Many have followed the recent events of the Iranian elections. I'm neither a political analyst nor someone greatly familiar with Middle-East politics. However, as in reading the recent headlines, a lot of people now know of opposition presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi. His entry in wikipedia sums up nicely the man.
"Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh (Persian: میرحسین موسوی خامنه; born 29 September 1941) is an Iranian reformist politician, painter and architect who served as the fifth and last Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 1981 to 1989. Mousavi is currently the president of the Iranian Academy of Arts and was a candidate for the 2009 presidential election."
In a TIME article, by TONY KARON, Iran's Crisis, Mousavi states in this excerpt:
Mousavi on Sunday reiterated his supporters' right to peaceful protest, but urged them to show restraint and declared,"I will never allow this beautiful green wave to risk its life because of me." Acknowledging limited options available to him, he told them, "I believe your motivation and your creativity can still win your legitimate rights through civil ways."
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