a statement by iran's opposition leader mir hossein mousavi, his first public statement, saying he'sady to die. i'm not afraid of being one of the post election martyrs who lost their lives in their struggle for the rightful demands. my blood is no different from that of other martyrs. don, there you see both sides digging in, not backing down. look for this face-off to continue to escalate. >> man, oh, man. thank you very much. we appreciate it. stand by on our iran desk f video comes out of iran, we'll bring it to you here on cnn. i'm talking to someone here and someone else about all of this, so let's go to them real quick. holly debassy, a professor of iranian studies at colombian university. you're both very knowledgeable on this subject. real quickly, mr. debassy, i'll get to you in a second, kareem, tell me about staging deaths. what is going on here? >> that is the bizarrest thing that can come. how can you stage your death? what we're witnessing is a revolution in journalism. the running over of demonstrators by the government held security apparatus has been caught on a tap

you think he's a puppet, he's between the khomeini and mir hossein mousavi, but really has no par. >>rom the beginning, he has not been a player, and particularly over the last three months, he's no longer a figure. and your concentration, the word attention to this issue is absolutely extra ordinary and necessary. it's a nonviolent context in the midst of a violent context. given the demographic aspect of this movement, 50% of the population is under the age of 25. the reason it has this global resonance -- >> because they are -- >> is precisely that you have a nonviolent civil rights uprising, mostly charged by young people. >> and young educated people with the tools to go online. >> the class -- the socialist structure is really widespread, is not tehran based, is not upper middle class, is none of that. is really spreading all over the country. >> if you need to get away, get some sunshine, warmth, day at the beach? not as pleasant as it sounds. 55 degrees. that's the temperature in miami beach right now. at 10:22 eastern time. or 10:24 as it says there. parts of florida feeling

among the people killed mir hossein mousavi, and his nephew, and on saturday, his website said he was paid a visit by key opposition figure who wanted to pay his respects for his nephew's death. the visit comes right after mousavi's statement saying he is willing to die for his movement, and in the meantime, more criticism, more threats and condemnation from iran hardliners, and first off, let's show you a statement about mousavi saying he is willing to die and i'm not afraid to be one of the post election martyrs who lost their lives for the struggle for their rights and demands. my struggle is no different from any other martyr. in the meantime, more struggle. this time ayatollah mujati calling them enemies of god and they should be executed. don, hundreds of people have been arrested over the last few days and state-run media in iran said that many of them will be put on trial in the coming days. >> rez sa, it is important thate got in the new video in. will you explain what is going on, because reza is monitoring the new video coming into cnn. we are hearing that the protests coul