Former Iranian PM Mousavi, under house arrest, tests positive for COVID-19
Former Prime Minister and opposition figure Mir Hossein Mousavi and his wife have remained under house arrest since 2011.
Foremer Iranian Prime Minister and opposition figure Mir Hossein Mousavi and his wife have contracted COVID-19 while under house arrest, a pro-reform website reported on Sunday, as the country records a worrying uptick in new coronavirus cases.
Mousavi, 79, and activist Zahra Rahnavard "were examined by a doctor at their home … and their general state of health is good," said opposition website Kaleme.
Security forces put Mousavi and Rahnavard under house arrest nearly a decade ago following the mass protests across Iran known as the Green Movement. Mousavi ran a Reformist campaign to unseat incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose reelection sparked the country’s biggest unrest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Former Reformist candidate Mehdi Karroubi was also placed under house arrest in 2011. Iran’s current president, Hassan Rouhani, has since failed to deliver on pledges made during his 2013 and 2017 campaigns to end the trio’s arbitrary detention.
