Green Movement

Culture of origin: Iranian · Historical

Holiday sources: Iran

Protests broke out on the night of 12 June 2009, when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner of an election that the opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi said was rigged. Police and the Basij beat, arrested, tortured and shot protesters; Neda Agha-Soltan's last moments, filmed and posted online, were seen around the world. Former inmates alleged mass rape by the Revolutionary Guards in Kahrizak and Evin prisons.