Arrested Iranian opposition leader may be arrested
Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi , who has been under house arrest after he protested the results of 2009 presidential election, may be released in the near future, ISNA quoted Vice President of the Etemad Melli political party Rasoul Montajabnia as saying.
Karroubi is the leader of the Etemad Melli political party.
Montajabnia said that certain measures have been taken towards releasing Karroub, adding that surely these measures will bear fruit and Karroubi will resume activity in the political party.
After the presidential elections in May 2009, Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad's rivals Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi claimed
large irregularities in the results. Millions of Iranians also
protested against the results.
According to the official results Mousavi gathered 13 million votes
against Ahmadinejad's 24.5 milion votes.
Mousavi and Karroubi have been under house arrest after the
elections.
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