15 March 2010
(Enduring America) | March 15, 2010 Scott Lucas We’re watching carefully the reported ban on the activities of Iran’s leading reformist political party, Islamic Iran Participation Party (Mosharekat). Deputy Interior Ministry Solat Mortazavi told the Iranian Students News Agency that all activities of IIPF have been banned and its headquarters have been locked. Mortazavi implied that the ban was [...]
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15 March 2010
(Radio Zamaaneh) | March 15, 2010 Assailants attack Iranian opposition leader’s home Fatemeh Karroubi announced that her husband, opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi is under threat and pressure because of blowing the whistle on the “dirty crimes” that took place following the elections and claimed that if the pressures persist, she will have to “publicize many more issues” [...]
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15 March 2010
(Huffington Post) | March 15, 2010 By Sahar Sepehri Traditional pre-Islamic celebration could be occasion for opposition protests. Iranian officials are warning the opposition not to turn an ancient fire festival this week into a protest against the government. The celebration of Chaharshanbe Soori, Red Wednesday, on the evening March 16 marks the last Wednesday of the Iranian year [...]
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15 March 2010
(Radio Zamaaneh) | March 15, 2010 Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi, Tehran’s Prosecutor-General announced that Iranian judiciary has issued execution sentences for six of the Ashura Day detainees. Fars News Agency reports that after meeting with Ayatollah Nouri Hamadani in Qom, Tehran’s Prosecutor-General declared that these sentences have been issued and are now in the appeals court. Tehran Prosecutor’s Office [...]
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15 March 2010
(National Iranian American Council) | March 15, 2010 Washington, DC – The National Iranian American Council applauds the passage moments ago by the House of Representatives of H.Res.267, the Norooz Resolution, and commends Representative Mike Honda (D-CA) for championing this historic resolution. NIAC also expresses its warmest thanks and congratulations to the Iranian-American community for all of [...]
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14 March 2010
According to Borna News pro-government vigilantes and Basijis have attacked and vandalised the home of Iranian opposition leader, Mehdi Karoubi, who has been very vocal in his opposition to the rigged June 09 presidential elections and the subsequent violent government crackdown on the anti-government protesters. This is clearly an attempt to silence Karoubi’s criticisms of [...]
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14 March 2010
(A Street Journalist) | March 14, 2010 Despite that the families of many detained journalists have secured the bail to release their loved ones for the Persian New Year, there is still no information on the date of their release. There is no news on the release of Akbar Montejabi, Vahid Pourostad, Ehsan Mehrabi, and Somayeh Momeni, [...]
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14 March 2010
(Radio Zamaaneh) | March 14, 2010 Head of Iran’s Expediency Council, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani urged Iran’s national broadcasting organization, Seda va Sima, not to operate in the form of “a gang” or else it would lose the trust of the public. He added that Seda va Sima needs to assume a more “national” approach and pay [...]
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14 March 2010
Radio Zamaaneh reports that Khamenei has denounced the festival of Chahar Shanbe Soori, marking the start of Iranian New Year celebrations: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei described the ceremonies connected with the fire festival on the last Wednesday Eve of the Iranian year “void of religious roots and cause of great harm and corruption.” The religious evaluation [...]
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14 March 2010
On Wednesday, Iranians will celebrate the ancient fire festival of Chahar Shanbe Soori. Dating back to the time of the Zoroastrian’s (before Islam came to Iran) people set fires and jump of them at the start of the new year in an act of spiritual cleansing. Here is the Wikipedia page on Chahar [...]
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