"First, they used the government's endless resources to campaign for
Ahmadinejad. Then, they turned the election results upside-down with
extensive rigging."
Then, "they set upon the members of my campaign headquarters with electric batons".
Then, "instead of authorizing marches and rallies by the people who do not consider Ahmadinejad their legitimate president, they militarized the country's atmosphere and, as if they were taking part in a coup, they shot and killed some people in the streets in the most heartrending way. They wounded, detained and tortured thousands of people. And they did not even inform the families of those who had been martyred, wounded or detained of the fate of their loved ones."
And "they blocked all the media via which I could communicate with society".
And "even if anyone just wrapped a strip of green cloth around their wrist, they were beaten up".
"They asked me to forego my personal right. The election is not a personal issue and I cannot strike a deal or back down on the rights of the people and their trampled votes."
"What has happened is more than the imposition of an unwanted government on a nation. It is the imposition of a new kind of political life on the country. In short, Iran's situation today is as follows:
"People's votes have been stolen.
"There is a government without political legitimacy.
"The people have been ill-treated and insulted.
"Young people have been wounded, detained and tortured.
"Blood has been spilt.
"Pens have been broken.
"Newspapers have been shut.
"There is the kind of security atmosphere that follows a coup.
"People feel extensively and bitterly mistrustful."
We declare that:
1."Most of Iranian society, of which I, Mir-Hossein Musavi am a member, do not accept the Iranian government's political legitimacy." And we call on the people of the world to join the Iranian people in not giving official recognition to the illegitimate Ahmadinejad government.
2."We want to stop the military and security measures of the illegitimate government of Iran." And we call on the world's free nations and governments and political organizations and defenders of human rights to support the people of Iran in order to prevent the killing, detention and torture of a people who are being crushed because they wanted to determine their own fate via the ballot box.
Then, "they set upon the members of my campaign headquarters with electric batons".
Then, "instead of authorizing marches and rallies by the people who do not consider Ahmadinejad their legitimate president, they militarized the country's atmosphere and, as if they were taking part in a coup, they shot and killed some people in the streets in the most heartrending way. They wounded, detained and tortured thousands of people. And they did not even inform the families of those who had been martyred, wounded or detained of the fate of their loved ones."
And "they blocked all the media via which I could communicate with society".
And "even if anyone just wrapped a strip of green cloth around their wrist, they were beaten up".
"They asked me to forego my personal right. The election is not a personal issue and I cannot strike a deal or back down on the rights of the people and their trampled votes."
"What has happened is more than the imposition of an unwanted government on a nation. It is the imposition of a new kind of political life on the country. In short, Iran's situation today is as follows:
"People's votes have been stolen.
"There is a government without political legitimacy.
"The people have been ill-treated and insulted.
"Young people have been wounded, detained and tortured.
"Blood has been spilt.
"Pens have been broken.
"Newspapers have been shut.
"There is the kind of security atmosphere that follows a coup.
"People feel extensively and bitterly mistrustful."
We declare that:
1."Most of Iranian society, of which I, Mir-Hossein Musavi am a member, do not accept the Iranian government's political legitimacy." And we call on the people of the world to join the Iranian people in not giving official recognition to the illegitimate Ahmadinejad government.
2."We want to stop the military and security measures of the illegitimate government of Iran." And we call on the world's free nations and governments and political organizations and defenders of human rights to support the people of Iran in order to prevent the killing, detention and torture of a people who are being crushed because they wanted to determine their own fate via the ballot box.
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