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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 have reported.
Karroubi’s political ally, former Prime Minister Mirhossein Mousavi, will 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.
Reuters explained that Karroubi, now 87, and Mousavi, 83, ran on a reformist platform in the 2009 vote that returned hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power and triggered mass rallies by protesters who said that the results were rigged. Both were detained in 2011 after taking a leading role in the protests, although they were not put on trial or charged publicly.
“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 that his father had been told that security officers would be present at his home until 8 April 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 last year to release both politicians.
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