Iran - End arbitrary house arrests of Mousavi, Karroubi, and Rahnavard; free all prisoners of conscience

Reporters without borders

Beirut, London, Paris, February 13, 2013) - The Iranian authorities should immediately release from arbitrary house arrest two former presidential candidates Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi, his wife Zahra Rahnavard, author and political activist, and cease harassing or detaining without cause the couple's two daughters and Mehdi Karroubi's son, said the Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi and six leading human rights bodies. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Reporters Without (...)

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