2009 Iranian presidential election protests

Protests against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared May 2024 2009 Iranian presidential election protests 3rd Day - The Green Protest Rally.jpg 3rd Day - Protests.jpg 4th Day - Guards in Action, Gandi St..jpg 5th Day - They Killed My Bro Koz He Asked "Where's My Vote".jpg 5th Day - Feel Green.jpg 6th Day - Green Condolence.jpg center 300 2 white 2 white Iranians protesting in Valiasr Square in the capital Tehran 13 June 2009 – 7 December 2010http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/iran/2009/11/200911411259869709.html Timeline: Iran after the election 14 February 2011 29 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110629051610/http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/iran/2009/11/200911411259869709.html live Iran: Tehran, Abadan, Ahvaz, Arak, Ardabil, Bandar Abbas, Birjand, Bojnord, Borujerd, Dezful, Sari, Babol, Bandar Torkaman, Bushehr, Hamadan, Isfahan, Ilam, Karaj, Kashan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Khorramshahr, Khoy, Mashhad, Najafabad, Qazvin, Qom, Rasht, Sanandaj, Shahr Kord, Shiraz, Tabriz, Urmia, Yasuj, Yazd, Zabol, Zanjan, Zahedan Around the world background:lightgrey; United States: Atlanta, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Preston, Iowa, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Indianapolis, Irvine, Kansas City, Las Cruces, Las Vegas,Vegas Iranians Protest Violence In Home CountrySeptember 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes, fox5vegas.com (19 June 2009) Los Angeles, Madison, Miami, Minneapolis, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Portland, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, State College, Tempe, Washington, D.C. Canada: Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Hamilton, London, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Waterloo Germany: Berlin, Bochum, Cologne, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Heidelberg, Münster, Stuttgarthttp://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/stz/page/2099030_0_9223_-demonstration-auch-in-stuttgart-streit-im-iran-eskaliert.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090621221149/http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/stz/page/2099030_0_9223_-demonstration-auch-in-stuttgart-streit-im-iran-eskaliert.html dead 21 June 2009 Streit im Iran eskaliert de Stuttgarter Zeitung 20 June 2009 14 February 2011 Sweden: Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Skellefteå, Karlstad, Sundsvall,http://st.nu/start/sundsvall/1.1154003-en-tyst-minut-for-dodsoffren-i-iran En tyst minut för dödsoffren sv Sundsvall Tidning 26 June 2009 14 February 2011April 2025 medicmedic Uppsala,http://nyheterna.se/1.1064254 Demonstration i Uppsala sv Nyheterna.se 25 June 2009 24 April 2011 9 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110809154530/http://www.nyheterna.se/1.1064254 live Helsingborg,http://hd.se/helsingborg/2009/07/08/ny-demonstration-foer-demokratin-i/ Ny demonstration för dem i Iran sv hd.se 8 July 2009 14 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110607140522/http://hd.se/helsingborg/2009/07/08/ny-demonstration-foer-demokratin-i/ 7 June 2011 dead Umeå,http://www.sr.se/VASTERBOTTEN/nyheter/artikel.asp?artikel=2914299 https://archive.today/20120910174247/http://www.sr.se/VASTERBOTTEN/nyheter/artikel.asp?artikel=2914299 dead 10 September 2012 Demonstration för iransk demokrati sv Sveriges Radio 18 June 2009 14 February 2011 Jönköping,http://www.jnytt.se/nyhet/25058/demonstranterna-stodjer-folket-i-iran Demonstranterna stödjer folket i sv jnytt.se 8 July 2009 14 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721160551/http://www.jnytt.se/nyhet/25058/demonstranterna-stodjer-folket-i-iran 21 July 2011 dead Uddevalla,http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/vast/nyheter/artikel.asp?Artikel=2928180 https://archive.today/20120910053547/http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/vast/nyheter/artikel.asp?Artikel=2928180 dead 10 September 2012 Irandemonstration i Uddevalla sv Sveriges Radio 25 June 2009 14 February 2011 Boråshttp://www.bt.se/nyheter/boras/hundratals-borasiranier-i-protest-(1393697).gm https://web.archive.org/web/20090626020107/http://www.bt.se/nyheter/boras/hundratals-borasiranier-i-protest-(1393697).gm dead 26 June 2009 Hundratals boråsiranier i protest sv bt.se 24 June 2009 Netherlands: The Hague, Amsterdam, Delft, Leiden, Groningen, Maastricht, Italy: Rome, Milan, Turin, FlorenceSwitzerland: Geneva, Lausanne, Zürich, Bern Australia: Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra,http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2009/06/26/protest-outside-iranian-embassy-canberra Protest outside Iranian embassy in Canberra SBS News 26 June 2009 15 June 2014 30 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131030015517/http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2009/06/26/protest-outside-iranian-embassy-canberra live Adelaidehttp://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/18/2601996.htm?site=adelaide Iran poll prompts Adelaide protest, abc.net.au (18 June 2009) Abc.net.au 2009-06-18 2013-08-06 13 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131113042344/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/18/2601996.htm?site=adelaide dead Spain: Barcelona, Madrid Ukraine: Kyiv, https://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/searchpopup?picId=10524744 Iranian students take part in a protest rally in Kiev Reuters 14 February 2011 26 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120726202858/http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/searchpopup?picId=10524744 dead Kharkiv United Kingdom: London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Nottingham, Bristolhttp://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Iranians-stage-peaceful-demo-Bristol/article-1091035-detail/article.html Iranians stage peaceful demo in Bristol, thisisbristol.co.uk (19 June 2009) Thisisbristol.co.uk 2009-06-19 2013-08-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20100331110141/http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Iranians-stage-peaceful-demo-Bristol/article-1091035-detail/article.html 31 March 2010 dead France: Paris, Lyon Belgium: Brussels, Leuven New Zealand: Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur15 June 2009 Worldwide Iran election protests https://www.nbcnews.com/slideshow/worldwide-iran-election-protests-31368534 NBC News 12 January 2026 Portugal: Lisbon Austria: Vienna, Salzburghttp://salzburg.orf.at/stories/374442 100 Teilnehmer bei Iran-Demo in Salzburg de salzburg.orf.at 12 July 2009 14 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110826154901/http://salzburg.orf.at/stories/374442 26 August 2011 dead Romania: Bucharesthttps://www.antena3.ro/actualitate/bucuresti-peste-150-de-cetateni-iranieni-au-protestat-fata-de-alegerea-lui-ahmadinejad-video-74170.html București. Peste 150 de cetățeni iranieni au protestat față de alegerea lui Ahmadinejad (VIDEO) Bucharest. Over 150 Iranian citizens have protested against the election of Ahmadinejad (VIDEO) ro Antena 3 19 June 2009 20 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090622072848/http://www.antena3.ro/stiri/romania/bucuresti-peste-150-de-cetateni-iranieni-au-protestat-fata-de-alegerea-lui-ahmadinejad_74170.html 22 June 2009 live Hungary: Budapesthttp://www.hirszerzo.hu/cikk.hol_van_a_szavazatunk_ahmadinezsad_nem_a_mi_elnokunk_-_tuntetes_a_stefanian.112137.html "Hol van a szavazatunk?", "Ahmadinezsád nem a mi elnökünk!" – Tüntetés a Stefánián hu Hírszerző.hu 15 June 2009 14 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20090619094704/http://www.hirszerzo.hu/cikk.hol_van_a_szavazatunk_ahmadinezsad_nem_a_mi_elnokunk_-_tuntetes_a_stefanian.112137.html 19 June 2009 dead Czech Republic: PragueJapan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Kyoto, NagoyaDenmark: Copenhagen, Aarhus Norway: Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger, Arendal, Kristiansand South Korea: Seoul, Busan, Daegu Armenia: Yerevan Israel: Tel Aviv United Arab Emirates: Dubai Turkey: Istanbul, Ankarahttps://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/searchpopup?picId=10660546 Turkey-based Iranian residents during a protest in Ankara Reuters 14 February 2011 26 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120726193856/http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/searchpopup?picId=10660546 dead Pakistan: Islamabad,Ali Sajjad http://www.demotix.com/news/112734/iranian-protest-islamabad Iranian protest Islamabad Demotix.com 27 December 2010 23 March 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110721175307/http://www.demotix.com/news/112734/iranian-protest-islamabad 21 July 2011 Karachi, Lahore, PeshawarEgypt: Cairohttp://blogs.reuters.com/global/2009/07/02/egypt-takes-no-chances-over-iran-inspired-demonstration/ Reuters Egypt takes no chances over Iran-inspired demonstration 2 July 2009 14 February 2011 28 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110428221717/http://blogs.reuters.com/global/2009/07/02/egypt-takes-no-chances-over-iran-inspired-demonstration/ dead Kuwait: Kuwait Cityhttp://northwesternubf.org/2009/06/iran-election-protesters-set-to-defy-supreme-leader/ Iran election protesters set to defy supreme leader, Northwesternubf.org (20 June 2009) Northwesternubf.org 2013-08-06 4 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120304074303/http://northwesternubf.org/2009/06/iran-election-protesters-set-to-defy-supreme-leader/ dead Greece: Athenshttps://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/searchpopup?picId=10609271 An Iranian protester holds an Iranian national flag in front of the Greek parliament Reuters 14 February 2011 26 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120726201910/http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/searchpopup?picId=10609271 dead Cyprus: Nicosiahttp://newshopper.sulekha.com/cyprus-iran-protest_photo_864368.htm https://archive.today/20120713044652/http://newshopper.sulekha.com/cyprus-iran-protest_photo_864368.htm 13 July 2012 A woman holds a picture showing a woman Neda Agha Soltan lying in a Tehran street moments before she died, during a demonstration outside of Iranian embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, 23 June 2009, to protest against the outcome of the Presidential elections and post election violence in Iran, Reuters (23 June 2009) Bulgaria: Sofiahttp://www.euinside.eu/en/galleries/protests-in-front-of-the-embassy-of-iran-in-bulgaria Protests in front of the embassy of Iran in Bulgaria, Euinside.eu (26 June 2009) Euinside.eu 2009-06-26 2013-08-06 10 December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201210091304/http://www.euinside.eu/en/galleries/protests-in-front-of-the-embassy-of-iran-in-bulgaria live Azerbaijan: Bakuhttps://www.rferl.org/a/1069233.html Azerbaijani Police Break Up Protest Against Iran Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 16 June 2009 13 March 2010 28 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160128085706/http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1069233.html live Poland: Warsawhttp://www.thenews.pl/international/artykul110631_solidarity_with_iran_in_warsaw.html Solidarity with Iran in Warsaw, Thenews.pl (22 June 2009) Thenews.pl 2013-08-06 4 June 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190604143524/http://www.thenews.pl/international/artykul110631_solidarity_with_iran_in_warsaw.html live Finland: HelsinkiJZzMTQClJvo 26 June 2009 campaign and demonstrations in Helsinki (26 June 2009) Ireland: Dublinhttp://swp.ie/index.php?page=180&dept=News Iranian Independent Workers Union message addressed to the workers of Iran, Swp.ie (24 June 2009) Swp.ie 2013-08-06 12 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171012060638/http://swp.ie/index.php?page=180&dept=News live Singapore: Singaporehttp://gulfnews.com/news/region/iran/iran-students-in-singapore-protest-presidential-election-1.72558 Iran students in Singapore protest presidential election Gulfnews.com 19 June 2009 13 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100410194151/http://gulfnews.com/news/region/iran/iran-students-in-singapore-protest-presidential-election-1.72558 10 April 2010 dead India: Hyderabadhttps://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/searchpopup?picId=10504937 Protest against the election results of Iran, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad Reuters 14 February 2011 26 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120726181908/http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/searchpopup?picId=10504937 dead Bangladesh: DhakaHuman chain formed by Iranians in Dhaka and Sachetan Nagarik http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=94147 The Daily Star 25 June 2009 2013-08-06 9 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121009235615/http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=94147 live Philippines: Manila Alleged voting fraud and irregularities Election transparency, recall of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from office * Demonstrations Riots Arsons Civil disobedience Strike actions Student activism Internet activism Protests quelled Solid green flag.png Iranian Green Movement The Green Path of Hope Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front yes Political parties: Islamic Iran Participation Front Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization National Trust Party Iran 1980 Government Office of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Seal.svg Cabinet of Ahmadinejad Flag of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution.svg Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Flag of the Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran.svg Police Command State-sponsored foreign militia Solid green flag.png Mir-Hossein Mousavi Solid green flag.png Mehdi Karroubi Solid green flag.png Hussein-Ali MontazeriDeath and funeral of Hussein-Ali Montazeri Iran 1980 Ali Khamenei Iran Mojtaba Khamenei (allegedly)Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader amid war? US-Israel war on Iran News Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/3/8/who-is-mojtaba-khamenei-a-contender-for-irans-leadership-amid-war 2026-08-28 www.aljazeera.com Iran 1980 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Iran Saeed Jalili Iran Sadegh Mahsouli Iran 1980 Mohammad Ali Jafari Iran Esmail Ahmadi-Moghaddam 36 killed (Iranian Government figure) 72 killed (Opposition figure)BBCPersianTV https://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2012/06/120607_l39_killed_post-election_alinejad.shtml BBCPersian: The cases of the victims of the 2009 election BBC 8 June 2012 8 June 2012 8 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120608073405/http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2012/06/120607_l39_killed_post-election_alinejad.shtml livehttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/20/iran.election/index.html Chaos prevails as protesters, police clash in Iranian capital CNN 21 June 2009 14 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110130220055/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/20/iran.election/index.html 30 January 2011 livehttp://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=21511 ١۵٠ ایرانیانی که از خرداد ١٣۸۸ تا تیر ١٣۸۹ به دست رژیم کشته شده اند | انقلاب اسلامی در هجرت Sarbaz01 11 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100912154642/http://www.peykeiran.com/Content.aspx?ID=21511 12 September 2010 live 4,000 arrestsJuly 2021 After incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared victory in the 2009 Iranian presidential election, protests broke out in major cities across Iran in support of opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi.Iran election protests turn violent CNN 13 June 2009 http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/13/iran.election/index.html 13 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090615071130/http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/13/iran.election/index.html 15 June 2009 live The protests continued until 2010, and were titled the Iranian Green Movement by their proponents, reflecting Mousavi's campaign theme, and Persian Awakening, Persian Spring or Green Revolution.I speak for Mousavi. And Iran https://web.archive.org/web/20191014105705/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/jun/19/iran-election-mousavi-ahmadinejad 14 October 2019 by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, The Guardian, 19 June 200922 June 2009 22 June 2009 Fars News http://english.farsnews.ir Fars News Agency https://web.archive.org/web/20130127004855/http://english.farsnews.ir/ 27 January 2013 deadYarshater, Ehsan Persia or Iran, Persian or Farsi https://web.archive.org/web/20101024033230/http://www.iran-heritage.org/interestgroups/language-article5.htm 2010-10-24, Iranian Studies, vol. XXII no. 1 (1989) Protests began on the night of 12 June 2009, following the announcement that incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won nearly 63 percent of the vote, despite several reported irregularities. However, all three opposition candidates claimed the votes were manipulated and the election was rigged, with Rezaee and Mousavi lodging official complaints. Mousavi announced he "won't surrender to this manipulation", before lodging an official appeal against the result to the Guardian Council on 14 June. