2009 Iranian Presidential Election Protests (jun 13, 2009 – dec 7, 2010)
Description:
Protests against the results of the highly controversial 2009 Iranian presidential election, a disputed victory by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in support of opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, occurred in major cities nationwide from 2009 into early 2010. The protests were titled the Iranian Green Movement by its proponents, reflecting Mousavi's campaign theme, and Persian Awakening, Persian Spring or Green Revolution, reflecting the "Persian identity" of Iranians and the so-called "color revolution" theme.Wikipedia Page Link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Iranian_presidential_election_protests
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Date:
jun 13, 2009
dec 7, 2010
~ 1 years and 5 months