January 30, 2015

Cartoon 105: Ahmad Jannati on the House Arrests

On January 24, 2015, hardliner cleric and member of the Guardian Council, Ahmad Jannati, reacted to conservative Member of the Parliament Ali Motahari's interrupted speech at the Iranian Parliament, in which he asked for an ...

December 3, 2014

Cartoon 101: Please Put Me On Trial

An open letter signed by the Karroubi family and published on November 29, 2014, states that during their last meeting with Green Movement leader Mehdi Karroubi, he “explicitly and clearly criticized the lack ...

October 13, 2014

Cartoon 96: Motahari’s Appeal to Rouhani on the House Arrest

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May 7, 2014

Mousavi Medical Condition Called “Alarming” by Daughter

“The family is in complete darkness about my father’s physical conditions and not even allowed a telephone call with him…My father’s health conditions are alarming,” wrote Narges Mousavi, daughter of Mir Hossein Mousavi, the opposition leader who was abruptly hospitalized for emergency heart surgery ...

January 26, 2012

Ebadi Calls for a Campaign to Release Opposition Leaders

(26 January 2012) Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate, today called for a sustained international campaign for the release of three opposition leaders under house arrest for nearly a year. “I support the call [of political prisoners] and invite all freedom-loving people across the globe ...