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered an investigation into the claims of electoral fraud and irregularities, as requested by Green Movement leaders.Election Battles Turn into Street Fights in Iran ABC News https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=7830630 13 June 2009 13 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090715083745/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=7830630 15 July 2009 liveAnna Johnson Brian Murphy Iranian protester killed after opposition rally 15 June 2009 Associated Press https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090615/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election 20 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20090618115353/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090615/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election 18 June 2009 deadIran's supreme leader orders investigation into claims of vote fraud 15 June 2009 China View http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/15/content_11546228.htm 18 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090618104600/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/15/content_11546228.htm 18 June 2009 dead Ahmadinejad called the election "completely free" and the outcome a "great victory" for Iran, dismissing the protests as akin to little more than "passions after a soccer match".14 June 2009 23 June 2009 Iranian leader: Fiery clashes over election 'not important' USA Today https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-06-13-iran-vote-saturday_N.htm 22 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090822080043/http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-06-13-iran-vote-saturday_N.htm live Due to the sporadic cases of violence present at the protests, the government had the police and paramilitary Basij violently suppress them; protesters were beaten, pepper sprayed, arrested and tortured, and even shot in some cases. The most widely known firearm victim was Neda Agha-Soltan, whose last moments were uploaded to YouTube and broadcast around the world.https://www.foxnews.com/story/neda-soltan-young-woman-hailed-as-martyr-in-iran-becomes-face-of-protests/ Neda Soltan, Young Woman Hailed as Martyr in Iran, Becomes Face of Protests Fox News 24 October 2013 7 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131107115006/http://www.foxnews.com/story/2009/06/22/neda-soltan-young-woman-hailed-as-martyr-in-iran-becomes-face-protests/ livehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8396052.stm Neda Agha Soltan's family accuse Iran of her killing BBC News 24 October 2013 29 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204325/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8396052.stm livehttps://www.hrw.org/news/2009/06/23/iran-violent-crackdown-protesters-widens Iran: Violent Crackdown on Protesters Widens 23 June 2009 Human Rights Watch 4 December 2016 19 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170319035842/https://www.hrw.org/news/2009/06/23/iran-violent-crackdown-protesters-widens live Opposition groups also reported thousands more were arrested and tortured in prisons around the country, with former inmates alleging mass rape of men, women, and children by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards in prisons such as Kahrizak and Evin.Saeed Kamali Dehghan https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jun/24/jailed-iran-opposition-activists-rape Iran giving out condoms for criminals to rape us, say jailed activists The Guardian 24 June 2011 2013-08-06 London 5 February 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190205004632/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jun/24/jailed-iran-opposition-activists-rape livehttps://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/08/10/81354.html Protesters savagely raped in jail: Iran's Karroubi 10 August 2009 Al Arabiya English 8 December 2019 16 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180616103747/https://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/08/10/81354.html live The Iranian government confirmed the deaths of 36 people during the protests,Iran official says 36 killed in post-vote unrest 10 September 2009 AFP https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j8GPoWmrf2qerPWQNHb8Z9eGjT3Q 14 February 2011 5 February 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100205084338/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j8GPoWmrf2qerPWQNHb8Z9eGjT3Q dead while unconfirmed reports by Mousavi supporters allege at least 72 deaths (over twice as many) in the three months following the election. They claimed relatives of the deceased were forced to sign documents citing death by heart attack or meningitis.AFP https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iaWYtGitSBRRBJkDanoZ1gwP4DBA AFP: Iran opposition says 72 killed in vote protests 3 September 2009 11 September 2010 18 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140218222812/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iaWYtGitSBRRBJkDanoZ1gwP4DBA deadLake Eli http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/25/opposition-alters-tactics-to-avoid-protest-deaths/ Iran protesters alter tactics to avoid death The Washington Times 25 June 2009 14 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110223074027/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/25/opposition-alters-tactics-to-avoid-protest-deaths/ 23 February 2011 live Iranian authorities closed universities in Tehran, blocked websites, cut off mobile signalsRobert F. Worth Nazila Fathi Protests Flare in Tehran as Opposition Disputes Vote 13 June 2009 https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/world/middleeast/14iran.html The New York Times 19 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110711155202/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/world/middleeast/14iran.html 11 July 2011 live and banned rallies. The creation of the Iranian Green Movement developed during these protests. It was also termed the "Twitter Revolution", due to protesters' reliance on Twitter and other social media to communicate.http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/16/irans-twitter-revolution/ EDITORIAL: Iran's Twitter revolution The Washington Times 16 June 2009 11 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100819170831/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/16/irans-twitter-revolution/ 19 August 2010 live Background Prior to 2005 History of the Islamic Republic of Iran Politics of Iran Islamic Government: Governance of the Jurist Iranian reform movement Since 1980 following the collapse of the Shah's regime in 1979. The government is based on the concept of Velayat-e Faqih, which is a system of governance in which a faqih was to serve as the Supreme Leader. However, following calls that this idea was undemocratic, the system was moderately altered into the current "Islamic Republic", in which a council of clerics, who are elected by the people, choose the Supreme Leader who, per the constitution, has to be a cleric (though this was altered in 1988). The Supreme Leader, in turn appoints the members of the twelve member Guardian Council, who approve laws and candidates for elections, even at the presidential level. The President of Iran is not the commander-in-chief, and the control of the military, police, and the parallel Revolutionary Guards is under the control of the Supreme Leader. The Revolutionary Guards is a constitutionally protected paramilitary force that operates alongside the regular Armed forces, whose primary function is to protect the Islamic Republic. The Revolutionary Guards also have an auxiliary wing called the Basij, who provide support in enforcing religious laws and suppressing dissidents.Molavi, Afshin, The Soul of Iran, W.W. Norton, (2005), p.88, 316–318https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/world/middleeast/19basij.html?_r=1&ref=global-home Shadowy Iranian Vigilantes Vow Bolder Action The New York Times Neil MacFarquhar 19 June 2009 19 June 2009 8 January 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190108110514/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/world/middleeast/19basij.html?_r=1 live They are not considered full members of the Revolutionary Guards, and lack the training given to full-time members, although they can be called up at any time to assist the regular forces in times of trouble. Though Ayatollah Khomeini and his successor Ayatollah Khamenei, claimed that this system was democratic and the Revolutionary guards are necessitated to protect the government from military coups and foreign interference, critics contend that this system only serves to keep like-minded conservatives in power and marginalize any opposition, while using the Revolutionary guards to silence any dissidents.http://www.webneveshteha.com/en/weblog/?id=2146308224 Mohammad Ali Abtahi – Weblog Webneveshteha.com 8 October 2006 7 February 2012 12 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171012060658/http://www.webneveshteha.com/en/weblog/?id=2146308224 livehttp://www.webneveshteha.com/en/weblog/?id=2146308301 Mohammad Ali Abtahi – Weblog Webneveshteha.com 13 November 2006 7 February 2012 12 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171012064505/http://www.webneveshteha.com/en/weblog/?id=2146308301 livehttp://www.webneveshteha.com/en/weblog/?id=2146307117 Mohammad Ali Abtahi – Weblog Webneveshteha.com 7 September 2005 7 February 2012 12 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171012064512/http://www.webneveshteha.com/en/weblog/?id=2146307117 livehttp://www.webneveshteha.com/en/media.asp?id=10588595 Mohammad Ali Abtahi – Media – Articles Webneveshteha.com 7 February 2012 12 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171012064518/http://www.webneveshteha.com/en/media.asp?id=10588595 livehttp://www.webneveshteha.com/en/weblog/?id=1779650752 Mohammad Ali Abtahi – Weblog Webneveshteha.com 11 January 2004 7 February 2012 12 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171012064531/http://www.webneveshteha.com/en/weblog/?id=1779650752 live The Islamic Republic has not escaped popular opposition in the past. During the 1980s, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran was instrumental in opposing Ayatollah Khomeini through large protests and bombings against politicians such as Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Shahid Beheshti, and Khamenei himself, who escaped an assassination attempt that left his right arm paralyzed.http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/islam/countries/bl_IranRevolutionTerror.htm Religion in Iran – Terror and Repression Atheism.about.com 2013-08-06 5 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140705021744/http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/islam/countries/bl_IranRevolutionTerror.htm livehttp://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id112.htm The Daily News – June 1981 Eightiesclub.tripod.com 2013-08-06 3 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181003233613/http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id112.htm deadhttp://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/program.pl?ID=72375 Iran ABC News broadcast from the Vanderbilt Television News Archive Tvnews.vanderbilt.edu 1981-06-28 2013-08-06 7 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160807125103/http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/program.pl?ID=72375 live Following the 1981 Hafte Tir bombing, Ayatollah Khomeini declared the Mojahedin and anyone opposed to the Islamic republic, "enemies of god" and pursued a mass campaign of torture, rape, and execution against members of the Mojahedin, Fadaiyan, and Tudeh parties as well as their families, close friends, and even anyone who was accused of insufficient Islamic behavior, resulting in the deaths of thousands of Iranians who were usually tried in secret kangaroo courts run by hard line clerics.Moin, Baqer, Khomeini, Thomas Dunne Books, (2001), p.243 Following Operation Mersad in 1988, Khomeini ordered all prisons to execute those still in captivity, resulting in an estimated 3,000The dissident mullah : Ayatollah Montazeri and the struggle for reform in revolutionary Iran Schwerin, Ulrich von 9781784531737 I.B. Tauris London 913788038 21 July 2015 to 30,000https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/1321090/Khomeini-fatwa-led-to-killing-of-30000-in-Iran.html Khomeini fatwa 'led to killing of 30,000 in Iran' Lamb Christina The Daily Telegraph London 2001-02-04 2019-04-21 0307-1235 1 July 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170701102148/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/1321090/Khomeini-fatwa-led-to-killing-of-30000-in-Iran.html live dead. Since then, no organized opposition has surfaced in Iran and following this experience, the Iranian Government usually employs heavy handed tactics to marginalize any attempt at regime removal and usually justifies this with the "enemy of god" classification. In 1997, following the unexpected victory of a before-little-known reformist cleric Mohammad Khatami, there was a revival of a moderate faction within the government whom the public believed had the ability to reform and curb the power of the conservatives and make the system somewhat democratic, and that Khamenei was willing to trust this faction in the hopes that it could recover the country after the eight-year war with Iraq, which Rafsanjani and the conservatives had failed to do.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1373476.stm BBC News, 6 June 2001 Profile: Mohammad Khatami BBC News 2001-06-06 2013-08-06 15 April 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170415202841/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1373476.stm live However, rather than promoting a reform of the system, the reformists began questioning the concept of the Islamic republic itself and following the exposure of the murders of dissidents by the intelligence services in reformist newspapers (which were run by former Revolutionary Guards and intelligence agents now turned reformists), the government began to distrust Khatami and his faction, a conflict which reached the breaking point after the 1999 student protests, after which hardliners such as Mohammad Ali Jafari, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, and Qasem Soleimani were promoted to take control of the Revolutionary Guards and the Security Services to crack down on most reformist movements. Despite reformists gaining a majority in the Majlis in 2000 and Khatami winning the 2001 election as well, Khamenei would oppose any attempts at liberalization of the government or society."Men of principle", The Economist. London: 21 July 2007. Vol. 384, Iss. 8538; p. 5 Most Iranians and observers in general have regarded the reform movement to have been a failure with Saeed Hajjarian, the main theorist behind the movement, declaring in 2003 that "the reform movement is dead. Long live the reform movement".