For the 2009 Presidential election, Mousavi came out of semi-retirement and ran as one of two Reformist candidates against the administration of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. According to official results, he didn’t win the election, and following alleged vote-rigging and manipulation, his campaign sparked a long protest that eventually turned into a national and international movement against the Government and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Despite the violent crackdown, he remains the leader of the Green Movement but his movements have remained severely restricted. He chose green as his campaign color, a color which is pervasive in homeland He is currently under house arrest along with his wife Zahra Rahnavard and Mehdi Karroubi.