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Iran's police: Responsibility on opposition leaders' arrest lies on Supreme Leader

Iran Materials 25 December 2012 17:15 (UTC +04:00)
The responsibility of arrests of opposition leaders Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi lies on the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.
Iran's police: Responsibility on opposition leaders' arrest lies on Supreme Leader

Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 25 /Trend S. Isayev, T. Jafarov/

The responsibility of arrests of opposition leaders Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi lies on the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran's Police Chief Esmaeil Ahmadi Moghaddam said, Kayhan newspaper reported.

"Following the 2009 unrests during the presidential elections in the country, the police wanted to arrest some 40 influential figures and leaders, however the Supreme Leader did not allow Karroubi and Mousavi to be arrested," Moghaddam said.

He went on to say that if it wasn't for the Leader's decision, the police would have applied a much stricter house arrest on both Mousavi and Karroubi.

Moghaddam also recalled that during the post-election process, a total of 33 people were killed, with half of them being government supporters.

He added that during the opposition protests approximately 500 people were injured.

At Iran's 10th presidential election, held on June 12, 2009, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad run against three other candidates. IRNA news agency reported the next morning that Ahmadinejad won the election, thus becoming Iran's president for the second term.

After the elections, opposition leaders Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi issued a statement and called their supporters to protest the decision.

The reformists of the opposition during the 2009 presidential elections, said that there was vote fraud during Ahmadinejad's win, who won the elections with the help from IRGC and Basij Civil Forces.

Massive protests against the outcome of the election were met with fierce repressions, during which security forces shot and killed dozens of people and thousands were arrested.

Currently, both Mousavi and Karroubi remain under house arrest, until further notice from the government.

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