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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqge7YmOqXY&feature=player_embedded ** *25 Bahman Facebook page: http://facebook.com/25bahman **25 Bahman Twitter account: http://twitter.com/25bahman* *Karroubi under House Arrest, Visitors Barred, Advisers Jailed*<http://riseoftheiranianpeople.com/2011/02/10/karroubi-under-house-arrest-visitors-barred-advisers-jailed/> ** The Call to Rally: Updates on 25 Bahman/February 14<http://riseoftheiranianpeople.com/2011/02/10/the-call-to-rally-updates-on-25-bahmanfebruary-14/> Posted by Admin on February 10, 2011 Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, leaders of Irans Green Movement, have made a *courageous call*<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2011/02/greens-seek-egyptian-solidarity-march-state-media-protesters-thank-iran.html>for large solidarity marches on Monday, February 14. Although their call is ostensibly to show support for the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, in reality it is a call to reenergize the movement. It is also a shrewd tactic to put Tehrans hardliners in a tough position. If the hardliners oppose the demonstrations, their supposed support for the two revolutions will ring hollow. If they permit the demonstrations, the day may mark a show of strength for a movement that they do not fail to declare dead on a daily basis. Mousavi and Karroubi appear determined to go ahead with the demonstrations. Dr. Ardeshir Amir Arjomand, senior legal advisor to Mousavi, has *declared*<http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6430967,00.html>, There is no plan to cancel the demonstrations. The government should comply with its duty . Do they not claim that the Green Movement is dead? Do they not claim that they support the people of Egypt and Tunisia against dictatorship? This is their chance to demonstrate their honesty in supporting those who are protesting dictatorships and their claim that the Green Movement is dead. Kaleme, Mousavis website, has opened a *special page* <http://www.kaleme.com/1389/11/18/klm-46645/>for the event, reminding the readers that Article 27 of the Constitution stipulates that people can hold peaceful demonstrations, and that Article 9 states that no one can take away peoples legitimate rights in the name of independence and the countrys territorial integrity. Many university student organizations around Iran have called on people to take part in the planned demonstrations, not just in Tehran but in other cities as well. They so far include those at the University of Ashrafi Esfahani, the *University of Tehran*<http://www.advarnews.biz/university/12183.aspx>, and the Islamic Azad University campuses in *Qazvin*<http://www.emruznews.com/2011/02/post-5757.php> , *Khoramabad* <http://www.emruznews.com/2011/02/post-5755.php>,*Tehran,*<http://sahamnews.org/?p=16403>and elsewhere. Reformist political groups in Iran and their allies have also issued statements calling on the people to demonstrate on February 14. Majma Nemaayandegaan-e Advar-e Majles (the Association of Former Majles Deputies) issued a statement analyzing what has been happening in Iran ever since the 1979 Revolution, referring to Mousavi and Karroubi as freedom fighters not seditionists, *declaring* <http://sahamnews.org/?p=16352>, There is no other way for the ruling elite other than immediately granting the people their rights, and concluding, Long live the Green Movement. The countrys largest reformist group, the Islamic Iran Participation Front, which has been outlawed by the hardliners, issued a *statement*<http://norooznews.ir/news/2011/02/1/845>asking people to participate in the demonstrations. Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani appears to support the call to demonstrate. He has used his memoirs that he posts on his *website*<http://hashemirafsanjani.ir/>to send clear messages. The title of one section that concerns February 14 in the 1980s is, Meeting of the heads of the three branches of government in Mir Hossein [Mousavi's] office, reminding everyone of the importance of the former prime minister. In a statement regarding the developments in the Muslim nations that have recently witnessed mass popular uprisings, Rafsanjani was completely blunt. Referring to those countries leaders, he * wrote* <http://hashemirafsanjani.ir/?type=dynamic&lang=1&id=3518>, The crises in Tunisia and Egypt indicate that they either did not hear the voices of protest of their people, or did not want to hear them. These uprisings will not be limited to just these two nations. Thus the three leaders of the Green Movement Mousavi, Karroubi, and former President Mohammad Khatami together with Rafsanjani, continue to resist the tremendous pressure exerted on them by the hardliners. In a meeting with a group of leading reformists, Khatami repeated his minimum *conditions*<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2011/01/khatamis-sharp-sighted-strategy.html>for improvement in the nations political state, namely, release of the political prisoners, freedom of the press and political groups, and free and democratic elections. He *declared*<http://www.kaleme.com/1389/11/18/klm-46687/>, One can tolerate hunger, but not dictatorship. There is also a wave of support in cyberspace. There are pages on *Facebook*<http://www.facebook.com/25bahman>and *Twitter* <http://twitter.com/25bahman> calling on everybody both to take part in the demonstrations and to spread the word about them. All sorts of banners have already been designed for the occasion and posted on the Internet; see, for example, *here* <http://i51.tinypic.com/2eapkev.jpg> and *here* <http://iranonly.