Mehdi Karroubi, one of many leaders of Iran’s 2009 election protests, who was lately launched from home arrest, issued an announcement expressing his views on Iran’s political and social developments.
Mahdi Karroubi stated he considers himself sure to defend the rights of all residents no matter their views and beliefs.
Karroubi added that he won’t stay silent and can hold defending the authorized and bonafide rights of individuals.
He stated he believes that Iran belongs to all Iranians.
Karroubi additionally stated he regards himself as God’s servant, the son of Iran, a soldier of the Iranian folks and indebted to the martyrs of the Islamic Revolution and the imposed Iraqi struggle.
Elsewhere, Karroubi famous that he most popular to be launched from home arrest together with Mir Hossein Mousavi and his spouse Zahra Rahnavard. The three have been positioned underneath home arrest in early 2010 following violent protests towards the presidential election.
This got here after they instigated protests on the streets after Karroubi and Mousavi have been defeated within the presidential election by their rival Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009.
The unrest, which Iranian officers describe as sedition, concerned road riots throughout which a number of folks have been killed.
Iran’s Chief Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has emphasised that he stays vigilant relating to the sedition of 2009, stating that the criterion for judgment is whether or not people supported the leaders of the sedition, exploited it, or have but to disavow it.
Elsewhere he asserted that had this sedition not occurred, the nation’s progress would undoubtedly have been a lot stronger. The occasions of 2009 emboldened the enemies and boosted the morale of those that have fashioned a entrance towards the Islamic system.
