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Dateline: Iran. Mousavi Art.

Mir-Hossein Mousavi (Khameneh), The Queen's Park, 1972, Grey Art Gallery, New York University Art CollectionBy Mark Kaufman

I was up until 3am PST last night watching a live broadcast of the Ayatollah Khamenei speech at Tehran University last night. Reports breaking a while ago are that those close to Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi have been arrested, and his contact with the outside world has been restricted. I do not know much about Iran, Iranian politics or what will happen after Khameni's hard line stance, but I now know that Mousavi is an artist and an architect in addition to being a politician and revolutionary. Go here and here for interesting articles on Mousavi.

Posted on Friday, June 19, 2009 at 03:15PM by Registered CommenterMark Kaufman in | Comments2 Comments

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I'm an Iranian and i'm proud of him . thank you for your attention
October 28, 2009 | Unregistered Commentermostafa javadi
You're welcome Mostafa. Thanks for reminding me, Americans seem to have short memories, myself included, you have reminded me to check in on the status of Mr. Mousavi.

Cheers.
October 28, 2009 | Registered CommenterMark Kaufman

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