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Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi are placed under house arrest

In February 2011 opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi were placed under house arrest after calling protests, a freeze that continued for years under Khamenei’s Leadership. The 2009 Green file sat in the background. In the causal graph this event weakens Democratic Resilience, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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In February 2011 opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi were placed under house arrest after calling protests, a freeze that continued for years under Khamenei’s Leadership.

Context

The 2009 Green file sat in the background. Security organs implemented. Neighbouring 2009 crackdown is the parent. He did not sit as a trial judge because no open trial sat.

June 2009 is the parent crackdown. Mahsa 2022 is a different generation.

The Supreme Leader of Iran is commander-in-chief and the highest constitutional authority. He does not write a US presidential strike order, an IAEA Board resolution, or a Hamas military plan. Presidents, the IRGC, and the Guardian Council implement and share specific files.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Ali Khamenei

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.65 · verified

    Security organs detained them under his Leadership. No open trial sat. The 2009 file was the pretext.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Reuters — Iran opposition leaders under house arrestReuters · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Leader’s office — 2009 election and Friday-prayer line backing the resultOffice of the Supreme Leader of Iran · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

Established: February 2011 house arrest of Mousavi and Karroubi, independently reported, lasting years.

No open trial sat. The 2009 file was the pretext.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi are placed under house arrest, not a later speech about Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi are placed under house arrest.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to Security organs detained them under his Leadership. No open trial sat. The 2009 file was the pretext. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorAli Khamenei
  2. contributed toFactMir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi are placed under house arrest
  3. weakensDrivers (2)Democratic Resilience
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi are placed under house arrest. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ir-house-arrest-2011

https://factrail.ai/facts/ir-house-arrest-2011

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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