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A former reformist leader wants the Islamic Republic gone while lawmakers wish to see an ex-president executed.

Tehran, Iran – Several of Iran’s former leaders, including some who are currently imprisoned or under house arrest, hav…

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…

The United States-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) says it has verified 6,854 deaths and is investigati…

“After years of ever-escalating repression, this is a catastrophe that will be remembered for decades, if not for centu…

“How many ways must people say that they do not want this system and do not believe your lies?

Enough.

” Mousavi told state forces to “put down your guns and step aside from power so that the nation itself can bring this l…

He said that Iran is need of a constitutional referendum and a peaceful, democratic transition of power.

A group of 400 activists, including figures from inside and outside the country, backed Mousavi’s statement.

Mostafa Tajzadeh, a prominent jailed former reformist politician, said that he wants Iran to “move beyond the wretched …

In a short statement from prison last week, he said this would be contingent upon the “resistance, wisdom, and responsi…

‘Major reforms’ Other former heavyweights have heavily criticised Iran’s current course, but have avoided calling for t…

Former President Hassan Rouhani, who many believe is eyeing a potential future return to power, last week gathered his …

He acknowledged that Iranians have been protesting for a variety of reasons over the past four decades, and insisted th…

Rouhani added that the establishment must hold public votes on major topics, including foreign policy and the ailing ec…

Mohammad Khatami, the reformist cleric who was president from 1997 to 2005, adopted a softer tone and said violence der…

He wrote in a statement that Iran must “return to a forgotten republicanism, and an Islamism that embraces republicanis…

Mehdi Karroubi, another senior reformist cleric who had his house arrest lifted less than a year ago after 15 years, ca…

“The wretched state of Iran today is the direct result of Mr.

Khamenei’s destructive domestic and international interventions and policies,” he wrote, in reference to Supreme Leader…

Karroubi noted one prominent example as the 86-year-old leader’s “insistence on the costly and futile nuclear project a…

Political prisoners rearrested Three prominent Iranian former political prisoners were arrested and taken to prison by …

The Fars news agency, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said the reason for the arrests of …

Mahmoudian is a journalist and activist, and co-writer of the Oscar-nominated political drama movie, It Was Just an Acc…

Momeni and Rabani are also political activists who have previously been arrested by the Iranian establishment multiple …

The three were among 17 human rights defenders, filmmakers and civil society activists, including Nobel Peace Prize lau…

“The mass killing of justice seekers who courageously protested this illegitimate system was an organised state crime a…

The activists called for holding a referendum and constituent assembly to allow Iranians to democratically decide their…

Hardliners incensed In hardline-dominated circles and among their affiliated media, the mood has been entirely differen…

On Sunday, lawmakers in parliament donned the uniforms of the IRGC, which was last week designated a “terrorist” organi…

They chanted “Death to America” and promised they would seek out European military attaches working at embassies in Teh…

Nasrollah Pejmanfar, a cleric who represents northeast Mashhad in the parliament, told a public session of parliament o…

“Today is the time for the ‘major reform’, which is arresting and executing you,” he said, addressing Rouhani.

Amirhossein Sabeti, another firebrand lawmaker, condemned the government of President Masoud Pezeshkian – but not Khame…

“Today, the people of Iran are waiting for a pre-emptive attack on Israel and US bases in the region, not talks from a …