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Rouhani administration on defensive over house arrests

The recent heart troubles of opposition leader Mir Hussein Mousavi has put the Rouhani administration on the defensive over its progress on the continuing house arrests.
Former Prime Minister and Iran's upcoming presidential election candidate Mirhossein Mousavi looks on as he speaks to his supporters at an election campaign at a cultural centre in southern Tehran, May 30, 2009. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR243BN
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After reports emerged that one of the Green Movement leaders under house arrest had been checked into a hospital with heart trouble, in separate statements, President Hassan Rouhani and his spokesman defended the administration’s efforts to address the situation of the leaders in detention.

Yesterday, April 29, Narges Mousavi, the daughter of 2009 presidential candidate Mir Hussein Mousavi, tweeted that her father had been admitted to the hospital due to heart trouble. Opposition website Kalame, which is associated with Mousavi, then confirmed the report. Zahra Mousavi, Mousavi’s other daughter, told Kalame that Mousavi began feeling ill last Friday and was finally moved to Tehran’s heart center on Tuesday to undergo an angiography.

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