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In protest against the results of the 2009 Iranian presidential election, demonstrators took to the streets on 27 December 2009, [7] coinciding with Ashura, a Shia holy day.
Although the 2009 Iranian presidential election was widely disputed, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon sent a traditional congratulatory message [212] to Ahmadinejad upon his inauguration. He kept silent over the request of Shirin Ebadi to visit [213] Iran after the crackdown on peaceful post-election protests by the Iranian police. [214]
Protesters in Tehran, June 13, 2009. Anonymous sources said that the police stormed the headquarters of the Islamic Iran Participation Front and arrested a number of people. [4] [5] Two hundred people protested outside Iran's embassy in London. [6] Protests led by Iranian-Americans were also held outside the Iranian representative office in New ...
The demonstrations were part of the 2009 Iranian election protests and were the largest since June. In December 2009, the protests saw an escalation in violence. [1] [2] [3] In response to this protest, pro-government protesters held a rally in a "show of force" three days later on 30 December (9 Dey) to condemn Green Movement protesters. [4]
Presidential elections were held in Iran on 12 June 2009, [1] [2] with incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad running against three challengers. The next morning the Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran's news agency, announced that with two-thirds of the votes counted, Ahmadinejad had won the election with 62% of the votes cast, [3] and that Mir-Hossein Mousavi had received 34% of the votes cast.
Protesters in Tehran during the 2009 Iranian election protests, 16 June 2009. February 2 – Iran's first domestically constructed satellite, Omid, is launched. [1] March 7 – Morocco terminates diplomatic relations with Iran. [2] March 18 – Somali pirates hijack an Iranian fishing vessel in the Gulf of Aden. [3]
Internet activism and, specifically, social networking has been instrumental in organizing many of the 2009 Iranian election protests. [1] Online sites have been uploading amateur pictures and video, and Twitter, Facebook, and blogs have been places for protesters to gather and exchange information. [1]
Neda Agha-Soltan (Persian: ندا آقاسلطان – Nedā Āghā-Soltān; 23 January 1983 – 20 June 2009) was an Iranian student of philosophy, who was participating in the 2009 presidential election protests with her music teacher, and was walking back to her car when she was fatally shot in the upper chest.