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Asharq Al-Awsat
17-03-2025
- Politics
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Iran Opposition Leader Karroubi to be Freed from House Arrest, His Son Says
Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi will be released from house arrest on Monday, state media reported, 14 years after he was detained for calling for a rally in support of protests that swept the Arab world in 2011. "My father was told by security agents that his house arrest will end today," his son Hossein Karroubi told state news agency IRNA, adding that security agents would remain at the premises until April 8 due to security concerns. The 87-year-old, ailing mid-level cleric has remained defiant, questioning the legitimacy of the clerical establishment in statements published by pro-reform websites. After calling for a rally in solidarity with pro-democracy uprisings, Karroubi - along with ex-prime minister Mirhossein Mousavi and his wife Zahra Rahnavard, a prominent academic - were put under house arrest in February 2011. They have not been put on trial or publicly charged, Reuters reported. Former parliament speaker Karroubi and Mousavi ran for election in 2009 and became figureheads for Iranians who staged eight months of mass protests after a vote they believed was rigged to bring back hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Karroubi's son Hossein told pro-reform Jamaran news website that his father demanded the release of Mousavi. "They told my father that the same process ... would be carried out for Mousavi within the next few months and Mousavi too would be released," the Jamaran website quoted him as saying. Iran's judiciary made no comment. Karroubi, like Mousavi and Rahnavard, had been under round-the-clock surveillance by security guards initially living in his home. But conditions improved in past years for Karroubi, with some family and politicians allowed to visit him. Suffering from various medical complications, Karroubi has been taken to hospital several times for heart surgery and treatment. During his election campaign, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian promised to make an effort for their release.
Al Arabiya
17-03-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Iran opposition figure Karroubi to be freed from house arrest
Iranian opposition figure Mehdi Karroubi will be released from house arrest on Monday, 14 years after he was detained for protesting against the results of presidential elections, state and semi-official media reported. Karroubi's political ally, former prime minister Mirhossein Mousavi, would also be released from house arrest in the coming months, Karroubi's son Hossein told Jamaran, a semi-official newspaper linked to the so-called reformist political faction. Karroubi, now 87, and Mousavi, 83, ran on a reformist platform in the 2009 vote that returned hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power and triggered mass rallies by protesters who said the results were rigged. Both were detained in 2011 after taking a leading role in the protests, though they were not put on trial or publicly charged. 'Security officers met my father and said his arrest would be lifted today on orders of the head of the judiciary,' Hossein Karroubi was quoted as saying by Jamaran, referring to Monday. He said his father had been told that security officers would be present at his home until April 8 to ensure his protection. Iran's official news agency IRNA also reported on Karroubi's release, but did not refer to Mousavi's case. Hossein Karroubi told Ensaf news last year that his father would not accept any move to lift his house arrest while Mousavi was still detained. Iran's current president, Masoud Pezeshkian, promised during his election campaign to release both politicians.
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Iran opposition leader Karroubi to be freed from house arrest
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi will be released from house arrest on Monday, 14 years after he was detained for protesting against the results of presidential elections, state and semi-official media reported. Karroubi's political ally, former Prime Minister Mirhossein Mousavi, would also be released from house arrest in the coming months, Karroubi's son Hossein told Jamaran, a semi-official newspaper linked to moderate political factions. Karroubi, now 87, and Mousavi, 83, ran on a reformist platform in the 2009 vote that returned hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power and triggered mass rallies by protesters who said the results were rigged. Both were detained in 2011 after taking a leading role in the protests, though they were not put on trial or publicly charged. "Security officers met my father and said his arrest would be lifted today on orders of the head of the judiciary," Hossein Karroubi was quoted as saying by Jamaran, referring to Monday. He said his father had been told that security officers would be present at his home until April 8 to ensure his protection. Iran's official news agency IRNA also reported on Karroubi's release, but did not refer to Mousavi's case. Hossein Karroubi told Ensaf news last year that his father would not accept any move to lift his house arrest while Mousavi was still detained. Iran's current President, Masoud Pezeshkian, promised during his election campaign to release both politicians.
Reuters
17-03-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Iran opposition leader Karroubi to be freed from house arrest
DUBAI, March 17 (Reuters) - Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi will be released from house arrest on Monday, 14 years after he was detained for protesting against the results of presidential elections, state and semi-official media reported. Karroubi's political ally, former Prime Minister Mirhossein Mousavi, would also be released from house arrest in the coming months, Karroubi's son Hossein told Jamaran, a semi-official newspaper linked to moderate political factions. Karroubi, now 87, and Mousavi, 83, ran on a reformist platform in the 2009 vote that returned hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power and triggered mass rallies by protesters who said the results were rigged. Both were detained in 2011 after taking a leading role in the protests, though they were not put on trial or publicly charged. "Security officers met my father and said his arrest would be lifted today on orders of the head of the judiciary," Hossein Karroubi was quoted as saying by Jamaran, referring to Monday. He said his father had been told that security officers would be present at his home until April 8 to ensure his protection. Iran's official news agency IRNA also reported on Karroubi's release, but did not refer to Mousavi's case. Hossein Karroubi told Ensaf news last year that his father would not accept any move to lift his house arrest while Mousavi was still detained. Iran's current President, Masoud Pezeshkian, promised during his election campaign to release both politicians.
