Green Revolution (Iran) | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-03

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Iranian_presidential_election_protests


00:02:45 1 Background
00:02:54 1.1 Prior to 2005
00:07:23 1.2 Ahmadinejad's first term
00:09:35 1.3 The election
00:11:27 2 Timeline
00:15:53 3 Government reaction
00:16:02 3.1 Arrests
00:20:50 3.2 Militia violence
00:21:29 3.2.1 Casualties
00:23:57 3.2.2 Torture of prisoners
00:26:01 3.3 Censorship
00:26:09 3.3.1 News media
00:30:20 3.3.2 Internet censorship
00:32:38 4 Alleged foreign involvement
00:34:04 5 Statements by Iranian figures
00:34:15 5.1 Government figures
00:36:50 5.2 Candidates
00:39:01 5.3 Clerics
00:41:52 5.4 Exiled groups
00:42:46 6 Hunger strike
00:44:24 7 International response
00:47:34 8 Religion
00:49:58 9 Inspired art



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Protests against the highly controversial 2009 Iranian presidential election results (Persian: اعتراضات علیه نتایج انتخابات ریاست جمهوری سال ۱۳۸۸‎) (a disputed victory by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad), in support of opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, occurred in major cities nationwide from 2009 into early 2010. The protests were titled Iranian Green Movement (Persian: جنبش سبز‎ Jonbesh-e Sabz) by its proponents, reflecting Mousavi's campaign theme, and Persian Awakening, Persian Spring or Green Revolution, reflecting the "Persian identity" of Iranians and the  so-called "colour revolution" theme.Protests began the night of 12 June 2009, following the announcement that incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won nearly 63% of the vote, despite several reported irregularities.  However, all three opposition candidates claimed the votes were manipulated and the election was rigged, with Rezaee and Mousavi lodging official complaints. Mousavi announced he "won't surrender to this manipulation", before lodging an official appeal against the result to the Guardian Council on 14 June. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered an investigation into the claims of electoral fraud and irregularities, as requested by Green Movement leaders. Ahmadinejad called the election "completely free" and the outcome a "great victory" for Iran, dismissing the protests as akin to little more than "passions after a soccer match".Due to the sporadic cases of violence present at the protests, the government had the police and paramilitary Basij violently suppress them; protesters were beaten, pepper sprayed, arrested and tortured, and even shot in some cases. The most widely known firearm victim was Neda Agha-Soltan, whose last moments were uploaded to YouTube and broadcast around the world. Opposition groups also reported thousands more were arrested and tortured in prisons around the country, with former inmates alleging mass rape of men, women and children by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards, in prisons such as Kahrizak and Evin. The Iranian government confirmed the deaths of 36 people during the protests, while unconfirmed reports by Mousavi supporters allege at least 72 deaths (over twice as many) in the three months following the election. They claimed relatives of the deceased were forced to sign documents citing death by heart attack or meningitis. Iranian authorities closed universities in Tehran, blocked websites, cutoff mobile signals and banned rallies.The creation of the Iranian Green Movement developed during these protests. It was also termed the "Twitter Revolution", due to protesters' reliance on Twitter and other social media to communicate.