The two opposition leaders reformist Iranian Mehdi Mir Hossein Moussavi and Karoubi and their wives, were arrested and transferred to a prison in Tehran, reported Monday, February 28 and their websites Kalemie Sahamnews without giving further details . "According to information from reliable sources, the arrest and transfer to the prison in Tehran Heshmatieh are some, but when it happened is still uncertain," said Kalemie.
The semi-official Fars news agency reported, meanwhile, a judicial source denied the arrests. Former Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi and former parliament speaker Mehdi Karoubi, became the main reformist opposition figures since the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad challenged in June 2009, had been placed under house arrest after having called for a event, not authorized by the Government on 14 February.
They were totally cut off from the world last week, security forces evacuated their homes and investing all their relatives, their security guards. The authority accused the two men and their supporters of being "cons-revolutionaries", ranking them among the opposition groups who claim the fall of the Islamic regime.
The head of the judiciary, Sadegh Larijani, accused of "betrayal" and said they would made it impossible to speak. At the call sites of MM. Moussavi and Karoubi, several thousand people took to the streets Feb. 14 to attend an antigovernment protest, the first since a year. The sites of the opposition have called for new protests on March 1 to protest against the treatment of the two opponents.
The former reformist president Mohammad Khatami also called for the end of the regime of house arrest imposed on them. 
The semi-official Fars news agency reported, meanwhile, a judicial source denied the arrests. Former Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi and former parliament speaker Mehdi Karoubi, became the main reformist opposition figures since the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad challenged in June 2009, had been placed under house arrest after having called for a event, not authorized by the Government on 14 February.
They were totally cut off from the world last week, security forces evacuated their homes and investing all their relatives, their security guards. The authority accused the two men and their supporters of being "cons-revolutionaries", ranking them among the opposition groups who claim the fall of the Islamic regime.
The head of the judiciary, Sadegh Larijani, accused of "betrayal" and said they would made it impossible to speak. At the call sites of MM. Moussavi and Karoubi, several thousand people took to the streets Feb. 14 to attend an antigovernment protest, the first since a year. The sites of the opposition have called for new protests on March 1 to protest against the treatment of the two opponents.
The former reformist president Mohammad Khatami also called for the end of the regime of house arrest imposed on them.
- Mirhossein Mousavi And Mehdi Karoubi, Iran Opposition Leaders, Arrested: Reports (28/02/2011)
- Iran's judiciary denies arrest of opposition leaders: report - Reuters (28/02/2011)
- Son of Iran opposition leader Karoubi arrested: website (22/02/2011)
- Iran arrests two opposition leaders: opposition website (28/02/2011)
- Iranian Forces Clash With Protesters (01/03/2011)
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