Mir-Hossein Mousavi, a green movement leader, announced during a meeting with a group of students from Qom, Khorasan-Razavi and Chaharmahal Bakhtiari provinces that according to the constitution, “Voicing demands, wishes and the right to assembly are among people’s clear rights and no one can deprive them of these. Therefore, whenever people deem it necessary, they will use that right and will not await a message from me or people like me.” Speaking at a meeting in the presence of Zahra Rahnavard, Mousavi commented on the news that political prisoners had ended their hunger strike, by saying that, “The meaningful and hope-giving strike that prisoners undertook will gradually clarify its influential consequences and I congratulate these brave prisoners who broke their strike and saw its consequences.”

In another part of his message, Mousavi commented on the spread of lies and depression in society, noting, “Today, the green movement has the power and capacity to resolve all the ethical concerns that friends point to, of course out of their sense of care and national duty.”

“We must note that social deviations come because of bad thoughts and particularly lies and the deceptive attitude that autocrats have imposed on the public in this country. That is why I believe that the green movement’s moral and high values can decrease deviances in society. We now witness that those committed to the green movement’s high values are extremely respectful of ethical principles,” Mousavi said.

In another part of his message, the former prime minister said, “A full and unconditional return to the Constitution means that one cannot attend to one portion of the Constitution and ignore the others. Disregarding certain provisions, especially those concerning the nation’s rights, makes other articles meaningless too, because the Constitution is a national covenant.”

Mousavi emphasized, “Today we are in a situation where not just the Constitution, but even simple and defective prison guidelines are violated by prison guards.”

At this meeting, representatives from the provinces each shared aspects of their province’s social and political conditions with Mousavi. The representatives were especially concerned about issues such as holding student meetings under heavy security and police presence in universities, beating and harassment of students by plainclothes agents in universities, and the extreme pressure imposed on political groups and organizations in the countryside.

The youth participating in the meeting also expressed their concerns regarding the economy and standard of living, rampant unemployment and the prevalence of drug addiction and other social ills with Mousavi.