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He played his cards very carefully, cautiously and kept the faith. Mir-Hossein Mousavi, one of the founding fathers of the Islamic Republic of Iran, dutiful foot-soldier and one of its first prime ministers stayed the course. He had a near comeback in 2009. Embracing a gentle message of reform within the system, the unlikely rock star politician excited the masses.
During his run, young people turned out onto the streets in numbers – waving green flags – cheering the old time regime stalwart, supporting his message of change just short of revolution. When the presidential election was ultimately called for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, there were large protests and cries that votes were stolen. The demonstrations were brutally put down and Mousavi, the people’s new hero, was locked into his home and the regime effectively threw away the key.
And suddenly – nearly 13 years into his house arrest and effective silence – Mousavi smuggled out a message. A much different one this time. It is lengthy, granular, critical and calls for an end to the Islamic Republic regime. A regime, he says, that has relied on repressive measures, failed to uphold people’s rights, created enemies around the world and all but collapsed the economy.
Mir Hossein Mousavi, a reformist candidate in Iran’s presidential elections in 2009, waves to supporters during a campaign rally in Karaj, Iran on June 6, 2009. (Ramin Talaie/Corbis via Getty Images)
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“He notes the vast majority of the Iranian people and especially the Iranian intellectuals no longer want the ‘Velayat e Faqih’ (the system of supreme rule by an Ayatollah) or an Islamic Republic,” Mousavi’s chief adviser tells Fox News about this call for a whole new constitution in Iran.
“This regime can no longer respond to the demands of the Iranian people,” said Ardechir AmirArjomand. “The regime does not respect anything,” he says. “It is a totalitarian…
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