اصلاحات مرد زنده باد اصلاحات Ahmadinejad's first term Government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005–13) In 2005, Tehran Mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected to the presidency, defeating now reformist Ali-Akbar Rafsanjani, placing the conservatives in charge of the government once more. Ahmadinejad would focus his presidency on confronting Israel. His speeches gained international infamy, which usually called for the destruction of Israel and claimed that the Holocaust was fabricated. The funding of anti-Israeli groups went up exponentially, particularly towards Hamas and Hezbollah, which have been labeled as terrorist groups by the United States. Despite Iran's huge oil and gas reserves, those sectors have been relatively neglected in favor of a nuclear energy program that has cost billions of dollars and has been condemned by Israel and the United States, who claim that the program is a cover up for a much larger nuclear weapons program. As a result, the United Nations has placed sanctions on the Iranian government, which has had a heavy impact on the economy, reducing the value of the Iranian Rial from a low of 8,000 to the dollar in 2005 to 10,000 to the dollar in 2009.https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/iran/ CIA – The World Factbook Cia.gov 7 February 2012 8 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210208143639/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/iran/ dead Iran has been experiencing high birth rates since 1988, both due to an increase in standard of living and government encouragement of large families, with an estimated 60 percent of the country being under the age of 30.Country Reports – Iran https://web.archive.org/web/20241127021116/http://www.uesco.org/education/wef/countryreports/iran/rapport_2.html 27 November 2024 . UNESCO (2000). Retrieved 5 February 2011.Table H https://web.archive.org/web/20160112200441/http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2009_EN_Complete.pdf 12 January 2016 United Nations Development Program (2009). Retrieved 5 February 2011. However, the economy has failed to keep pace with the number of people entering the job market and Iran has been experiencing high unemployment rates since early 2000. Ahmadinejad began a campaign of privatization of state enterprises, but most companies ended up in the hands of government-connected officials and foundations (bonyads) operated by wealthy clerics and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7064353.stm Profile: Iran's Revolutionary Guards 26 October 2007 BBC News 27 December 2008 16 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180616060348/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7064353.stm live Estimates by the Los Angeles Times suggest IRGC has ties to over one hundred companies and annual revenue in excess of $12 billion, particularly in construction.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-aug-26-fg-guards26-story.html Iran's $12-billion enforcers 26 August 2007 Los Angeles Times Kim Murphy 27 December 2008 11 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121011090150/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/aug/26/world/fg-guards26 live The Ministry of Petroleum awarded IRGC billions of dollars in contracts as well as major infrastructure projects.http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1659039,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070916052026/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1659039,00.html dead 16 September 2007 Iran's Rich Revolutionary Guard 5 September 2007 Time Azadeh Moaveni 27 December 2008 Most government-issued contracts were awarded to these companies, and private enterprise in Iran has been struggling heavily against these groups. The election The election of the president of Iran in 2009 was preceded by many Iranian surveys and a survey by the US-based Terror Free Tomorrow organization.http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/ Terror Free Tomorrow 18 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090801000622/http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/ 1 August 2009 live The Terror Free Tomorrow opinion poll, conducted from 11 to 20 May 2009, predicted the high participation and showed similar ratios for the candidates to the later official result, with over a quarter yet undecided.Ahmadinejad Front Runner in Upcoming Presidential Elections; Iranians Continue to Back Compromise and Better Relations with US and West. Results of a New Nationwide Public Opinion Survey of Iran before the 12 June 2009 Presidential Elections http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/TFT%20Iran%20Survey%20Report%200609.pdf 18 June 2009 Terror Free Tomorrow dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130723044939/http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/TFT%20Iran%20Survey%20Report%200609.pdf 23 July 2013The Iranian People Speak https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/14/AR2009061401757_pf.html Ken Ballen Patrick Doherty 15 June 2009 12 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090731235144/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/14/AR2009061401757_pf.html 31 July 2009 live The Washington Post The many Iranian surveys show a wide range of differing results. An opinion in the New York Times claims that this is due to the high fluctuation among voters during the campaign season.A Different Iranian Revolution https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/opinion/19shane.html Shane M. 18 June 2009 19 June 2009 The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20110512184733/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/opinion/19shane.html 12 May 2011 live The election for presidency took place on 12 June 2009. Unlike the election in 2005, the 2009 election featured high participation. The results of the elections were announced only 2 hours after the end of the votes, which may seem impossible. The official results were rejected by all three opposition candidates, who claimed that the votes were manipulated and the election was rigged. The last presidential election had already been controversial, but this time it escalated. Candidates Mohsen Rezaee and Mousavi have lodged official complaints. Mousavi announced that he "won't surrender to this manipulation" before lodging an official appeal against the result to the Guardian Council on 14 June. According to an analysis by Professor Walter R. Mebane Jr. from the Department of Statistics of the University of Michigan, considering data from the first stage of the 2005 presidential election produces results that "give moderately strong support for a diagnosis that the 2009 election was affected by significant fraud".Mebane Walter R. Note on the presidential election in Iran, June 2009 18 June 2009 http://www.umich.edu/~wmebane/note18jun2009.pdf 14 February 2011 The UK-based think-tank Chatham House also suspected fraud in the voting process for a number of reasons:Preliminary Analysis of the Voting Figures in Iran's 2009 Presidential Election http://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/public/Research/Middle%20East/iranelection0609.pdf 26 June 2011 Ali Ansari Daniel Berman Thomas Rintoul Chatham House and the Institute of Iranian Studies, University of St Andrews 21 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20111005142556/http://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/public/Research/Middle%20East/iranelection0609.pdf 5 October 2011 dead ReasonDescription More than 100%In two Conservative provinces, Mazandaran and Yazd, a turnout of more than 100% was recorded. No swingAt a provincial level, there is no correlation between the increased turnout, and the swing to Ahmadinejad. This challenges the notion that his victory was due to the massive participation of a previously silent Conservative majority. Reformist votesIn a third of all provinces, the official results would require that Ahmadinejad took not only all former conservative voters, and all former centrist voters, and all new voters, but also took up to 44% of former Reformist voters, despite a decade of conflict between these two groups. Rural votes"In 2005, as in 2001 and 1997, conservative candidates, and Ahmadinejad in particular, were markedly unpopular in rural areas. [...] The claim that this year Ahmadinejad swept the board in more rural provinces in 2009 flies in the face of these trends." Timeline Timeline of the 2009 Iranian election protests Results of the Iranian presidential election, 2009 On Saturday 13 June after election results announced that Ahmadinejad had won, supporters of Mousavi took to the streets to protest. The next day, protests grew, as did violence. On the night of 14 June the pro-Ahmadinejad Basij paramilitary group raided Tehran University, injuring many. On 15 June millions of protesters marched on Azadi street and Mousavi made his first post-election appearance. thumbnail|Protesters mobilising in Tehran before mass protests on 13 June thumbnail|A bus burns on the streets of downtown Tehran as protesters cycle by on 13 June On 16 June, protests continued, and the Guardian Council announced a partial recount would be conducted; however, the vote was not annulled. On Wednesday 17 June another large protest occurred; some members of the Iranian national football team wore green wristbands in support of Mousavi during their game against South Korea. On Thursday, 18 June more than 100,000 protesters held a candlelight vigil in Tehran following Mousavi's call for a day of mourning for those killed in protests. The Guardian Council invited the three major challengers to meet to discuss their grievances. Several protesters supporting Moussavi swapped their green clothes for black attires in honor of protesters who died, according to CNN. https://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/16/iran.elections.timeline/ Timeline: 2009 Iran presidential elections. 10 December 2019 10 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191210085042/https://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/16/iran.elections.timeline/ live On Friday, 19 June, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke during religious services, saying the election was legitimate and called the large voter turnout and resulting victory (for Ahmadinejad) a "divine assessment" and that protests would no longer be tolerated. However, the opposition did not accept this and the protests occurred, albeit on a smaller scale. The next day, 20 June, fewer protesters took to streets. At the protests that did occur, said to number in the tens of thousands of people, much violence occurred, causing many would-be protesters to stay in their homes the next day, Sunday, 21 June. On 20 June, a young Iranian woman, identified as Neda Agha-Soltan,fr egoblog.net Her name was Neda http://egoblog.net/2009/06/21/her-name-was-neda/ 21 June 2009 21 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090703091319/http://egoblog.net/2009/06/21/her-name-was-neda/ 3 July 2009 live was shot and died in front of cameras on Kargar Avenue in Tehran.BreakForNews.com Unidentified Woman Shot Dead in Karegar Ave – 20 June 2009 http://breakfornews.com/KarekarAveShooting090620.htm 20 June 2009 20 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090623073954/http://breakfornews.com/KarekarAveShooting090620.htm 23 June 2009 dead Highly graphic amateur videos of the killing rapidly spread viral across the Internet after being posted to Facebook and YouTube.YouTube Basij shots to a young woman in Tehran's Saturday 20 June protests https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=185vPe_gROA https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/185vPe_gROA 2021-12-20 live 20 June 2009 20 June 2009 On 22 June, riot police broke up the main rally in Tehran with tear gas and live fire into the air. During Friday, 26 June, prayers were broadcast live on television, and Ahmad Khatami is reported to have said that "Anybody who fights against the Islamic system or the leader of Islamic society, fight him until complete destruction" and called for the execution of leading demonstrators as they are "people who wage war against God".http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6583797.ece 27 June 2009 London The Times Martin Fletcher Leading demonstrators must be executed Ayatollah Khatami demands 27 June 2009 10 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111010143052/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6583797.ece dead On Monday, 29 June, the Guardian Council certified the results of the controversial election.Iran Council Certifies Disputed Election Results Michael Slackman 29 June 2009 The New York Times This set off a wave of protests, disregarding the Iranian government's ban on street marches. The Iranian intelligence chief alleged that western and "Zionist" forces were responsible for inciting the protests. Four of the nine British officials arrested on 28 June 2009 remain in custody under those charges. According to Aljazeera, the arrest of the British officials was described by the Britain as harassment and intimidation, as well as urging their release. https://www.aljazeera.com/focus/iran/2009/11/200911411259869709.html Timeline: Iran after the election. 10 December 2019 10 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191210085839/https://www.aljazeera.com/focus/iran/2009/11/200911411259869709.html live Late July, protest had reportedly entered a "Phase II", using tactics such as the boycott of goods advertised on state-controlled television; attempting to deny power to state-run TV evening news broadcasts by turning on all electric appliances just before the news; "blitz" street demonstrations "lasting just long enough to chant 'Death to the dictator!' several times", but not long enough for security forces to arrive; identifying paramilitary Basij vigilantes linked to the crackdown and putting marks in the opposition color green, or pictures of protest victims in front of their homes; scribbled anti-regime slogans on money.September 2011 The new protest is reportedly based on the idea of Mohandas Gandhi that "even the most powerful cannot rule without the cooperation of the ruled." http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1912941,00.html?xid=rss-world https://web.archive.org/web/20090730024637/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1912941,00.html?xid=rss-world dead 30 July 2009 Time Robin Wright Iran's Protesters: Phase 2 of Their Feisty Campaign 27 July 2009 14 February 2011 Iranian authorities, in an attempt to stop Moussavi's supporters from hosting a news conference, sealed off his campaign headquarters, according to the BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8098305.stm Ahmadinejad wins Iran presidential election. 