The
“people in the streets”:
“Iran
Azad!”
“Where Is
My Vote?”
“Ya
Hossein, Mir Hossein!”
“Zende
baad Karroubi! Payande baad Moussavi Khamenei!” (Long Live Karroubi! Long
endure Moussavi Khamenei!)
“We Want
Another Revolution!”
“Allahu
Akbar!” (God is great!; a revolution-era slogan)
“Marg bar
Diktador!” (Death to the Dictator!; at first for Ahmadi Nejad, now for
Khamenei)
“Marg bar
Khamenei!” (Death to [Supreme Leader] Khamenei!)
“Velayet-e
faqih morde ast” (Velayet-e faqih is Dead!)
“Marg bar
Velayet e faqih!” (Death to the rule of the [clerical] jurist)
“Marg bar
Basiji!” (Death to the Basiji!)
“Mojtaba,
[Khamenei] die and never get to be the leader.”
“We don’t want an Islamic regime!”
“We don’t want an Islamic regime!”
“Esteghlal! Azadi! Jomhuri-ye Irani!” (Independence! Freedom!
Iranian Republic!)
“Not for
Gaza, not for Lebanon, I give my life for Iran!”
“Change
Not Reform!”
“Marg bar
hijab e ejbari!” (Death to forced hijab!)
“Death to
the Taliban — in Kabul and Tehran!”
“Khamenei
is a murderer, his leadership is invalid!”
“We are an
Aryan race, religion and politics don’t mix!”
“Azadi!
Azadi! Faryade had Irani!” (Freedom! Freedom! This is the cry of every
Iranian!)
“Zende
baad Azadi!” (Long live Freedom!)
“I am an
Iranian before I am a Muslim, but more importantly I am a human before I am an
Iranian.”
“Every
Iranian is a leader.”
“Na Ghaza,
na Lobnan; Tunis o Misr o Iran!” (Not Gaza, not Lebanon; Tunisia and Egypt and
Iran)
“Mubarak,
Ben Ali, Nobateh Seyyed Ali!” (Mubarak, Ben Ali, Now [it’s your turn] Seyed
Ali!)
“Diktador
farar kon! Mubarak ro negah kon!” (Dictator, run! Look at Mubarak!)
“Nezami
joda sho! Ba mellat hamseda sho!” (Military, separate! Join your voice with the
nation's!)
“Azadi!
Azadi! Azadi!”, sometimes interspersed with drum beats.
“Political
prisoners must be freed!”
“Iranians
with dignity, Support! Support!”
“Tehran or
Cairo, the dictators got to go!”
“Marg bar
to!” (Death to you!), referring to the leaders of the regime.
“Pitiful
dictator, the Green Movement is Alive!”
“I will
kill, I will kill, he who killed my brother!”
“Don’t be
afraid! Don’t be afraid! We are all together!”
“Death to
the entire Supreme Leader Regime!”
“Death to
despots, whether in Cairo or Tehran!”
“What
happened to the oil money? It went to the Basijis!”
"Khamenei
haya kon! Mubarak ro negah kon!" (Khamenei, have some shame! Look at
Mubarak!)
“Referendum!
Referendum!”
They also
sing the nationalist songs “Ey Iran” and “Yare Dabestani”.
