Iran’s two major opposition leaders are urging people to protest the government on February 11.

The New York Times reports that the Iranian government has plans to execute 9 protesters and they executed two last week. They also seek to execute a 24 year old for throwing rocks during a protest for “waging war against god.”

The statements by the two opposition leaders, Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hussein Moussavi, appeared to reflect a unanimous decision to stand fast in the face of the brutal treatment of protesters by the government.

The statement from Mr. Karroubi, posted Wednesday on his Web site, called for free elections, the release of political prisoners and an end to what he described as a police state created since the June 12 presidential election. He renewed his accusation that the results of the election were “engineered,” and dismissed claims that he was seeking a compromise with the government.

“I will defend the legitimate and legal freedoms and rights of the people,” he said. “This is my unbreakable vow.”

Mr. Karroubi’s statement followed by a day some of Mr. Moussavi’s harshest remarks to date against the country’s leaders and the government, which he called “dictatorial.”

However, Mr. Karroubi urged protesters to stay calm, warning that their enemies wished to provoke them into acts of violence.

The opposition has chosen Feb. 11 as the day of the rally because it is the anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution, in keeping with their efforts to stage protests on national holidays.