You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Iranian Lawmakers Call for Execution of Opposition Leaders

HeadlineFeb 15, 2011

Opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi in Iran were placed under house arrest ahead of Monday’s protests. Earlier today, a large group of lawmakers called for their execution. Press TV has aired video of lawmakers chanting, “Moussavi, Karroubi… execute them.” The security crackdown in Iran comes just days after the Iranian government claimed to support the popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. Meanwhile, protests continue across the Arab world.

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top