Karroubi family manages Norooz visit with detained leader
Mohammad Hossein Karroubi, the son of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, reported that he and other family members met with his father,…
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Activists mark four years of opposition house arrests
225 Iranian activists issued a statement calling for the release of opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Zahra Rahnavard. Kaleme reports…
U.S. calls for release of Iran’s opposition leaders
Washington is calling on Tehran to release three Iranian opposition leaders who have been under house arrest since 2011 without being formally…
Rouhani says tolerance can resolve Iran political prisoner issue
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told university students Saturday that tolerance could resolve the issue of political prisoners, as some of them chanted…
Iran to find out if political big hitters will run for president
(Reuters) – New candidates entered Iran’s presidential race on Saturday on opposite sides of the divide between loyal defenders of Supreme Leader…
Pivotal Iran election: The reformists
Iran’s reformers transformed revolutionary politics between 1997 and 2005 under former President Mohammed Khatami. But today, the reformists’ ability to contest the…
Today’s top headlines in Iran, 16-01-2013
Today’s top headlines in Iran include leader warning government for the delay in proposing budget bill; president Ahmadinejad speech on complete implementation…
Is Iranian leadership softening on opposition leaders Musavi, Karrubi?
In what appears to be a significant softening of tone, a hard-line Iranian cleric, Mashhad Friday Prayer leader Ayatollah Ahmad Alamolhoda, has…