Khatami,
Moussavi, and Karroubi:
“The role
of the press is to be a sounding board for the views of the people. The
people’s views are identical to those of Islam and of Imam Khomeini.” –
Mohammad Khatami, upon leaving Kayhan to be Minister of Culture and
Islamic Guidance at the height of the Iranian Cultural Revolution, November
1982 (Aban 1361)
“Anyone
can think whatever he wants in his heart, but if he speaks out, or acts against
the revolution, he will see the regime fighting him with all its strength.” –
Mir Hossein Moussavi Khamenei, then Prime Minister, September 1983 (Shahrivar
1362)
“Some
unidentified people and even counter-revolutionaries make baseless statements
against the political establishment, its organs, and officials, and are
accepted by him [i.e., Grand Ayatollah Montazeri], [to the extent
that] he becomes their spokesman, and repeats the same in
his [public] speeches and messages...” – letter signed by Mehdi
Karroubi, along with two others, condemning Grand Ayatollah Hussein Ali
Montazeri, for publicly speaking out against the massacre of imprisoned
dissidents in 1988 (1367)
“They had
plans to perpetrate killings and massacres. We had to crush the conspiracy
... in that respect we have no mercy.” – Mir Hossein Moussavi Khamenei to an
Austrian reporter on the victims of the prison massacres, December 1988 (Azar
1367)
“I assure
you that we will defend the integrity and honor of the sacred system of the
Islamic Republic of Iran to the best of our ability.” – Mohammad Khatami,
September 1998 (Mehr 1377)
"If I
retreated, I retreated against the system I believed in. I considered it
necessary to save the ruling establishment." – Mohammad Khatami, 6
December 2004 (16 Azar 1383)
"I
really believe in this system and the revolution and that this system can be
developed from within." – Mohammad Khatami, 6 December 2004 (16 Azar 1383)
"The
way toward democracy is through and within the Islamic Republic." –
Mohammad Khatami, 6 December 2004 (16 Azar 1383)
“We have
freedom of expression. We just don’t have freedom after expression.” -
statement of Iranian student in response to Khatami’s claim that Iranians had
more civil liberties than any other Third World country
Do you
have fundamental differences with him [Khamenei] in any specific field?
Moussavi
Khamenei: “No.” – interview with Financial Times, 12 April 2009 (23
Farvardin 1388)
“Thirty
years ago, in this country a revolution became victorious in the name of Islam.
An unprecedented enlightenment captured our society, I am certain that those
who have seen those days will not be satisfied with anything less.” Mir Hossein
Moussavi Khamenei, 20 June 2009 (30 Khordad 1388)
"Those
who respect me would never allow the slightest insult to Imam Khomeini and they
always respect him." – Mir Hossein Moussavi Khamenei, 17 December 2009 (26
Azar 1388)
“We
disapprove of those who don’t respect their country’s national and religious
beliefs and customs. The extremist slogans chanted and acts carried out by
some protesters on Ashura are unacceptable.” – Mir Hossein Moussavi Khamenei,
from Statement 17, 1 January 2010 (11 Dey 1388)
“Our position has been
and [always] will be clear: Islam, revolution and the Islamic Republic.” –
Mohammad Khatami, 12 January 2010 (22 Dey 1388)
“Even if
several persons voice law-breaking [i.e. ‘adventurous’ or ‘extremist’] slogans
it should be condemned.” – Mohammad Khatami, 12 January 2010
"Our
slogan has been and will be: 'Independence, Freedom, Islamic Republic.' And any
other slogan is not approved by the majority of our people. Any other slogan is
a diversion from the path of the revolution." – Mohammad Khatami, 12
January 2010 (22 Dey 1388)
"I
accept velayat-e faghih. I accept the Islamic republic and I accept the
constitution. I don’t agree with slogans that call for changing power
structures." – Mehdi Karroubi, 27 January 2010 (7 Bahman 1388)
“My advice
to followers of the Green Movement is to reduce their identifying features,
whether they are used to help them stand out a little or a lot.” – Mir Hossein
Moussavi Khamenei, 2 February 2010 (13 Bahman 1388)
In the
same interview, Moussavi Khamenei echoed Khatami’s call use of the slogan
“Independence! Freedom! Islamic Republic!”.
“We all
know that your participation in the 22 Bahman rally was…a demonstration of your
love of Iran, the Islamic Revolution, and Imam Khomeini.” – Mehdi Karroubi, 22
February 2010 (3 Esfand 1388)
"The
Green Movement’s main goal has always been to revive the ideals and
aspirations of Imam Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution." Mir Hossein
Moussavi Khamenei, 14 February 2011 (25 Bahman 1389)
“I remain
faithful to the ideals of Imam Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution of 1357
(1979).” - Mehdi Karroubi, 14 February 2011 (25 Bahman 1389)
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