Madagaskar

„Das Problem ist, dass wir niemanden haben, der uns führt. Wir warten auf eine neue Botschaft, aber Mussawi will nicht weitermachen, weil er im Grunde Teil des Systems ist. Die Leute sind wütend und haben Angst. Sie haben Angst vor der Zukunft, und sie sind wütend, weil sie mit ihrer Stimme keinen Wechsel herbeiführen konnten.“

„Wir sind überrascht über Herrn Obama. Sagten sie nicht, es gehe ihm um einen Wandel? Warum hat er sich eingemischt? (…) Ganz klar, sie haben einen Fehler gemacht.“

"While most of the world’s attention is focused on thebeatings in the streets of Iran during the day, the Basijis are carrying outbrutal raids on people’s apartments during the night. Witnesses are telling us that theBasijis are trashing entire streets and even neighborhoods as well asindividual homes trying to stop the nightly rooftop protest chants."

“I remind the council that this evil phenomenon – that the authorities in charge of providing order and security use plainclothes agents among their forces – proves that the armed forces are aware of the contradiction between their actions and their legal duties; therefore, that they are not willing to be associated with such appalling acts.” Mousavi then asked the council to take immediate action to stop these individuals.

In the Name of the God, The Compassionate, The Merciful

Dear compatriots, Honorable Iranians living abroad,
Your widespread and energetic presence in this year’s 22 Khordad elections is indicative of your ties to our beloved Iran, and your admirable worries about the future of your country, and as I mentioned to you in my election message, Iran belongs to all Iranians and all layers of the populous are responsible for its future, and enjoy the same rights in it.

I feel obliged to thank you for your epic presence in determining the future of your country. Your widespread welcoming of these elections and your green and energetic presence at the ballot boxes was so large that it even forced the government and the organizers of the elections to admit to a 300% increase in the participation of Iranians in the tenth presidential elections outside of the country. Your trust in this insignificant civil servant and your decisive vote for me in most of the voting stations outside of the country has placed a heavy burden on my shoulders.

I would like to give you my assurance that I remain true to my existing pact with you and all layers of the great people of Iran, and using all legal avenues will demand your deserved rights that have been violated at the ballot boxes.

Unfortunately, as you witness in the international media, contrary to the letter of the constitution, and the stated freedoms in the Islamic Republic, all my communication with the people and you has been cut off, and people’s peaceful objections are being crushed. The national media which is being financed with public funds, with a revolting misrepresentation is changing the truth, and labels the peaceful march of close to three million people as anarchist, and the media that are being controlled by the government have become the mouthpiece of those who have stolen the people’s votes.

I’d like to thank you again for your peaceful objections which have received widespread coverage across the world, and would like to ask you that by using all legal channels, and by remaining faithful to the sacred system of the Islamic Republic, to make sure that your objections are heard by the authorities in the country.

I am fully aware that your justified demands have nothing to do with groups who do not believe in the sacred Islamic Republic of Iran’s system. It is up to you to distance yourself from them, and do not allow them to misuse the current situation.

Mir Hossein Mousavi 1388/4/3

“There is no doubt that any direct dialogue or diplomacy with Iran is going to be affected by the events of the last several weeks and we don’t yet know how any potential dialogue will have been affected until we see what has happened inside of Iran. There are going to be discussions that continue on the international stage around Iran’s nuclear program. I think the direct dialogue between the United States and Iran and how that proceeds, I think we’re going to have to see how that plays itself out in the days and weeks ahead.

I don’t take Mr. Ahmadinejad’s statements seriously about apologies, particularly given the fact that the United States has gone out of its way not to interfere with the election process in Iran."

The U.S. leader praised Iranian protesters, saying: “Their bravery in the face of brutality is a testament to their enduring pursuit of justice. The violence perpetrated against them is outrageous.” He said Ahmadinejad’s chief rival, former Prime Minister Mirhossein Mousavi, had “captured the imagination” of Iranians who want to open up to the West.

“Iran’s possession of nuclear weapons will trigger an arms race in the Middle East that would be bad … for the security of the entire region,” Obama said.“So even as we clearly speak out in a unified voice in opposition to the violence that’s taken place in Iran, we also have to be steady in recognizing that the prospect of Iran with a nuclear weapon is a big problem.”