13 June 2009 10 December 2019 13 May 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190513074005/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8098305.stm live On 5 August, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in for his second term as President of Iran in an official inauguration in Tehran. Protests were held outside the Parliament during the inauguration, with protesters chanting "death to the dictator".2009-08-05 Ahmadinejad sworn in as Iran president amid crisis https://www.mprnews.org/story/2009/08/05/ahmadinejad-sworn-in live https://web.archive.org/web/20251106114253/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2009/08/05/ahmadinejad-sworn-in 2025-11-06 2025-11-06 MPR News en Major protests would continue after the inauguration as well. Among the largest were protests that were held on Iranian holidays, such as Quds Day on 18 September, 13th of Aban on 4 November and Iranian Students Day on 7 December.http://www.lemonde.fr/asie-pacifique/article/2009/09/19/l-opposition-iranienne-reaffirme-son-existence-lors-de-la-journee-d-al-qods_1242479_3216.html L'opposition iranienne réaffirme son existence lors de la journée d'Al-Qods Marie-Claude Decamps 2009-09-18 Le Monde fr 14 February 2011 22 September 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090922185244/http://www.lemonde.fr/asie-pacifique/article/2009/09/19/l-opposition-iranienne-reaffirme-son-existence-lors-de-la-journee-d-al-qods_1242479_3216.html livehttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/04/iran-protests-embassy-30th-anniversary Iran protesters hijack 30th anniversary of US embassy seizure The Guardian London 4 November 2009 Ian Black 4 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091107021344/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/04/iran-protests-embassy-30th-anniversary 7 November 2009 live According to The Guardian, it was projected that more than 500,000 people participated in the 2009 presidential election protest.Black Ian Dehghan Saeed Kamali 2009-06-16 Iran uprising turns bloody https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/15/iran-elections-protests-mousavi-attacks live https://web.archive.org/web/20240622013128/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/15/iran-elections-protests-mousavi-attacks 2024-06-22 2025-11-06 The Guardian en According to the Associated Press, it is speculated that the protests may be connected to the country's economy and corruption. https://apnews.com/ab649e2190834e19b1f006f76493645f/2009-vs-now:-How-Iran%2527s-new-protests-compare-to-the-past 2009 vs now: How Iran's new protests compare to the past. Associated Press 3 January 2018 10 December 2019 10 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191210093124/https://apnews.com/ab649e2190834e19b1f006f76493645f/2009-vs-now:-How-Iran%252527s-new-protests-compare-to-the-past live Another wave of protests occurred following these election protests across Iran in 2011. Government reaction Arrests Law enforcement in Iran Human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran 2009 Iran poll protests trial Political repression in the Islamic Republic of Iran On the weekend of 13/14 June, in a series of raids across Tehran, the government arrested over 170 people, according to police officials.Masses mourn protesters in Iran http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8100310.stm BBC News 15 June 2009 19 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090618113129/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8100310.stm 18 June 2009 live Among them were prominent reformist politicians, including MIRO founder Behzad Nabavi, IIPF leader Mohsen Mirdamadi, and former president Mohammad Khatami's brother Mohammad-Reza Khatami, who was later released.Robert F. Worth Nazila Fathi https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/15/world/middleeast/15iran.html Opposition Members Detained in a Tense Iran The New York Times 14 June 2009 14 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110423122145/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/15/world/middleeast/15iran.html 23 April 2011 livehttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6495691.ece Iran reformists arrested after Tehran riots The Times London 14 June 2009 16 June 2009 Anushka Asthana Jill Sherman 28 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110928130845/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6495691.ece deadDefeated Iranian reformist Mir-Hossein Mousavi calls for more protest against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Colin Freeman David Blair https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5533782/Defeated-Iranian-reformist-Mir-Hossein-Mousavi-calls-for-more-protest-against-Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad.html 14 June 2009 14 June 2009 The Daily Telegraph London https://web.archive.org/web/20090617034727/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5533782/Defeated-Iranian-reformist-Mir-Hossein-Mousavi-calls-for-more-protest-against-Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad.html 17 June 2009 live Also arrested were Mostafa Tajzadeh and Mohsen Aminzadeh, whom the IRNA said were involved in orchestrating protests on 13 June. Unidentified sources said that the police stormed the headquarters of the IIPF and arrested a number of people.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8099218.stm Iran reformists held after street clashes BBC News 14 June 2009 14 February 2011 15 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090615012134/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8099218.stm live Iranian journalist Mashallah Shamsolvaezin claimed that presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi was put under house arrest, although officials denied this.https://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-election15-2009jun15,3,3696525.story Iran tries to put a lid on election protests Los Angeles Times 15 June 2009 16 June 2009 Ramin Mostaghim Borzou Daragahi https://web.archive.org/web/20090624184025/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-election15-2009jun15%2C3%2C3696525.story 24 June 2009 live An estimated 200 people were detained after clashes with students at the University of Tehran, although many were later released. thumb|upright|Former vice-president Mohammad-Ali Abtahi was among those arrested on 16 June, according to Reuters. Acting Police Chief Ahmad-Reza Radan stated via the state press service on 14 June that "in the interrogation of related rebels, we intend to find the link between the plotters and foreign media".Innocent Googling? No Such Thing in Tehran https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/world/middleeast/17notebook.html 16 June 2009 17 June 2009 The New York Times Bill Keller https://web.archive.org/web/20121115235156/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/world/middleeast/17notebook.html 15 November 2012 live A judiciary spokesman said they had not been arrested, but that they were summoned, "warned not to increase tension", and later released.Ahmadinejad: Anyone who strikes Iran will regret it https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1092669.html 14 June 2009 14 June 2009 Haaretz https://web.archive.org/web/20090615171101/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1092669.html 15 June 2009 dead Intelligence minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejehei linked some arrests to terrorism supported from outside Iran, stating that "more than 20 explosive consignments were discovered". Others, he said, were "counter-revolutionary groups [who had] penetrated election headquarters" of the election candidates.Government supporters rally in Iran http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/2009616135112133473.html Al Jazeera 16 June 2009 17 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090720075102/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/2009616135112133473.html 20 July 2009 live Relatives of several detained protesters have confirmed that the interrogation of prisoners is now being headed by Saeed Mortazavi, a figure already known for alleged involvement in brutal interrogations and torture.Jenny Booth Hider, James Saeed Mortazavi: butcher of the press – and torturer of Tehran? http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6570089.ece The Times London 25 June 2009 3 August 2009 24 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220524084800/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ dead Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of Ayatollah Khamenei, has emerged as one of the driving forces behind the government's crackdown, diplomats and observers said. He is reported to have a strong influence over his father and is talked about as his possible successor. Mojtaba is affiliated with former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/22/mojtaba-khamenei-iran-protest Mojtaba Khamenei: gatekeeper to Iran's supreme leader 22 June 2009 22 June 2009 Julian Borger The Guardian London https://web.archive.org/web/20090624221353/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/22/mojtaba-khamenei-iran-protest 24 June 2009 live On 16 June, Reuters reported that former vice-president Mohammad-Ali Abtahi and former presidential advisor Saeed Hajjarian had been arrested.https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSDAH619963 Leading Iranian reformist arrested, his office says Reuters 16 June 2009 16 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090620173622/https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSDAH619963 20 June 2009 live Human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani, who had been demanding a recount of all votes, was also arrested on that Tuesday according to Shirin Ebadi, who said that security officials had posed as clients.Iran's Human Rights Activists Being Arrested, Nobel Prize Winner Tells NPR Mark Memmott NPR https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/06/ebadi.html 16 June 2009 17 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090713194757/http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/06/ebadi.html 13 July 2009 live Over 100 students were arrested after security forces fired tear gas at protesters at Shiraz University on the same day. Reporters Without Borders reported that 5 of 11 arrested journalists were still in detention as of 16 June, and that a further 10 journalists were unaccounted for and may have been arrested. On 17 June, former foreign minister and Secretary-General of the Freedom Movement of Iran, Ebrahim Yazdi, was arrested while undergoing tests at the Tehran hospital. In Tabriz, other Freedom Movement activists and eight members of the IIPF were arrested, with reports of at least 100 civic figures' arrests. The total number of arrests across Iran since the election was reported as 500. Aaron Rhodes, a spokesman for the international campaign for human rights in Iran, stated that "Iranian intelligence and security forces are using the public protests to engage in what appears to be a major purge of reform-oriented individuals whose situations in detention could be life-threatening".Iran elections: mass arrests and campus raids as regime hits back https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/17/iran-election-protests-arrests1 The Guardian London 17 June 2009 18 June 2009 Robert Tait https://web.archive.org/web/20090620002236/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/17/iran-election-protests-arrests1 20 June 2009 live In Esfahan Province, prosecutor-general Mohammadreza Habibi warned that dissidents could face the death penalty under Islamic law.Iran prosecutor warns of death penalty for violence Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/gc08/idUSTRE55H1XM20090618 18 June 2009 18 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090623005917/https://www.reuters.com/article/gc08/idUSTRE55H1XM20090618 23 June 2009 live He also accused the protesters of being a "few elements controlled by foreigners [who were] disrupting security by inciting individuals to destroy and to commit arson" and urged them to stop their "criminal activities". It was not clear if his warning applied only to Isfahan or to the country as a whole.https://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE55G1PX20090617 17 June 2009 Reuters Iran prosecutor warns of death penalty for violence 17 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090620154524/https://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE55G1PX20090617 20 June 2009 live On 20 June, Committee to Protect Journalists reported that LIFE Magazine photographer Amir Sadeghi was arrested by Iranian authorities.Iranian newspaper raided, employees detained Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 23 July 2009. Archived 28 July 2009. According to a CPJ report, he was released from Evin Prison on 28 June.Iran releases some journalists, vilifies foreign press https://web.archive.org/web/20090703155925/http://cpj.org/2009/06/iran-releases-some-journalists-vilifies-foreign-pr.php 3 July 2009 Committee to Protect Journalists On 21 June, Iranian officials detained Iranian-born, Canadian citizen, and Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari.Newsweek Reporter Detained. https://web.archive.org/web/20090724195003/http://www.newsweek.com/id/203015 24 July 2009 Newsweek. Retrieved 21 June 2009. He was later forced to confess in a series of trials for the detained protesters. On 22 June, The Guardians live blog reported that at approximately 1:30 pm, General Ali Fazli, the newly appointed commander of the Revolutionary Guards in Tehran province, had been arrested for refusing to carry Khamenei's order to use force against demonstrators.https://www.theguardian.com/news/blog/2009/jun/22/iran-ayatollah-ali-khamenei 22 June 2009 London The Guardian Matthew Weaver Daniel Nasaw Iran in crisis: live 22 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090624014523/http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2009/jun/22/iran-ayatollah-ali-khamenei 24 June 2009 live On 11 August 2009, the Iranian government confirmed that 4,000 were detained in the protests.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8195586.stm BBC News Iran admits 4,000 June detentions 11 August 2009 14 February 2011 17 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120517085702/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8195586.stm live Militia violence thumb|Riot police blocking a street in Tehran Basij members were filmed firing into crowds and breaking into houses.fa YouTube Tehran Police Gunshot 20 June 2009 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69_nSangE40 https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/69_nSangE40 2021-12-20 live 22 July 2009 22 July 2009fa YouTube Tehran-Iran Police Gunshot 20 June 2009 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJBd2e2SLik https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/pJBd2e2SLik 2021-12-20 live 22 July 2009 22 July 2009fa YouTube Police shoot to people in Iran – Tehran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj0_cC4C0i8 22 July 2009 22 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20140517075016/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj0_cC4C0i8 17 May 2014 liveYouTube IRAN: Shooting at the crowd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCku1qt_gtQ 17 June 2009 17 June 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140517074531/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCku1qt_gtQ 17 May 2014YouTube Iran Police Forces Shoot into Pro-Mousavi Crowd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHAo8MV8VlU 17 June 2009 17 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120831161448/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHAo8MV8VlU 31 August 2012 liveYouTube Iran riots latest news about Basij shooting showing dead body of young boy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBab8HwACZY https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/oBab8HwACZY 2021-12-20 live 17 June 2009 17 June 2009YouTube Basij/Anti Riot Police Open Fire on Iranian Protesters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ygfEStDDqw https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/4ygfEStDDqw 2021-12-20 live 17 June 2009 17 June 2009YouTube Basij Attacking People's Condo at Night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6Cx6XvrrPc 17 June 2009 17 June 2009February 2022 A number of hospital staff protested after people were transported to the hospitals dead or in critical condition with gunshot wounds.YouTube 16 June 2009 – Doctors and nurses are protesting in a major hospital in Tehran — Iran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyirzlCO-FA 17 June 2009 17 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100112012926/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyirzlCO-FA 12 January 2010 live The IRGC and the Basij also attacked Universities and students' dorms at nightfa YouTube Kooye daneshgah – کوی دانشگاه https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hu84MihcOU 18 June 2009 18 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100328205132/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hu84MihcOU 28 March 2010 live and destroyed property.fa YouTube Tehran University Dorms, Ravaged by pro government armed militia. June 15th https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K4LIeSWTCI 18 June 2009 18 June 2009February 2022YouTube fa:حمله به كوي دانشگاه 24 خرداد 88 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T3lGXDP4VA https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/9T3lGXDP4VA 2021-12-20 live 18 June 2009 18 June 2009 fa The Los Angeles Times reported that militiamen from the hard-line Iran-based Ansar-e Hezbollah group "warned that they would be patrolling the streets to maintain law and order".https://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-protests19-2009jun19,0,4249713.story Iran protesters pour onto Ahmadinejad's home turf Los Angeles Times 19 June 2009 20 June 2009 Borzou Daragahi Ramin Mostaghim Kim Murphy https://web.archive.org/web/20090620151012/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-protests19-2009jun19%2C0%2C4249713.story 20 June 2009 live Casualties Death of Neda Agha-Soltan Death of Sohrab Aarabi 2009 Iranian university dormitory raids While the death of Neda attracted widespread media attention, The Guardian is also maintaining a list of numerous other people who have ostensibly been either killed or arrested since the election.Iran election: faces of the dead and detained 5 July 2009 https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2009/jun/29/iran-election-dead-detained The Guardian London 29 June 2009 Simon Jeffery https://web.archive.org/web/20090724091446/http://www.guardian.co.uk//world//interactive//2009//jun//29//iran-election-dead-detained 24 July 2009 live The government has issued very little official information on who has been killed or arrested (except Neda Agha-Soltan, whose video circulated quickly on the Internet). Hospitals were prohibited from registering the dead bodies or injured people, as a medical student at Rasoul-Akram hospital witnessed on the night of 15 June: "Nine people died at our hospital and another 28 had gunshot wounds... [the government] removed the dead bodies on back of trucks, before we were even able to get their names or other information... No one was allowed to speak to the wounded or get any information from them."http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-277468 Story from somebody who witnessed CNN 21 June 2009 14 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20090624185624/http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-277468 24 June 2009 dead Hospital staff protested due to the restrictions.