Leaders Of Iran's Opposition Kidnapped And Held In Undisclosed Location

In view of the continuing unrest in Iran, the regime has apparently decided to cut it off at the head.

Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi, the two leaders of the Green Movement have been kidnapped along with their wives by the Revolutionary Guards.

The two men were already under house arrest.

They were reportedly led out of their homes in blindfolds and handcuffs, stuffed in the trunks of the cars of their captors and, along with their wives, taken to a location in Tehran, then, on Friday, to another in Parchin, and finally to a third undisclosed location.

Proof that they're no longer there is the fact that all of the security guards have been removed from their homes and from the street, according to what one of the neighbors told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. “I am certain that they are no longer inside their home. All the windows are broken and nobody is home,” his neighbor told the Campaign.

It's actually pretty easy to see what's coming next.

The regime has been quite public that the unrest is being sparked by 'foreign interests. In fact, Iran expert Frank Ledeen tells us that Intelligence Minister Moslehi gave an interview the same night of the kidnappings on state TV in which he spoke of the “foreign hand” behind Iranian protests.

I would expect confessions, followed by a show trial and executions.

And meanwhile, the Obama Administration is silent, of course.

Don't misunderstand me. Karroubi and Mousavi are not exactly democratic freedom fighters, nor is the Green Movement, as I've pointed out more than once.

In fact, Mousavi is a hardliner on Iran's illegal nuclear weapons program and an anti-Semite who has called for Israel to be destroyed numerous times, is a major proponent of ant-Americanism and had a major part in creating Hezbollah.

But at a time when the existing order of the Middle East is falling apart, one would expect at least a pro forma condemnation of this kind of action by Obama. It couldn't hurt and might actually do some good.

UPDATE: It's been confirmed that the prisoners and their wives have been transferred to Heshmatiyeh Prison in Tehran.

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