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/569/>. People have been asked to bring *posters and placards*<http://azarakan.blogspot.com/2011/02/blog-post_6035.html>in different languages to the demonstrations. There is a *call to demonstrate* <http://tweatter.blogspot.com/2011/02/22.html> until victory is achieved. *YouTube*<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9wbfWrdvJo&feature=related>is buzzing with all sorts of video clips of last years demonstrations and summons to the ones next Monday. There is even a post that excitedly * predicts*<http://www.weather.com/weather/extended/IRXX0018?par=yahoo&site=www.yahoo.com&promo=extendedforecast&cm_ven=Yahoo&cm_cat=www.yahoo.com&cm_pla=forecastpage&cm_ite=CityPage>good weather for Tehran on February 14. As usual, the hardliners have reacted angrily to the call by Mousavi and Karroubi. *According* <http://kayhannews.ir/891118/2.HTM#other209> to * Kayhan,* the mouthpiece of a faction among the security and intelligence forces, The reformist leaders know that they cannot revive their sedition and chaos, and their request [for a demonstration permit] is to show that they are not totally powerless. Friday, February 11, is the 32d anniversary of the Iranian Revolution. In a joint statement commemorating the event, Mousavi and Karroubi *declared*<http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=493917232605&id=45061919453>that Iran is run by hooligans, and that the political condition of the country is such that the danger exists of reproducing the same type of relations [between citizens and rulers] that existed during the Shah . The government is hiding behind religion and warns people that if it is removed from power religion will be destroyed, whereas what has hurt religion most is the oppressive and anti-religion behavior of the ruling elite. Tuesday was the *40th anniversary*<http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/indepth/siahkal_40th_aniv.shtml>of the Siahkal event, in which members of the Organization of Peoples Fedayeen Guerrillas attacked a police station in Siahkal in northern Iran to free a comrade who had been arrested. The Marxist organization was formed from the merger of two smaller groups, one led by *Bijan Jazani*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijan_Jazani> and *Hassan Zia Zarifi* <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Zia-Zarifi>, the other by *Masoud Ahmadzadeh*<http://www.flickr.com/photos/39549222@N05/4502871047/>and *Amir Parviz Pouyan* <http://www.flickr.com/photos/39549222@N05/4502870741/>. Jazani and Zarifi were*murdered*<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2010/04/april-19-1975.html>by agents of the SAVAK, the Shahs dreaded security organization, in April 1975, while the other two were killed in May 1971 and March 1972, respectively. The Siahkal event represented the beginning of armed struggle by guerrilla groups against the regime of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. Although they did not directly achieve their goal of overthrowing the Shah, they did pave the way for the 1979 Revolution. Whether large demonstrations and marches will break out on February 14 remains to be seen, in view of the harsh crackdown on the supporters of the democratic movement. Regardless, Mousavi and Karroubi have already scored an important psychological victory by energizing the Green Movement. This article will be periodically updated as more news about the upcoming demonstrations is received. *** *Updates Wednesday, 20 Bahman/February 9* Political prisoners in Rajaei Shahr prison in Karaj have issued a *statement * <http://www.daneshjoonews.com/news/politics/5685-1389-11-20-17-04-00.html>supporting the call for solidarity marches and demonstrations on February 14. The Muslim Student Association of Shahr Kord University issued a strong * statement*<http://www.daneshjoonews.com/news/student/5676-1389-11-20-12-06-20.html>, supporting the call for February 14. Students of the Karaj campus of Islamic Azad University also issued a *statement*<http://www.emruznews.com/2011/02/post-5766.php>calling for participation in the marches. In an interview with the *New York Times,* Mehdi Karroubi *said*<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/09/world/middleeast/09iran.html>that the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt have rejuvenated Irans democratic movement. He said that if the marches are held, the world will see that the Green Movement is alive and well and its true strength will be exhibited. It will also test the regime. In the first official reaction to the call for solidarity marches, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei, Irans chief prosecutor, *said*<http://www.rahesabz.net/story/32127/>, If someone really want to support the uprisings of the people of Tunisia and Egypt, he can join the [state-sponsored] demonstrations on February 11, the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution. Of those calling for an independent demonstration of February 14, he said, These people have separated their path from that of the people and they want to divide the people of Iran. Brigadier General Hossein Hamadani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Mohammad Rasoulallah Division, whose mission is to defend Tehran, declared that the Guards will strongly confront any attempt by the Green Movement to demonstrate. He *said*<http://www.radiofarda.com/content/o2_irgc_warns_opposition_against_rally/2304137.html>, The seditionists should know that we no longer consider them as people who were fooled and protested the result of the [2009] election. We consider them as anti-revolutionaries and spies and will confront them. 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