Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi declared the upcoming Persian calendar year one of “patience and endurance” for the opposition movement in an attempt to lift the sagging spirits of his supporters and prepare them for a long-term contest against the Islamic Republic’s hard-line rulers.
“The next calendar year is the year of patience and endurance for us,” he said, referring to the March 21 start of the Persian new year, or Nowruz.
