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Tag Archives: Government Sanctioned Intimidation
Live-blog: Iran – February 28, 2011 – 10 Esfand – Regime raises stakes on day of expected opposition protests
This is a live-blog of events in Iran on March 1, 2011 (10 Esfand in Iran). The majority of the reports in this blog are sourced via social media. With regards to the videos and images in this live-blog, we are not affiliated with the people or groups that produced them and the posting of [...]
Live-blog: Iran – February 27, 2011 – The pressure builds
3:00AM GMT – February 28 We just came across this video that we had not seen, from the protests in Tehran on February 14 / 25 Bahman. It is being filmed by someone on a bus that captures the heavy security presence in the street. Nearing the end of the video, you can see regime [...]
Live-blog: Iran – February 26 – Regime hypocrisy continues as opposition protests loom
10:00AM GMT – February 27 We have started a running live-blog tracking the arrests Iran’s Green opposition leaders here. 7:50AM GMT Till now, the regime has not dared arrest the main opposition figures and leaders of the Green Movement. With confirmation by the very reliable Reza Sayah that Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi, and their [...]
Video: Heavy security presence in Tehran on February 24
The following video has surfaced, purportedly from today, showing a heavy security presence in Tehran. We do not know the reason for this level of security, normally seen on days of planned or expected opposition street protests, but speculate that the regime is trying to maintain a heightened presence as a warning to people: “We [...]
Egypt Revolution – Day 11 – Day of Departure, Friday of Farewell
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a live-blog report on protests and unrest in Egypt on February 4, 2011. The information and videos in this report are sourced from various social media outlets, with Twitter being our primary source. We will do our best to interpret the events, but the situation is chaotic and information is difficult [...]
Live-blog: Student Day in Iran – December 7, 2010 (16 Azar)
This is a live-blog report on events on December 7, 2010, Student Day in Iran. Any videos and information contained in this report are obtained through various online sources. Iran News Now is not affiliated with any of the groups or individuals who produced any of the videos. We are simply an outlet and conduit [...]
EA WorldView: The Regime’s War on the Lawyers – 3 More Arrested
Three more prominent defence attorneys have been detained in Iran.
BBC: Fighting Iran’s stoning sentences
BBC | September 30, 2010 There has been an international outcry over the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning for allegedly committing adultery. There have been reports that she now faces being hanged for the murder of her husband, but others suggesting that the stoning sentence [...]
AFP: Iran media subsidies to be based on loyalty
The subsidies allocated to newspapers will be given in line with their stance. We cannot aid newspapers that go against the path of the establishment,” Hosseini added without naming specific media.
CTV: Blogfather’s ex-wife stunned by sentencing
“I heard that at some point they told his family, ‘You should be happy; he didn’t get a death sentence’,” Alemi said.
L.A. Times: U.S. imposes new Iran sanctions
L.A. Times | September 29, 2010 By Paul Richter Tribune Washington Bureau The Obama administration Wednesday sanctioned eight senior Iranian officials for alleged human rights violations, as it sought to sharpen pressure on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s regime while reaching out to his opponents in Iran. The eight, who include the head of the Iranian Revolutionary [...]
AFP: Canada says Iran blogger’s sentence ‘unacceptable’
“We are deeply concerned about the news of this severe sentence,” Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said. “If true, this is completely unacceptable and unjustifiable.”
CBC: Blogger [Hossein Derakhshan] sentenced in Iran to 19 years
Hossein Derakhshan was arrested in Tehran on Nov. 1, 2008.
NYR: Iran’s Interrupted Lives
In late September, as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was in New York asserting his government’s respect for human rights, several young students in Iran were receiving lengthy prison sentences for their efforts to speak out in defense of those rights.
Ottawa Citizen: Judging Iran
Hossein Derakhshan is a writer. He is a Canadian-Iranian. He is in a jail cell in Iran, facing execution. This is intolerable.
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