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Mousavi Allowed to Visit Daughters, Says “Future is bright.”
Mousavi: “Given the current climate in our country, one cannot be hopeful regarding participation in the upcoming elections.”
Iran Judiciary Sentences U.S. Hikers, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal to 8 Years Prison
The verdict came as a shock to many who had thought the Iranian government may release them during the holy month of Ramadan.
Live-blog: Iran – February 18 – Regime’s Day of Hate
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Video: Ahmadinejad right-hand man, Rahim Mashaei, confronted by pro-regime crowd
Please note: Iran News Now is not affiliated in any way with the labeled source of this video, Mashregh News. Nor do we know who they are or represent. We are posting this video because it shows Ahmadinejad’s right-hand man, Rahim Mashaei, being confronted by a pro-regime crowd during the regime’s 22 Bahman rally in [...]
EA WorldView: The Regime’s War on the Lawyers – 3 More Arrested
Three more prominent defence attorneys have been detained in Iran.
Memri Blog: Iranian official says Sarah Shourd must be brought back to Iran, with Interpol’s help
Iranian Majlis National Security Committee member Javad Jahangirzadeh has called on the Iranian regime to have Interpol return U.S. citizen Sarah Shourd to Iran to stand trial for espionage.
CNN: Iran: U.S. hikers to start trial next month
Two American hikers held by Iran for more than a year will stand trial before an Iranian court next month, the country’s official news agency reported Saturday.
AFP: Iran sentences Ebadi’s former aide to jail
Iran has sentenced a former aide to Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi to two years in jail, an opposition website reported on Thursday.
L.A. Times: U.S. hikers’ trial in Iran set for November
Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal, accused of illegally entering Iran, are set to go on trial Nov. 5 in Tehran before a judge notorious for harsh sentences for opposition figures.
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.
Radio Zamaneh: Families of killed detainees call for prosecution of senior officials
The families of the three Iranian detainees who were killed under torture in Kahrizak Detention Centre announced that rather than calling for the execution of the two guards who have been sentenced to death in these crimes, they call for the prosecution of the true perpetrators of the events.
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.
L.A. Times: IRAN: Gold bazaar on strike as merchants square off with government over tax hike
Tehran’s main gold bazaar is usually glittering with precious baubles and jewelry fit for royalty, but the last several days have seen it shuttered and empty as the union of goldsmiths and jewelers strikes against a 3% value-added tax.
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