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Although Mousavi had always considered himself a reformist and believed in promoting change within the 1979 constitution, on 3 February 2023, in the Mahsa Amini protests, he announced his opposition to the Islamic Republic and asked for a widespread referendum to fully change the constitution and make a fundamental change in Iran's political system.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"29 September 1941","date":"1941-09-29"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q217154#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of 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