2009 Iranian presidential election protests
Protests against the results of the controversial 2009 Iranian presidential election (Persian: اعتراضات علیه نتایج انتخابات ریاست جمهوری سال ۱۳۸۸), a controversial victory by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad happened in major cities nationwide from 2009 into early 2010.[1]
The protests were titled the Iranian Green Movement (Persian: جنبش سبز Jonbesh-e Sabz) by its supporters and Persian Awakening, Persian Spring or Green Revolution.[2][3][4]
Protests began the night of 12 June 2009. Ahmadinejad called the protests a little more than "passions after a soccer match".[5]
The Iranian government confirmed the deaths of 36 people during the protests,[6] while unconfirmed reports by Mousavi supporters allege at least 72 deaths (over twice as many) in the three months following the election.
2009 Iranian Presidential Election Protests Media
Protesters mobilising in Tehran before mass protests on 13 June
A bus burns on the streets of downtown Tehran as protesters cycle by on 13 June
Former vice-president Mohammad-Ali Abtahi was among those arrested on 16 June, according to Reuters.
Riot police blocking a street in Tehran
Silent demonstration from Hafte Tir Square to Enqelab Square, on Karim Khan Zand Street and Karim Khan Zand Bridge. Tehran, 16 June 2009
Presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi and his wife, Zahra Rahnavard in the protests of 15 June which recorded as the biggest unrest since the 1979 revolution
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References
- ↑ Iran election protests turn violent. CNN. 13 June 2009. http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/13/iran.election/index.html. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
- ↑ I speak for Mousavi. And Iran by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, The Guardian, 19 June 2009
- ↑ Fars News Agency. Fars News. 22 June 2009. http://english.farsnews.com. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
- ↑ Yarshater, Ehsan Persia or Iran, Persian or Farsi Archived 2010-10-24 at the Wayback Machine, Iranian Studies, vol. XXII no. 1 (1989)
- ↑ "Iranian leader: Fiery clashes over election 'not important'". USA Today. 14 June 2009. https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-06-13-iran-vote-saturday_N.htm. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
- ↑ Iran official says 36 killed in post-vote unrest. 10 September 2009. https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j8GPoWmrf2qerPWQNHb8Z9eGjT3Q. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
