 Iranian political and social activists have written to the UN Secretary General to urge him to visit Iranian opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard and Mehdi Karroubi, who have been under house arrest in Iran for more than 18 months. » read more
Press freedom group calls for Mousavi’s release
Reporters Without Borders has expressed deep concern about Iranian opposition leader MirHosein Mousavi, who was hospitalized on Thursday to undergo heart surgery. » read more
Mousavi family kept from talking about ill leader
After reports hit the media that opposition leader MirHosein Mousavi had undergone surgery in hospital, his brother was quoted as saying that the Mousavi family cannot give out information about his health. » read more
Iranian opposition leader hospitalized
Iranian pposition leader MirHosein Mousavi was taken to the hospital on Thursday for “serious heart complications”, reports from Iran indicate. » read more
Opposition leader's son calls for father's proper treatment
The son of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi has written a letter to the “senior officials of the regime” to express concern regarding his father’s situation, urging the state to either transfer him to his home in Jamaran to continue his house arrest or to Evin Prison to be held like other political prisoners. » read more
Opposition leader kept from sister’s funeral
Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi was prevented from attending his sister’s funeral. » read more
Former president warns against public disillusionment
Mohammad Khatami warned Iranian authorities that continued policies of “omission and incarceration” result in general disillusionment in the possibility of reform in society. » read more