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyirzlCO-FA Doctors and nurses are protesting in a major hospital in Tehran – Iran YouTube 16 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100112012926/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyirzlCO-FA 12 January 2010 live 23 July 2009 The government admitted to at least 27 fatalities in Tehran, while CNN and other news organizations reported 150 unconfirmed casualties from 20 June protests. International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran counted 34 of them, claiming to have eyewitness reports of much higher numbers.http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2009/07/deathtoll/ Death Toll Apparently Far Exceeds Government Claims International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran 16 July 2009 14 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110303013525/http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2009/07/deathtoll/ 3 March 2011 live Human rights activists in Iran called for independently collecting information about the killed, injured, and arrested people.http://hra-iran.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1335:4564&catid=41:106&Itemid=257 فراخوان گردآوری آمار بازداشتشدهگان و جان باختهگان HRA 27 June 2009 14 February 2011 23 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100123071728/http://hra-iran.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1335:4564&catid=41:106&Itemid=257 live Among those who were killed by the government forces, names such as Sohrab Aarabi, Naser Amirnejad,https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2009/jun/29/iran-election-dead-detained Iran election: faces of the dead and detained 2 July 2009 The Guardian London 23 April 2010 Simon Jeffery 24 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090724091446/http://www.guardian.co.uk//world//interactive//2009//jun//29//iran-election-dead-detained livehttp://www.iranhumanrights.org/2009/06/list/ Killed and Detained Since 12 June 6 July 2009 International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran https://web.archive.org/web/20090628162943/http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2009/06/list/ 28 June 2009 live 23 July 2009 Masoud Hashemzadeh,New information about the death of Masoud Hashemzadeh on 20 June https://web.archive.org/web/20130701175006/http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2009/07/090721_nm_iran_hashemzadeh.shtml 1 July 2013, BBC Persian, 21 July 2009 and Mohammad Kamrani are confirmed.AUT news http://www.autnews.me/node/743 https://web.archive.org/web/20090720141207/http://www.autnews.me/node/743 20 July 2009 dead 23 July 2009تدفین یک شهید دیگر جنبش سبز ایرانیان: شهید محمد کامرانی http://www.mowjcamp.com/article/id/924 https://web.archive.org/web/20090722000710/http://www.mowjcamp.com/article/id/924 22 July 2009 live 23 July 2009"Mohammad Kamrani" https://web.archive.org/web/20130707045041/http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2009/07/090720_bd_ir88_kamrani_18tir.shtml 7 July 2013, BBC Persian, 20 July 2009 Among them, the death of Sohrab Aarabi received special news attention, after Mousavi and Karroubi visited his family. The families of those who died were allegedly subjected to penalties and bureaucratic red tape, such as being asked to sign paperwork that they do not have complaints against the government prior to being allowed to claim bodies. When the death was due to gunshot wounds, some were reportedly asked to pay a $3,000 fee, ostensibly for the bullet used by security forces.https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124571865270639351 Son's Death Has Iranian Family Asking Why The Wall Street Journal 23 June 2009 Farnaz Fassihi 14 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110126194701/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124571865270639351.html 26 January 2011 live Restrictions on burial locations have also been reported,http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8113552.stm Death video woman 'targeted by militia' BBC News 22 June 2009 14 February 2011 3 October 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191003002805/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8113552.stm live and the Iranian government did not permit a memorial service for Neda Agha-Soltan. Time speculates that the Shi'ite cycle of mourning on the third (23 June), seventh (27 June), and 40th (30 July) day after a person's death may give the protests sustained momentum, similar in fashion to what occurred during the 1979 Iranian Revolution.Wright Robin In Iran, one woman's death may have many consequences Time 23 June 2009 21 June 2009 http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1906049,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090622174825/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0%2C8599%2C1906049%2C00.html 22 June 2009 dead Torture of prisoners Opposition leaders have claimed that the prisoners have been tortured and raped in prison.https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090812/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_23 Pro-reform party blames Iran's president for abuse 13 August 2009 September 2010 H3llBot Opposition leaders and world leaders condemned the abuse. However, Iran's parliament speaker, Ali Larijani, denied that prisoners were abused.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/12/iran.detainees.rape/index.html?section=cnn_latest Iran speaker rejects detainee rape claims CNN 13 August 2009 13 August 2009 6 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121106104013/http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/12/iran.detainees.rape/index.html?section=cnn_latest live Former chairman of Iranian parliament Mehdi Karroubi stated that male and female prisoners have been raped in the prison and their genitals were torn, but it is not yet proven. He asked the head of the assembly to investigate the issue in a letter to the head of Assembly of Experts.http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1494473.php/Opposition-party-leader-claims-sexual-abuse-in-Iranian-prisons Opposition party leader claims sexual abuse in Iranian prisons 9 August 2009 James Wray Ulf Stabe https://web.archive.org/web/20090811015618/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1494473.php/Opposition-party-leader-claims-sexual-abuse-in-Iranian-prisons 11 August 2009 dead Iran's police chief, Gen. Ismail Ahmadi Moghaddam, acknowledged that the prisoners had been abused and raped.https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090809/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election_35 Iran's police chief acknowledges prisoner abuse Associated Press 13 August 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090812183813/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090809/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election_35 12 August 2009 Additionally, several of the detained died while in prison. Authorities claimed that the deaths were caused by "pre-existing conditions". However, examinations of the bodies showed signs of torture, including broken bones, finger nails torn off, and rape.https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/world/ahmadinejads-basiji-run-a-regime-of-rape-murder-to-suppress-critics/news-story/22b691706add9ebfd16981e373cb179d https://archive.today/20121215203002/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26093533-2703,00.html live 15 December 2012 Ahmadinejad's Basiji run a regime of rape, murder to suppress critics The Australian 4 October 2009 Martin Fletcher subscription 19 September 2009 Iranian film maker Reza Allamehzadeh made a documentary about Azar Al-Kanan,Azar Ale-Kanan Iranian.com http://iranian.com/main/2009/aug/azar-ale-kanan https://web.archive.org/web/20090819210454/http://www.iranian.com/main/2009/aug/azar-ale-kanan 19 August 2009 dead 16 August 2009 a prominent Iranian human rights activist and former political prisoner in Iran who became one of the victims of torture, sexual abuse, and finally, rape. The documentary was released after ex-chairman of Iranian parliament Mehdi Karroubi called for investigation of sexual abuse of protesters in prisons by Iranian police and the judicial system, both under the responsibility of the Supreme Leader. Karroubi's letter angered conservatives and the head of Iranian parliament, Ali Larijani, and senior cleric and representative of the Supreme Leader, Ahmad Khatami, denied the reports of sexual abuse. Following the denials, on 16 August 2009, Fereshteh Ghazi, in an article in Rooz, wrote her story and described the torture and sexual violence in Iranian prison.تکان دهنده تر از دروغ – roozonline.com http://www.roozonline.com/persian/news/newsitem/article////107/-1738c4bd99.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090819055116/http://www.roozonline.com/persian/news/newsitem/article/107/-1738c4bd99.html 19 August 2009 dead 16 August 2009 Testimonies from victims of rape by the Iranian regime's agents in jail can be downloaded here: Blogger Censorship Censorship in Iran Communications in Iran News media thumb|Silent demonstration from Hafte Tir Square to Enqelab Square, on Karim Khan Zand Street and Karim Khan Zand Bridge. Tehran, 16 June 2009 According to the Telegraph, on 14 June "Iran's regime was doing its utmost to choke off the flow of news from its capital".Iran struggles to censor news of protests https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5543145/Iran-struggles-to-censor-news-of-protests.html 15 June 2009 The Daily Telegraph London David Blair 23 April 2010 22 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180622075931/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5543145/Iran-struggles-to-censor-news-of-protests.html live Al Jazeera English has leveled allegations of direct media censorship by the Iranian government, stating that "some of the newspapers have been given notices to change their editorials or their main headlines".Ahmadinejad 'set for Iran victory' Al Jazeera English 13 June 2009 13 June 2009 "Doctor Ahmadinejad, by getting a majority of the votes, has become the definite winner of the 10th presidential election", the news agency said. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/2009612195749149733.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090614054941/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/2009612195749149733.html 14 June 2009 live The Al Arabiya's offices in Tehran were closed on 14 June for a week by Iranian authorities, who gave no explanation for the decision.Iran closes Al Arabiya's offices in Tehran http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/06/14/75922.html 14 June 2009 14 June 2009 Al Arabiya DUBAI (Courtney C. Radsch) https://web.archive.org/web/20090617033733/http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/06/14/75922.html 17 June 2009 dead NBC News offices in Tehran were raided, with cameras and other equipment confiscated. Meanwhile, the director of BBC World Service accused the Iranian Government of jamming its broadcasts to the country. Peter Horrocks said audiences in Iran, the Middle East, and Europe had been affected by an electronic block on satellites used to broadcast the BBC Persian Television signal to Iran, adding: "It seems to be part of a pattern of behaviour by the Iranian authorities to limit the reporting of the aftermath of the disputed election".Stop the blocking now https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2009/06/stop_the_blocking_now.html 14 June 2009 14 June 2009 BBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20090617091829/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2009/06/stop_the_blocking_now.html 17 June 2009 live A BBC corporate official has referred to the network's conflict with the regime as 'electronic warfare'. On 15 June, Belgian national television reporter Jef Lambrecht from the Flemish public television broadcaster VRT and his sound technician, Vandervorst, were arrested in Tehran. They had been doing a story on the riots and had gotten caught in the middle of the violence. While Lambrecht had taken a punch, Vandervorst was arrested by riot police. When Lambrecht went to check where Vandervorst was being taken, he was promptly arrested as well. Both were taken to the Ministry of Information and detained in the basement. They were both released after two hours with strict instructions not to make any photos or film recordings of the protests. At the same time, two Dutch reporters from Nova were also arrested and deported.VRT-reporter opgepakt in woelig Teheran http://www.nieuwsblad.be/Article/Detail.aspx?ArticleID=LO2BDPIV nl 15 June 2009 Het Nieuwsblad https://web.archive.org/web/20090618141222/http://www.nieuwsblad.be/Article/Detail.aspx?articleID=LO2BDPIV 18 June 2009 live 23 July 2009 On 16 June, the Ministry of Culture issued a directive banning all foreign media from leaving their offices.Iran cancels foreign media accreditation, Reuters, 16 June 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2009. Archived 28 July 2009. This directive stipulated that international news outlets could still talk about rallies in their live reports, however, they were not allowed to leave their hotel rooms and offices to witness the protests. Iranian government-run television was not affected by the restrictions.Iran bans international journalists from covering rallies http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/16/iran.journalists.banned/index.html 16 June 2009 CNN 14 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110131062700/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/16/iran.journalists.banned/index.html 31 January 2011 live On 20 June, the Ministry of Culture intensified the restrictions by banning international media from reporting on the demonstrations altogether unless they received permission from Iranian authorities.Chaos prevails as protesters, police clash in Iranian capital http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/20/iran.election/index.html 21 June 2009 CNN 14 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110130220055/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/20/iran.election/index.html 30 January 2011 live On 5 August, the Association of Iranian Journalists was forcibly closed when its offices in Tehran were raided by government security forces.2009-08-06 IFJ Demands End to Intimidation as Iran Shuts Journalists' Association https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/article/ifj-demands-end-to-intimidation-as-iran-shuts-journalists-association live https://web.archive.org/web/20230605170327/https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/article/ifj-demands-end-to-intimidation-as-iran-shuts-journalists-association 2023-06-05 2025-11-06 International Federation of Journalists en The International Federation of Journalists released a statement criticizing the Iranian government for the forcible closure of the Association of Iranian Journalists and calling for freedom of the press. BBC correspondent John Simpson was arrested, his material confiscated, and then released.BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8098942.stm 14 June 2009 14 June 2009 Iran election sparks clashes https://web.archive.org/web/20090615011724/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8098942.stm 15 June 2009 live Reporters from the Italian public television broadcaster RAI stated that one of its interpreters was beaten with clubs by riot police and the officers then confiscated the cameraman's tapes. ABC News reporter Jim Sciutto has also had material taken. People from the German public broadcasters ZDF and ARD have been harassed as well, with men carrying batons and knives reportedly storming the ARD's Tehran office and taking the technician for further questioning (who was released the day after).June 2009 Ahmadinejad responded to civil liberties concerns by stating Iranians enjoyed "absolute freedom" of speech. "Don't worry about freedom in Iran ... Newspapers come and go and reappear. Don't worry about it."Ramin Mostaghim Borzou Daragahi Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-election15-2009jun15,0,1529351.story 14 June 2009 Iran election anger boils; Ahmadinejad defends results 14 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090616071908/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-election15-2009jun15%2C0%2C1529351.story 16 June 2009 live On 5 July 2009, the Sunday Times reported that the Iranian state media have been transmitting "confessions" by demonstrators against the alleged rigging of the presidential vote claiming they did so under the influence of the Voice of America, the BBC, and other foreign media agencies. Their faces have been obscured in the TV broadcasts, which the newspaper claims, after speaking to witnesses, is due to facial bruising resulting from torture whilst in custody, which included several instances of male rape.