Fear People’s Wrath Not Us

Mir-Hossein Mousavi issued a response to the increasing security measures imposed against him, including preventing people and political personalities from meeting with him. The wartime prime minister announced, “Security measures will not solve the problems of those in power.” Mousavi also advised the regime to fear people’s wrath, not him.

News reports of the detention and interrogation of people wishing to visit Mousavi surfaced while the Tehran police chief announced that the participants in the siege against Mehdi Karoubi’s house will be prosecuted.

Mehdi Karoubi’s house was under siege since about two weeks ago by forces described by those close to Mr. Karoubi as agents of the regime.

Yesterday, the website kalame, which reflects Mir-Hossein Mousavi’s views, reported, “For the past few weeks, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s security forces prevent people and public figures from visiting Mr. Mousavi in his office. They detain and release the visitors after several hours of interrogation, or take them to detention centers to obtain written pledges from them not to visit again.”

Meanwhile, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who continues to opposed the fraudulent June 2010 presidential election warned that security measures will not solve the problems of those in power and claimed that the green movement is so entrenched that it will not stop with the elimination of figures like him.

Noting the attacks on his campaign team, which began on the evening of the June 12 election day, Mousavi said, “Aside from plenty of other evidence and documentation, the objective of those who committed fraud in the election became very clear to all when they attacked the election headquarters before the votes were counted and arrested revolutionary and political figures on the day after the elections and the days that followed. Fortunately, they made it much easier for the public to make a judgment with their mishap in releasing two tapes of speeches by one of their ‘commanders in charge.’ In any event, the restrictions and abuses have continued since then with their ebbs and flows.”

Mousavi argued that imposing more pressure and even eliminating the opposition movement’s leaders cannot stop the movement: “If last year the slogan, ‘Where is my Vote’ was able to bring together millions of peaceful citizens together on June 15, 18 and 20, today there is a higher chance of unpredictable events taking place thanks to the oppressive policies of the government over the past year, the unacceptable living conditions of our citizens, and the international pressure in response to our adventurous policies. Myself and my brother Karoubi and others are humble companions of the people. They should fear people’s wrath not us.”