Middle East
Political prisoners: ‘Don’t give legitimacy to elections’
Iranians are witnessing an undeclared martial law in their country, according to a group of political prisoners held in the notorious Evin Prison. In a statement published on Wednesday on Kaleme, an opposition website affiliated with Green Movement leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, the 39 political detainees said that the forthcoming parliamentary elections in March 2012 would "bear no resemblance to the elections mentioned in the country s constitution."
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8 more arrested as regime step up crackdown ahead of 14 Feb rally
As Iran's opposition Green Movement gears up for a new round of demonstrations on 14 February, authorities have launched a fresh wave of arrest against journalists, politicians and activists including close associates and relatives of opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and his wife Zahra Rahnavard.