Death of Seyed Ali Mousavi

Seyed Ali Mousavi was the nephew of the 2009 Iranian presidential candidate and opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi.^[1] Ali Mousavi died on December 27, 2009 during the 2009 Iranian election protests when he was reportedly shot in either the back or the chest by security forces during demonstrations against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's contested election win.^[2]

Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, the official spokesman of Mir-Hossein Moussavi's campaign abroad, told BBC in an interview that Iranian secret police had called Seyed Ali Mousavi several times days before he was shot saying: "We will kill you."^[3]

After he died, his body was taken to Ebn-e Sina hospital, where protesters demonstrated outside. The protesters were broken up with tear gas by the Iranian security forces. It was later revealed that the government had removed his body and taken it to an undisclosed location in an attempt to crack down on the protests.^[2]^[4]

References

↑ Several killed, 300 arrested in Tehran protests CNN, December 28, 2009
1 2 Hardliners seize Mousavi corpse as Iran regime hits back, timesonline, December 29, 2009
↑ Iran reformist Mousavi's nephew 'got death threats', bbc, 29 December 2009
↑ SEVEN IRANIAN OPPOSITION LEADERS ARRESTED - SEYED ALI MOUSAVI’S BODY GOES MISSING, San Francisco Sentinel, 28 December 2009

Iranian Green Movement

Events	2009–10 Iranian election protests Timeline 2009 Iran poll protests trial 2009 Iranian university dormitory raids Death of Neda Agha-Soltan Death of Sohrab Aarabi Death of Dr. Ramin Pourandarjani The Green Scroll Campaign Death of Ayatollah Montazeri 2009 Ashura protests Death of Seyed Ali Mousavi Death of Mohsen Rouholamini 2011–12 Iranian protests Death of Sane Jaleh Death of Mohammad Mokhtari Death of Haleh Sahabi Death of Hoda Saber

Leaders	Mir-Hossein Mousavi Mehdi Karroubi Mohammad Khatami Zahra Rahnavard

Iranian presidential election, 2009 and subsequent events

Approved candidates	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Mir-Hossein Mousavi (campaign) Mohsen Rezaee Mehdi Karroubi

Proceedings	Results Stance of Marjas International reaction

Protests	Timeline of the protests 2009-2010 protests 2011 protests Death of Neda Agha-Soltan Death of Seyed Ali Mousavi Death of Dr. Ramin Pourandarjani University raids Sohrab Aarabi Post-election trial Ashura protest Execution of Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani Execution of Arash Rahmanipour

See also	Iranian Green Movement The Green Path of Hope The Green Scroll Campaign Iranian reform movement Kahrizak detention center

Mir-Hossein Mousavi

Government (1981-1989) 1997 presidential election 2009 presidential election 2009 presidential campaign 2009 Iranian election protests 2009 Iran poll protests trial 2009 Iranian university dormitory raids The Green Path of Hope Green Movement The Green Scroll Campaign

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