From Mousavi's Facebook:
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, prominent Iranian filmmaker, dedicated the major Nuremberg Human Rights Festival's award that was presented to him, to Mehdi Karoubi. While accepting his award in this ceremony, he said: “Giving and receiving awards in today’s world should be turned into a kind of democratic struggle. I dedicate my award to the great man who with bravery revealed the rapes in Iran’s prisons. Many Iranians have suggested nominating him for the next year Nobel Peace Prize. In a society that tyranny rules by creating fear, he is pushing back the boundaries of this fear with his courage. The name of this person is Karoubi. More than thirty years ago, he and I were being tortured in Shah’s prisons and he was just as brave those days too. Karoubi in the past thirty year has defended human rights in any positions he has had and any imprisoned and oppressed Iranian remembers his supports. He is thousands of times more deserving than me for receiving this award.”
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