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/dominic_lawson/article6638036.ece 5 July 2009 London The Times Dominic Lawson Irans British stooges are staring right at you 5 July 2009 24 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220524084800/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ dead Internet censorship Role of the Internet during 2009 Iranian election protests Role of Internet On Saturday following the elections, Mir-Hossein Mousavi's supporters started DDoS attacks against presidentThe Washington Post Iran Leader's Top Aide Warns U.S. on Meddling https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/18/AR2009061804088.html?hpid=topnews https://web.archive.org/web/20121108094947/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/18/AR2009061804088.html?hpid=topnews 8 November 2012 live 23 July 2009 Thomas Erdbrink 19 June 2009 Ahmadinejad's site and exchanged attack tools through sites such as Facebook and Twitter.http://www.scmagazineus.com/Iranian-election-protestors-use-Twitter-to-recruit-hackers/article/138545/ Iran election protesters use Twitter to recruit hackers 18 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090719020214/http://www.scmagazineus.com/Iranian-election-protestors-use-Twitter-to-recruit-hackers/article/138545 19 July 2009 dead 23 July 2009 After the attacks, the government stopped Internet access. On 13 June, as the election results were being announced, Iran shut down all Internet access for about 45 minutes, then restarted it apparently with lower bandwidth; this may have been in order to set up filters to block sites like YouTube that could be used for political purposes.Finding a way around Iranian censorship: Activists utilize Twitter, Web tricks to sidestep blocks Hiawatha Bray The Boston Globe 19 June 2009 19 June 2009 http://archive.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2009/06/19/activists_utilizing_twitter_web_proxies_to_sidestep_iranian_censorship/ https://web.archive.org/web/20090622063103/http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2009/06/19/activists_utilizing_twitter_web_proxies_to_sidestep_iranian_censorship/ 22 June 2009 live When thousands of opposition supporters clashed with the police on 13 June, Facebook was filtered again. Some news websites were also blocked by the Iranian authorities. Mobile phone services including text messaging also had stopped or had become very difficult to use since the day before the election.http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/2009613172130303995.html. Poll results prompt Iran protests Al Jazeera English 13 June 2009 13 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090618073345/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/06/2009613172130303995.html. 18 June 2009 dead Specifically, all websites affiliated with the BBC were blocked,BBC News Ahmadinejad defiant on 'free' Iran poll http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8099115.stm 13 June 2009 13 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090614011619/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8099115.stm 14 June 2009 live as well as those affiliated with The Guardian.December 2021 Iranian Internet users used social media to trade lists of open web proxy servers as a means of getting around the restrictions, but the Iranian authorities monitoring these media gradually blocked these proxies, so that after two weeks very few proxies were still working in Iran.December 2021 Associated Press labeled the actions as "ominous measures apparently seeking to undercut liberal voices". An anti-censorship software, Freegate, developed by Global Internet Freedom Consortium, was widely used and proven effective. The software was developed by oversea Chinese scientists to allow mainland Chinese users to break through the "great firewall" in China, and was also found to be very effective in Iran. Iran was known to operate one of the world's most sophisticated Internet filtering systems, with widespread blockades on specific websites. During the protests, operation of this system dramatically intensified.https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/world/middleeast/23censor.html?hp The New York Times Brian Stelter Brad Stone Web Pries Lid of Iranian Censorship 23 June 2009 14 February 2011 16 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180616053811/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/world/middleeast/23censor.html?hp live Yet, Iranian Green Movement online activists continued their political activism and resisting online repression by adopting different strategies such as: "(1) de-identification, (2) network reformation, (3) circumvention, (4) self-censoring, and (5) being inconspicuously active".Honari Ali 2018 "We Will Either Find a Way, or Make One": How Iranian Green Movement Online Activists Perceive and Respond to Repression Social Media + Society 4 3 205630511880388 2056305118803886 10.1177/2056305118803886 2056-3051 free 1871.1/4f012661-aa96-46da-997f-5e7b906b8965 free Alleged foreign involvement Involvement of foreign militias in the suppression of protests in Iran On 26 August, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei released a statement through Iranian state television. He said that although he did not believe opposition leaders were working as agents of foreign governments, he did believe that the protests were organized and planned, possibly without the knowledge of the Iranian political opposition. He said that "This plot was defeated, since fortunately our enemies still do not understand the issue in Iran", specifically pointing to foreign involvement in the protests.Iranian protesters 'not agents' BBC News 27 August 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8223606.stm 30 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090829102342/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8223606.stm 29 August 2009 liveKhamenei: 'No proof' of chaos plot Al Jazeera English 27 August 2009 http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/08/200982784942708215.html 30 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090830092502/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/08/200982784942708215.html 30 August 2009 live On 16 June, Der Spiegel cited Voice of America as reporting that the Iranian government had recruited as many as 5,000 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters to clash with protesters.Der Spiegel de 16 June 2009 Aufstand in Teheran: "Betet für uns!" http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,630463-2,00.html 18 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090705185337/http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,630463-2,00.html 5 July 2009 live On 19 June, CNN reported that, according to media reports and online chatter, the Basij "seem to have added some Arabic-speaking members – suspected of being [Lebanese] Hezbollah fighters."http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/19/iran.regional.reax/index.html Arab neighbors watch Iran's troubles CNN 19 June 2009 22 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090621202440/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/19/iran.regional.reax/index.html 21 June 2009 live In response, a spokesman for Hezbollah denied any involvement with the turmoil in Iran and stated that Hezbollah is not taking sides in what it considers to be an internal Iranian affair.http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=&section=middleeast&xfile=data/middleeast/2009/June/middleeast_June854.xml Hezbollah accuses West of fomenting turmoil in Iran AFP 25 June 2009 6 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110608212526/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=&section=middleeast&xfile=data%2Fmiddleeast%2F2009%2FJune%2Fmiddleeast_June854.xml 8 June 2011 dead On 17 June, The Jerusalem Post quoted two Iranian protesters who claimed that "Palestinian forces" (which the article states are members of Hamas) were working with the Basij in helping crush the protests.http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245184851049&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull https://archive.today/20120708065321/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245184851049&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull dead 8 July 2012 Protesters tell "Post' Hamas helping Iran crush dissent The Jerusalem Post 17 June 2009 23 June 2009 Statements by Iranian figures Government figures Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered an investigation into the claims of electoral fraud.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/15/content_11546228.htm Iran's supreme leader orders investigation into claims of vote fraud Xinhua 15 June 2009 20 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090618104600/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/15/content_11546228.htm 18 June 2009 dead Referring to Mousavi's appeal letter about the irregularities, Khamenei said "the Guardian Council has been emphasised to carry out investigation into this letter carefully".https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090615/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election Iranian protester killed after opposition rally Associated Press 20 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090619193446/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090615/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election 19 June 2009 dead On 19 June he condemned the conduct of the western world during elections, claiming the British monarchy as the most evil.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8109685.stm Ayatollah on 'evil' UK government 19 June 2009 BBC News 19 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090622101908/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8109685.stm 22 June 2009 live This claim was immediately rejected by the UK foreign office as "unacceptable and not based in fact" and "a step too far".http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8109303.stm Ayatollah Protest at Iran's 'evil UK' claim 19 June 2009 BBC News 23 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090622185159/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8109303.stm 22 June 2009 live Two diplomats were expelled from the British embassy in Tehran, accused of being "involved in activities incompatible with their status". Gordon Brown informed the House of Commons on 23 June that the claims were "absolutely without foundation" and two diplomats of equal rank at Iran's embassy in London were to be expelled.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8115358.stm UK expels two Iranian diplomats 23 June 2009 BBC News 23 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090626033342/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8115358.stm 26 June 2009 live Interior Minister Seyed Sadeq Mahsouli said he had not received a "written complaint" about election fraud or irregularities. He remarked the election proceeded in a way that "ruled out the possibility of cheating".Ahmadinejad Wins Landslide http://www.iran-daily.com/1388/3423/html/ 13 June 2009 13 June 2009 Iran Daily https://web.archive.org/web/20090614100119/http://www.iran-daily.com/1388/3423/html/ 14 June 2009 dead He accused the US intelligence agency, the CIA, of helping and funding rioters in Iran: "Britain, America and the Zionist regime (Israel) were behind the recent unrest in Tehran" and "Many of the rioters were in contact with America, the CIA and the MKO and are being fed by their financial resources".http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.3462950540 Govt alleges CIA behind street protests 24 June 2009 24 June 2009 Adnkronos International 21 September 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090921081322/http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.3462950540 live Chairman of the Assembly of Experts, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, was reported to have called a meeting of the Assembly, as they have the constitutional power to elect and dismiss the Supreme Leader.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/14/iran-ahmadinejad-mousavi-elections-result World leaders urged by Iran's opposition party to reject Ahmadinejad's alleged victory 14 June 2009 The Guardian London Julian Borger 23 April 2010 6 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130906193506/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/14/iran-ahmadinejad-mousavi-elections-result live Speaker of Parliament Ali Larijani condemned the attack by police and militia at Tehran University, stating the "Interior Minister is responsible in this regard".http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8103577.stm Iran opposition keeps up pressure 16 June 2009 BBC News 14 February 2011 1 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110301085051/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8103577.stm live The Iranian Minister of Intelligence said in a TV interview he is not in favor of anyone spending even a night in prison or getting hurt, but his ministry is charged with maintaining law and order. He said there is no real possibility of a velvet revolution in Iran, although he accused the U.S. and Britain of trying to orchestrate one. He disclosed people such as Ramin Jahanbaglou and Haleh Esfandiari were arrested in connection with inciting the Iranian intelligentsia into such plots. Due to legal complications, no prosecution took place.https://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2009/06/090629_ir88_after_election_eczehie_mousavi.shtml فارسی – ايران – وزیر اطلاعات: به موسوی گفتم این مسیر به جایی نمی رسد BBC 29 June 2009 23 March 2011 14 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121114152035/http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2009/06/090629_ir88_after_election_eczehie_mousavi.shtml live Candidates thumb|Presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi and his wife, Zahra Rahnavard in the protests of 15 June which recorded as the biggest unrest since the 1979 revolution Incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a live address on state run television on 13 June, called the election "completely free" and the outcome "a great victory" for Iran. He also said, "[T]oday, the people of Iran have inspired other nations and disappointed their ill-wishers ... propaganda facilities outside Iran and sometimes inside Iran were totally mobilized against our people". Ahmadinejad praised the country's youth as well, but made no direct mention of the protests. He later dismissed the protests, comparing them to "the passions after a soccer match". Mir-Hossein Mousavi, the main opposition candidate, issued a statement saying, "I'm warning that I won't surrender to this manipulation." Mousavi lodged an official appeal against the result to the Guardian Council on 14 June. He is not optimistic about his appeal, saying that many of the group's members "during the election were not impartial".Yedioth Ahronoth Mousavi says not optimistic on Iran election appeal http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3731896,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090619104511/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3731896,00.html 19 June 2009 live 23 