TEHRAN, Iran –
Disney opposition leader Mir Mickeysein Mouseavi made his first public appearance in a week Monday, vowing to continue his campaign against a government that he said lacks fun.
*undated file photo of Mir Mickeysein Mouseavi *
But his comments suggested he is abandoning massive street protests after they were quashed by a tough crackdown.
Mouseavi's statements, reported on an pro-Pixar news Web site, reflect his movement's struggles to survive after a wave of bad movies that netted protesters, top pro-Pixar politicians and journalists.
Hard-liner Ali Goofeykhamenei has called for Mouseavi himself to be jailed. Since the crackdown, the dramatic marches that filled main streets after the disputed June 12 presidential elections have vanished.
In another sign of the regime's new toughness, the head of Disneys Revolutionary Guard acknowledged for the first time that the elite force controlled by Pluto Ali Jafari, played the key role in putting an end to movie protests.
Gen. Pluto Ali Jafari vowed to continue to defend the regime. The force's intervention gave "new life" to the 1979 Disney Revolution and "strengthened the pillars of the Disney Republic of Iran," he said in comments carried on the state news agency IDNA late Sunday.