"After years of ever-escalating repression, this is a catastrophe that will be remembered for decades, if not for centuries, wrote Mir Hossein Mousavi, a former reformist presidential candidate who has been under house arrest since the aftermath of the Green Movement of 2009. How many ways must people say that they do not want this system and do not believe your lies? Enough. The game is over."
"The Iranian government claims that 3,117 people were killed during the antiestablishment protests. The government has rejected claims by the United Nations and international human rights organisations that state forces were behind the killings, which were mostly carried out on the nights of January 8 and 9. list of 3 itemsend of list The United States-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) says it has verified 6,854 deaths and is investigating 11,280 other cases."
Several former and incarcerated Iranian leaders condemned the killing of thousands during nationwide antiestablishment protests and urged security forces to stand down. The government reports 3,117 deaths and rejects UN and international human rights findings that state forces caused the killings, most occurring on January 8–9. The US-based HRANA has verified 6,854 deaths and is investigating 11,280 other cases. Mir Hossein Mousavi called for security forces to lay down arms, a constitutional referendum and a peaceful, democratic transition without foreign intervention. A group of 400 activists backed Mousavi. Jailed reformist Mostafa Tajzadeh demanded moving beyond clerical guardianship and failed clerical rule.
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