July 2009 Reformist cleric Mehdi Karroubi, another opposition candidate, echoed Mousavi's demand for the election to be canceled. He said, "I am announcing again that the elections should not be allowed and the results have no legitimacy or social standing ... Therefore, I do not consider Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of the republic." He later declared in a speech to his supporters in Khoramabad that "this phase [Election dispute] will not subside until we [Reformist leaders] suggest so".The Economist issue 449201 Conservative candidate Mohsen Rezaee, on 17 June, gave an ultimatum to Interior Ministry to release details of the results by that day, otherwise he would call for re-election. He said that "unprecedented delay has raised doubts about the possibility of manipulation in the results."July 2021 Later he withdrew the election fraud claims, saying that the Guardian Council is not cooperating with him.July 2021 Clerics The Association of Combatant Clerics, a reformist clerical party headed by Mohammad Khatami, issued a statement posted on reformist websites saying the election was rigged and calling for it to be canceled, warning that "if this process becomes the norm, the republican aspect of the regime will be damaged and people will lose confidence in the system". In a letter published on his website, Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri stated that government used elections "[in] the worst way possible. Declaring results that no one in their right mind can believe, and despite all the evidence of crafted results, and to counter people protestations, in front of the eyes of the same nation who carried the weight of a revolution and 8 years of war, in front of the eyes of local and foreign reporters, attacked the children of the people with astonishing violence. And now they are attempting a purge, arresting intellectuals, political opponents and scientists".http://www.amontazeri.com/farsi/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=198&FORUM_ID=2&CAT_ID=2&Forum_Title=%26%231582%3B%26%231576%3B%26%231585%3B%26%231606%3B%26%231575%3B%26%231605%3B%26%231607%3B&Topic_Title=%26%231662%3B%26%231740%3B%26%231575%3B%26%231605%3B+%26%231662%3B%26%231740%3B%26%231585%3B%26%231575%3B%26%231605%3B%26%231608%3B%26%231606%3B+%26%231581%3B%26%231608%3B%26%231575%3B%26%231583%3B%26%231579%3B+%26%231575%3B%26%231582%3B%26%231740%3B%26%231585%3B+%26%231575%3B%26%231606%3B%26%231578%3B%26%231582%3B%26%231575%3B%26%231576%3B%26%231575%3B%26%231578%3B آیت الله منتظری amontazeri.com 18 June 2009 19 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090619014354/http://www.amontazeri.com/farsi/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=198&FORUM_ID=2&CAT_ID=2&Forum_Title=%26%231582;%26%231576;%26%231585;%26%231606;%26%231575;%26%231605;%26%231607;&Topic_Title=%26%231662;%26%231740;%26%231575;%26%231605;+%26%231662;%26%231740;%26%231585;%26%231575;%26%231605;%26%231608;%26%231606;+%26%231581;%26%231608;%26%231575;%26%231583;%26%231579;+%26%231575;%26%231582;%26%231740;%26%231585;+%26%231575;%26%231606;%26%231578;%26%231582;%26%231575;%26%231576;%26%231575;%26%231578; dead Several clerics in the religious center Qom were given house arrest and cut off from communication.When the clerics act, it will be crucial https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/21/iran-protests-clerics-ayatollah-mousavi 21 June 2009 Ali Ansari The Guardian London 21 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090622092952/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/21/iran-protests-clerics-ayatollah-mousavi 22 June 2009 live The clerics Hashemi Rafsanjani and Hassan Rouhani tried to assemble an emergency meeting of the Assembly of Experts in Qom that could depose the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. However, official Iranian media reported that on 21 June the Assembly expressed "strong support" for the Supreme Leader.http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=197201 Assembly of Experts expresses strong support for Leader's guidelines 21 June 2009 Tehran Times https://web.archive.org/web/20090624011129/http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=197201 24 June 2009 live 23 July 2009 It remains unclear whether the statement has been signed by all experts and reflects their voice. However, Rafsanjani's son apparently reported to The New York Times that his father is currently hiding until he can get the top clerics together as he is indeed trying to depose Khamenei.March 2026 Referring to the 2009 presidential election protests, supreme leader's representative Ahmad Khatami stated that the leaders of the protests should be dealt with "severely and ruthlessly". "I want the judiciary to... punish leading rioters firmly and without showing any mercy to teach everyone a lesson".http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8122028.stm BBC News Obama praise for Iran's Mousavi 26 June 2009 14 February 2011 23 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110823003219/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8122028.stm live Grand Ayatollah Yousef Sanei considers the election results fraudulent.http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,633144,00.html The Power of Iran's Iron Fist 29 June 2009 Der Spiegel https://web.archive.org/web/20090701015008/http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,633144,00.html 1 July 2009 live 23 July 2009 Grand Ayatollah Javadi Amoli has criticized the government's conduction of the election.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5674439/Miliband-rebukes-Iran-after-arrest-of-British-embassy-employees.html Miliband rebukes Iran after arrest of British embassy employees 28 June 2009 The Daily Telegraph London Damien McElroy 23 April 2010 6 December 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101206010145/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5674439/Miliband-rebukes-Iran-after-arrest-of-British-embassy-employees.html live Grand Ayatollah Bayyat Zanjani called the election results a "gross injustice."https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124629706016868931 Change Lies in Iran's Institutions 30 June 2009 The Wall Street Journal https://web.archive.org/web/20090630234714/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124629706016868931.html 30 June 2009 live 23 July 2009 Gerald F. Seib Grand Ayatollah Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili called for the state to give protesters a legal voice.https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jcfaJk8H7AcRyA7bneR71zYNaq4w Iran deadlock drags on as Mousavi rejects part recount 27 June 2009 Agence France-Presse 14 February 2011 25 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120525115955/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jcfaJk8H7AcRyA7bneR71zYNaq4w dead The Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers, described as "a leading clerical body in Qom, ... a mainstream group that includes many reformists in its ranks" issued a statement calling the vote count a fraud and condemning the killing of peaceful protesters.http://www.thenation.com/blogs/dreyfuss/449026/opposition_holds_firm_in_iran The Nation 10 July 2009 9 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090709073826/http://www.thenation.com/blogs/dreyfuss/449026/opposition_holds_firm_in_iran livePro-reform clerical body protests Iran elections June 2022 medicmedic 5 July 2009. Retrieved 10-July-2009. Exiled groups Reza Pahlavi, son of the former Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi who was ousted in 1979, said: "I would love to help them [the protesters] reach complete, real freedom under a secular democratic system where there's a true separation of religion from government".https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jyLW_9FvKkYn8A9DdkQRUcF0E7sA Shah's son sees echoes of 1979 in Iran AFP 15 June 2009 14 February 2011 25 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120525120012/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jyLW_9FvKkYn8A9DdkQRUcF0E7sA dead People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran leader Maryam Rajavi said that "the Iranian nation's only possible solution to the velayat-e faqih regime is democratic changere. The religious dictatorship and all its suppressive institutions must be done away with so that the Iranian people can hold free UN-supervised elections".http://www.english.mojahedin.org/pagesEn/detailsNews.aspx?newsid=5122 Maryam Rajavi: Irreversible escalation of crisis and "political earthquake" within Iran regime People's Mujahedin of Iran 20 June 2009 11 September 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110722182232/http://www.english.mojahedin.org/pagesen/detailsnews.aspx?newsid=5122 22 July 2011 The Tudeh Party of Iran declared that "the Supreme Leader and the coup d'état perpetrators under his leadership must be defeated vigilantly and by relying on the power of the masses".Microsoft Word – TPI-CC-statement-election-No5-19June09 Dastbaz http://www.tudehpartyiran.org/TPI-CC-statement-election-No5-19June09.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20100706034919/http://www.tudehpartyiran.org/TPI-CC-statement-election-No5-19June09.pdf 6 July 2010 dead 23 July 2009 Hunger strike A number of Iranian intellectualsHamid Dabashi's Official Web Site http://www.hamiddabashi.com/hunger-strike-july-2009.html https://archive.today/20090728203322/http://www.hamiddabashi.com/hunger-strike-july-2009.html 28 July 2009 dead 23 July 2009 organized a three-day hunger strike in front of the United Nations. The invitation was signed by 42 scholars. The event was scheduled for 22–24 July 2009. Iranian journalist and writer, Akbar Ganji, spearheaded the strike to call for the release of all those who have been arrested in Iran following the protests.Iranian Teen Slain in Postelection Protest Laid To Rest Golnaz Esfandiari RFE/RL https://www.rferl.org/a/Iranian_Teen_Slain_In_Postelection_Protest_Laid_To_Rest/1775976.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090714231555/http://www.rferl.org/content/Iranian_Teen_Slain_In_Postelection_Protest_Laid_To_Rest/1775976.html 14 July 2009 live 23 July 2009 Among the intellectuals that signed the invitation are: Abdolkarim Soroush, Hamid Dabashi, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Abdol Ali Bazargan, and Janet Afary. Among the supporters of the initiative are Reza Baraheni and pop singers Ebrahim Hamedi, Googoosh, and Shohreh Aghdashlou.Dr. Soroush http://www.drsoroush.com/Persian/News_Archive/P-NWS-13880423-EtesabeGhaza.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090915175805/http://www.drsoroush.com/Persian/News_Archive/P-NWS-13880423-EtesabeGhaza.html 15 September 2009 live 23 July 2009رادیو زمانه گوي سياست حقوق بشر اعلام و دعوت به اعتصاب غذا در برابر سازمان ملل http://www.radiozamaneh.com/analysis/2009/07/post_1062.html https://archive.today/20240524105448/https://www.webcitation.org/5ic3VEupE?url=http://www.radiozamaneh.com/analysis/2009/07/post_1062.html 24 May 2024 dead 23 July 2009gooya news :: politics : حمایت شهره آغداشلو از اعتصاب غذای گنجی http://news.gooya.com/politics/archives/2009/07/090896.php https://web.archive.org/web/20090722000703/http://news.gooya.com/politics/archives/2009/07/090896.php 22 July 2009 live 23 July 2009 U.S. citizen Noam Chomsky was present at the hunger strike.همراهی با جنبش سبز در برابر سازمان ملل • ایران Deutsche Welle 22.07.2009 Deutsche Welle http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4510587,00.html?maca=per-rss-per-all-1491-rdf https://web.archive.org/web/20090904013921/http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4510587,00.html?maca=per-rss-per-all-1491-rdf 4 September 2009 live 23 July 2009 A number of Iranians organized a two-day strike at Brandenburger Tor in Berlin, Germany.July 2009 The event was scheduled for 24–25 July 2009. The invitation had a list of overJuly 2009 twenty people as strikers so far and a considerableJuly 2009 list of supporters.July 2009 Among the strikers was Daryush Shokof.July 2009 The number of cities joining the Iranian global hunger strike reached overJuly 2009 fifty with Toronto, Vancouver, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, as well as Italy, Australia, and Ireland. The hunger strikes are for freedom of all Iranian political prisoners and for "not" recognizing the presidential elections and its president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009.July 2009 Robert Redford joined and supported the hunger strike in Washington on 20 July.Robert Redford Voices Support for Iranian People Red County http://www.redcounty.com/robert-redford-voices-support-iranian-people?taxonomy= 30 July 2009 International response International reaction to the 2009 Iranian presidential election BBC News has described the overall reaction by the international community to the 2009 Iranian presidential election as "muted". Mir-Hossein Mousavi did not asked for any kind of foreign assistance or called on other leaders to comment. Huffington Post 17 June 2009 17 June 2009 Iran Election Live-Blogging Nico Pitney https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/17/iran-election-live-bloggi_n_216925.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090620175511/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/17/iran-election-live-bloggi_n_216925.html 20 June 2009 live Huffington Post 17 June 2009 17 June 2009 Iran Election Live-Blogging Nico Pitney https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/17/iran-election-live-bloggi_n_216578.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090620175506/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/17/iran-election-live-bloggi_n_216578.html 20 June 2009 live Huffington Post 15 June 2009 16 June 2009 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/15/iran-election-live-bloggi_n_215965.html Nico Pitney Iran Election Live-Blogging https://web.archive.org/web/20090619041757/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/15/iran-election-live-bloggi_n_215965.html 19 June 2009 live Huffington Post 14 June 2009 15 June 2009 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/14/iran-election-live-bloggi_n_215449.html Nico Pitney Iran Election Live-Blogging https://web.archive.org/web/20090617072018/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/14/iran-election-live-bloggi_n_215449.html 17 June 2009 liveMay 2024 His spokesperson, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, has criticized U.S. President Barack Obama for maintaining that the difference between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi "may not be as great as has been advertised."Associated Press https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_iran 16 June 2009 19 June 2009 Obama troubled by Iran election but sees change https://web.archive.org/web/20090620225456/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_iran 20 June 2009 dead Makhmalbaf retorted, "Does he like it himself [when someone is] saying that there is no difference between Obama and [George W.] Bush?" He also said that other nations must "not recognize the government of Ahmadinejad as a legitimate government" and that "it's not only an internal matter- it's an international problem".Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=5018 19 June 2009 The FP Interview: Mohsen Makhmalbaf https://web.archive.org/web/20090628192429/http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=5018 28 June 2009 live However, in international popular culture, the protest has "morphed in the global consciousness, to the point that U2 and Madonna have adopted the cause of Iranian democracy," according to The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/magazine/02Iran-t.html?_r=2&pagewanted=print The New York Times Roger Cohen The Making of an Iran Policy 2 August 2009 14 February 2011 20 July 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160720181237/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/magazine/02Iran-t.html?_r=2&pagewanted=print live Protesters have gathered in cities all over the world to protest the violence and election results. One of the largest protests was organized by United For Iran and held on 25 July 2009 in over 100 cities all over the world.