Mehdi Karroubi

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AP News 32 days ago

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

Iran opposition leader Karroubi's car 'hit by gunfire'

AFP Global Edition 32 days ago

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 ...

Iran opposition leaders told to repent or else

AFP Global Edition 41 days ago

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 ...

Iranian regime followers stage show of strength

AFP Global Edition 41 days ago

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 ...

Iran opposition leader Karroubi attacked: website

AFP Global Edition 43 days ago

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 ...

Iran cracks down on dissidents after deadly protests

AFP Global Edition 43 days ago

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 ...

Iran cracks down on opponents after deadly protests

AFP Global Edition 43 days ago

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 ...

Iran Internet

AP News 87 days ago

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 ...

Opposition: Iran rulers more brutal than shah

AP News 87 days ago

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 opposition steers challenge toward the top

AP News 91 days ago

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 ...

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