Mousavi’s New Statement; Another Attempt at Peace

Daily Nite Owl ^ | Jan. 2, 2010

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Mir Hossein Mousavi today released a new statement denouncing the regime’s brutal tactics against the Green Movement ...

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While the statement is quite similar to other statements he has released in the past, several points on closer inspection stand out.

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... Mousavi for the first time actually discounts his own influence and that of Mehdi Karroubi. He admits that even though people asked him to call for protests or at least lend his support, he did not do so in the case of Ashura. He also acknowledges the fact that people came out without him calling them to come out.

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The Green Movement has indeed partially spiraled out of the hands of Karroubi and Mousavi. What this could achieve cannot be easily quantified or qualified, but it is important as the movement will continue to live on even if Mousavi and Karroubi are no longer alive. And Mousavi acknowledges it by saying that he is ready to die alongside other members of the movement, knowing that the movement would continue even with his absence.

But there were three very important new points that I noticed in his speech that I had formerly not seen – or at least not together.

First off, Mousavi openly speaks out against the IRGC. It is no secret that the IRGC has been one the driving forces behind the suppression of peaceful protesters and the main source of Ali Khamenei and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s power. Along the Basij – which falls under its command – they have been responsible for most of the bloodshed on the streets of Iran during protests. He ridicules the IRGC, possibly sending a message to his supporters that they can now openly denounce the IRGC as well as Basij.

[April Lexington]

Somebody.... PLEASE liberate Persia from the stench of Islam. This is another example of desecration of a World Heritage element. Persian culture is thousands of years old and is FAR more precious and far richer and deeper than any made up religion. These thugs should be shown the door (or the gallows) and Persia restored to its rightful place as preeminent culture on Earth. LIBERATE Persia!