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/25/iran.world.protests/index.html#cnnSTCText Global protests over post-election crackdown in Iran CNN 25 July 2009 26 July 2009 28 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090728050505/http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/25/iran.world.protests/index.html#cnnSTCText live Although the 2009 Iranian presidential election was widely disputed, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon sent a traditional congratulatory messageReuters https://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1106757.html UN toasts Ahmadinejad win, as 69 said killed in Iran protests Haaretz Israel 11 September 2010 17 September 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090917013916/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1106757.html dead to Ahmadinejad upon his inauguration. He kept silent over the request of Shirin Ebadi to visithttps://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE57A0HY20090811 Reuters Nobel laureate calls on U.N. chief to visit Iran 11 August 2009 14 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110119193710/https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE57A0HY20090811 19 January 2011 live Iran after the crackdown on peaceful post-election protests by the Iranian police.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/08/iran.detainee.trials/ CNN British, French embassy workers on trial over Iran protests 23 April 2010 9 August 2009 27 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101027095108/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/08/iran.detainee.trials/ live During the election protests, more than 4,000 were arrested and nearly 70 were killed (with some sources, including Mohsen Kadivar, citing hundreds of killed), some while being held in prison.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8195586.stm BBC News Iran admits 4,000 June detentions 11 August 2009 23 April 2010 14 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090814153034/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8195586.stm live In another incident, prominent activisit Akbar Ganji went on a hunger strike for three daysIranian activists begin three-day hunger strike at UN – WashingtonTV http://televisionwashington.com/floater_article1.aspx?lang=en&t=3&id=12379 https://archive.today/20090817015613/http://televisionwashington.com/floater_article1.aspx?lang=en&t=3&id=12379 17 August 2009 dead 15 August 2009 in front of the UN. The incident was followed by an official requesthttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/aug/12/iran-ban-ki-moon-protest The Guardian London Dear Mr Ban, heed the Iranian people 12 August 2009 23 April 2010 Akbar Ganji 7 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130907021325/http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/aug/12/iran-ban-ki-moon-protest live by more than 200 intellectuals, human rights activists, and reformist politicians in Iran for a reaction from the UN. Ban, however, took no action to help end the violence in Iran. About eight players in the Iran national football team playing in their World Cup qualifier wore green wristbands in support for Mousavihttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5559871/Iranian-football-team-shows-support-for-Mousavi-with-green-arm-bands-at-Seoul-World-Cup-qualifier.html London The Daily Telegraph Iranian football team shows support for Mousavi with green arm bands at Seoul World Cup qualifier 17 June 2009 14 February 2011 16 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180616095809/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5559871/Iranian-football-team-shows-support-for-Mousavi-with-green-arm-bands-at-Seoul-World-Cup-qualifier.html live for the first half of their game. During the break, they were ordered to remove them, seven of the eight complied. They were subsequently suspended. Likewise, Italian footballer Francesco Totti sent a message of greeting to the Iranian youth during the protests.http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-305559 Top striker Francesco Totti sends greetings to Iranian youth CNN 28 July 2009 13 March 2015 2 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402180545/http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-305559 livehttp://www.pfdctv.com/?p=1749 Totti sends a message in "Farsi" to Iranian Youth pfdctv.com 12 March 2012 13 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402100204/http://www.pfdctv.com/?p=1749 2 April 2015 usurped A group of Iranian "artists and writers in exile" published an open letter in support of the protests.'Iranian Artists and Writers in Exile https://web.archive.org/web/20090625015906/http://sites.google.com/site/iranartexile/ 25 June 2009, Iranian Artists and Writers in Exile, 16 June 2009 Significant protests have been held in major cities all throughout the world. Demonstrators in Los Angeles have protested daily calling not only for election reform but complete regime change. Demonstrators have been seen holding signs stating, "No Ahmadi(nejad), no Mousavi, no Islamic Republic!," "No more Islamic Republic." Use of religion The Economist reported that supporters of Mousavi have enlisted religious symbolism on their side. This directly appeals to the notion of injustice and redemption at the heart of Shia Islam.Demanding to be counted http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13856232 The Economist https://web.archive.org/web/20090626030434/http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13856232 26 June 2009 live 23 July 2009 18 June 2009 For Iran, one of the links of communication exist solely because of the ideology the revolutionary movement was based upon Islamism (Poursaied, p. 136). The religious institutions were used to communicate from one revolutionary group to another. These institutions consist of "mosques, ritual centres, and even charity funds,"Poursaeid Farzad, "Democracy Promotion, Authoritarian Resiliency, and Political Unrest in Iran", Discourse: An Iranian Quarterly, Volume 10 (Winter/Spring 2012):119–143. and these venues allowed people to gather right under the nose of the government in order to become organised. Protesters have deliberately dressed modestly. The marches in Tehran saw women in chadors and turbaned clerics, some of whom were seen thronging Mousavi's car during the 15 June rally at Revolution Square.Gunfire, euphoria: week that shook Iran https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iIZfBKxzXFlFYz1AGvhnIVr27tXwD98UIHVO1 14 February 2011 24 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090624131725/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iIZfBKxzXFlFYz1AGvhnIVr27tXwD98UIHVO1 dead According to Anna Johnson of Associated Press, conservative women in black chadors have joined the liberal youth for the common goal of trying to get their voices heard.2009-06-18 Families, women in chadors join Iran's opposition https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2009/06/18/families-women-in-chadors-join/42568809007/ https://web.archive.org/web/20251106115410/https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2009/06/18/families-women-in-chadors-join/42568809007/ 2025-11-06 2025-11-06 Canton Repository The Time reported that some protesters believed they had a religious duty to protest.Forbidden Iran: How to Report When You're Banned http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1906069,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090624220827/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1906069,00.html dead 24 June 2009 Nahid Siamdoust Time 22 June 2009 23 April 2010 Protesters have also made use of slogans such as "Allahu Akbar" (a common Islamic Arabic saying that translates to "God is great") from the revolutionary era.Ahmadinejad's reelection https://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-election16-2009jun16,0,2315785.story Los Angeles Times 14 February 2011 https://archive.today/20090618135637/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-election16-2009jun16,0,2315785.story 18 June 2009 dead Protesters on Twitter have urged marchers to carry copies of the Qur'an with them, citing its verses bringing about peace.Drawing the line http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13888193 The Economist https://web.archive.org/web/20090627021702/http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13888193 27 June 2009 live 23 July 2009 19 June 2009 When mourning the deaths of slain protesters, the marchers chanted "Peace be upon (Prophet) Mohammed and his family."New Iran opposition rally in Tehran: witnesses https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hI-GNzpNZG_27twymYDW7cfNXXTw 14 February 2011 25 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120525120024/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hI-GNzpNZG_27twymYDW7cfNXXTw dead A bystander, Neda Agha-Soltan, who was killed by authorities, has been mythologised by the opposition as a martyr. The status of a martyr is revered in Shia Islam. To prevent this from happening, the authorities have tried to call off funeral services for her, which according to Shia Islam, must be held on the third, seventh, and 40th day after the martyr's passing. Robert Tait and Matthew Weaver of The Guardian noted that it was funeral processions on the 40th day of mourning of fallen protesters in 1979 that created momentum in toppling the shah's regime.How Neda Soltani became the face of Iran's struggle https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/22/neda-soltani-death-iran Robert Tait Matthew Weaver The Guardian London 22 June 2009 23 April 2010 6 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130906195536/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/22/neda-soltani-death-iran live The idea of martyrdom resonates deeply amongst the Shiite Muslim population of Iran. The Shiite faith was founded on the idea of self-sacrifice in the cause of justice.Latest Updates on Iran's Disputed Election http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/latest-updates-on-irans-disputed-election-3/?apage=5 The New York Times Robert Mackey 22 June 2009 23 April 2010 27 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090627131116/http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/latest-updates-on-irans-disputed-election-3/?apage=5 live Legacy According to the leader of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps at the time of the protests—General Mohammed Ali Jafari—the problem of the election was not that the reformers had been denied victory but that they had challenged the tenets of the Islamic Revolution, and that the system of the Islamic Republic could no longer depend on popular support. In a leaked video of a meeting of the leaders of the Revolutionary Guard he stated, "It was a blow that weakened the fundamental pillars of the regime. ... Anyone who refuses to understand these new conditions will not be successful".Filkins Dexter TheTwilight of the Iranian Revolution The New Yorker 18 May 2020 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/25/the-twilight-of-the-iranian-revolution 7 June 2020 16 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210316172411/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/25/the-twilight-of-the-iranian-revolution live Inspired art Ahoora released "Crimson Baby" as a single track from their third album Awkward Diary. This song is dedicated to Neda Agha-soltan and all the victims of Iran's 2009 post election conflicts.http://www.ahoora-band.com/news.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100109201646/http://www.ahoora-band.com/news.htm dead ahoora band 9 January 2010 Hamed Nikpay fa حامد نیک‌پی and his team made the song "The Owner of This Land!" in response to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statement in which he called the protesters brushwood and thorns.http://www.iranian.com/main/blog/nazy-kaviani/hamed-nikpays-new-song-iran https://web.archive.org/web/20090623071548/http://www.iranian.com/main/blog/nazy-kaviani/hamed-nikpays-new-song-iran dead Hamed Nikpay's New Song for Iran 23 June 2009 Folk singer and activist Joan Baez performed in support of Iranian protesters.http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/274955 Bon Jovi and Joan Baez Post Videos in Support of Iranian Protest Carol Forsloff Digital Journal 28 June 2009 15 June 2014 2 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141002181837/http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/274955 live Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and Andy Madadian record a musical message of worldwide solidarity with the people of Iran. The handwritten Persian sign in the video translates to "we are one".EW6zJ3B-uos Andy and Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora stand by me Rock music band U2 performed "Sunday Bloody Sunday" in support of Iranian protests on the U2 360° Tour.Edith Bowman Lunch with Bono https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00m3zzc/Edith_Bowman_Lunch_with_Bono/ BBC BBC Radio 1 London, England 35:30 2009-08-19 19 August 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090822203552/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00m3zzc/Edith_Bowman_Lunch_with_Bono/ 22 August 2009 Musicians Mohsen Namjoo, Abjeez Band, Googoosh, Dariush, Shadmehr Aghili, and Hassan Sattar also had performances in honor of the victims of the protests and to support the movement.https://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2009/07/090704_mm_music.shtml موج موسیقی اعتراضی به نتایج انتخابات ایران 4 July 2009 14 February 2011 7 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090707025824/http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2009/07/090704_mm_music.shtml live Filmmaker Ali Samadi Ahadi released The Green Wave, a Documentary film about the protests and human rights violations in Iran in 2009. Iranian American artist Shaheen Shokoofandeh produced the film Hitler's Grave to show what the world of Iran could be without the daily hatred against the world outside its borders. He hopes that Iranian men and women would always see this movie as meaningful to their question of freedom and specifically when it comes to being Jewish or friends and having relationships with Jewish people.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1524130/ The film is on YouTube. See also Iran Politics Society 2010 Thai political protests, Similar violence and riots and protests in Thailand, were organized by the National United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship, (also known as the Red Shirts), opposed the People's Alliance for Democracy and supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra in Thailand 2009 Iran poll protests trial 2010 Canada anti-prorogation protests 2010 Kyrgyzstani revolution 2010–2011 Algerian protests 2011 Yemeni uprising 2017–18 Iranian protests Death and Funeral of Hussein-Ali Montazeri Kouhyar Goudarzi The Green Path of Hope – Mousavi's new political front The Green Scroll Campaign Political repression in the Islamic Republic of Iran Iranian reform movement List of modern conflicts in the Middle East Results of the Iranian presidential election, 2009 Where is my vote? 2026 Iran protests Arab Spring protests Arab Spring Egyptian Revolution of 2011 Khuzestan protests Tunisian revolution References DuplicateReferences script detected: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/20/iran.election/index.html (refs: 36, 160) https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090615/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election (refs: 43, 179) http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/15/content_11546228.htm (refs: 44, 178) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8195586.stm (refs: 117, 217) https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2009/jun/29/iran-election-dead-detained (refs: 131, 136) October 2026 Further reading Kamalipour Yahya R. 2010 Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age: The 2009 Presidential Election Uprising in Iran Lanham Rowman & Littlefield 978-1-4422-0415-7 Civil Society in Syria and Iran: Activism in Authoritarian Contexts Lynne Rinner Boulder, CO https://www.rienner.com/title/Civil_Society_in_Syria_and_Iran_Activism_in_Authoritarian_Contexts Honari, Ali Paul Aarts Francesco Cavatorta From Virtual to Tangible Social Movements in Iran 2014 External links Coverage from FARS News, Tehran Times, Al Jazeera, BBC https://web.archive.org/web/20100805050113/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/middle_east/2009/iran/default.stm 5 August 2010, New York Times Documentary, 8min, that was shot during the weeks surrounding the Iranian elections and later smuggled out of Iran by AKA Jahan Azadi Azadi DJ Azad: a Green Movement Movie. 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