Iran opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, who had refused to accept Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election, revealed on Monday in a major position shift that he ...
Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi who had refused to accept the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, now recognises the hardliner as the country's ...
FILE --This June 9, 2009 file photo shows Mahdi Karroubi during a press conference in Tehran, Iran. Karroubi's Web reports his car was shot at by pro-government demonstrators, shattering its windows. .(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File) Copyright 2010 AP News
The armoured car of one of Iran's opposition leaders, Mehdi Karroubi, was hit by gunfire in the northern town of Qazvin, his party's website reported on Friday, but only the windows were damaged. Karroubi was in town to attend a mourning ceremony ...
Hundreds of thousands of government supporters took to Iran's streets on Wednesday in a show of force against the opposition, with a senior cleric telling their leaders to repent or face death. Just hours later, state news agency IRNA reported that top ...
Hundreds of thousands of government supporters took to Iran's streets on Wednesday in a show of force against the opposition, with a senior cleric telling their leaders to repent or be declared enemies of God and face death. Television footage showed crowds ...
Mehdi Karroubi, one of Iran's top opposition leaders and a defeated presidential candidate, was attacked upon leaving a mosque in eastern Tehran, his party's website reported Monday. "Mehdi Karroubi, who was with his family attending a mourning ceremony... in a mosque in ...
Iranian security forces arrested more than a dozen dissidents Monday after at least eight people were killed in fierce clashes, opposition websites said, drawing international condemnation. Those detained included aides to reformist ex-president Mohammad Khatami and opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, veteran ...
Iranian security forces on Monday arrested seven anti-government figures in a crackdown launched a day after at least eight people were killed in fierce clashes in Tehran, opposition websites said. Those rounded up were two outspoken critics of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, three ...
In this Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009 photo, leaders of Iranian opposition, Mahdi Karroubi, right, and Mir Hossein Mousavi talk in Tehran, Iran. The showdown between Iran's clerical leaders and a resilient protest movement sharpened Saturday Nov. 14, 2009, as opposition leaders accused ...
Iran's opposition leaders say ruling clerics are more brutal than shah's regime Iran's embattled opposition leaders accused the government of becoming more brutal than the shah's regime in Web statements Saturday, and authorities announced a new Internet crackdown aimed at choking off ...
Iran's reform protesters shift target beyond president to top leadership Just minutes before anti-riot police charged opposition marchers in Tehran last week, a new chant bubbled up from the crowd: "Death to Nobody." It was more than just a play on the ...
