Iran's opposition leaders Mir Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi have appealed to the Iranian Interior Ministry with a request to allow to hold rally in support of the peoples of Egypt and Tunisia on Feb.14. They plan to hold rallies in the squares of Imam Hussein and Azadlig, the Iranian opposition's information agency rah-e-sabz (Green Way) reported.
Last month, Tunis observed a series of statements and dissatisfaction with the government, which has led to that President Zeynal Abidin Ben Ali was forced to leave the country. The people were dissatisfied with the sharp increase in food prices and low living standards of the general public. The provision of basic economic rights also was among the requirements of the Tunisian people was. Tunisians protested the regime of President, who has not kept the promises on reforms and improving the social status of the population.
One of the biggest anti-government protests over the past decade is ongoing in Egypt. Thousands of people in different cities across the country went to the streets demanding the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak and dissolve of the parliament. Fearing a repeat scenario of the Tunisia, the Egyptian authorities dispersed the protesters with tear gas. Thousands of protesters were arrested following several days of unrests. Some 300 people died and more than 4,000 people got injured as a result.