Mousavi’s threat to resign was ignored, but within a year, he was shuffled aside from Iran’s political scene, spending the next two decades painting, reading and lecturing at universities ...

He has been injured many times protecting Mousavi. The arrest, apparently made at midnight on Saturday, May 15, was announced by Mousavi's website, Kalameh, on Tuesday.

Without Mousavi, it's likely to go on UNLESS it is radicalized, alienating a large portion of its members. Can we stay positive for once? Sepand / December 16, 2009 6:39 PM.

Mousavi's wife, Zahra Rahnavard, is a well-known figure in Iran who played an important role in his campaign before the disputed June 12 election.

There are ample signs that Mir Hossein Mousavi's rebel stature is being eroded by his hesitation to shift from campaigner to street agitator as his supporters challenge security forces.