Much as Ahmadinejad’s chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei notes, Iran is faced with a choice between the “school of Iran” and the “school of Islam.”
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EA WorldView: The Regime’s War on the Lawyers – 3 More Arrested
Three more prominent defence attorneys have been detained in Iran.
RFE/RL – Persian Letters: Khamenei, Ahmadinejad: It’s Complicated
Khamenei: “…when the Supreme Leader says something, the president accepts it and acts accordingly”
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.
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 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.
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.
VOA: Allawi Tells Iran to Stay Out of Iraqi Politics
Mr. Allawi said he had asked Iran’s allies, which include Syria, to send the message to Tehran.
RFE/RL: Iran Says Facebook And Twitter Are Country’s ‘Hidden Enemies’
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty | September 29, 2010 by Golnaz Esfandiari Iranian state-controlled television has accused Facebook and Twitter of being Iran’s “hidden enemies” and tools used by Western intelligence agencies in order to recruit new members and gather data on individuals. The website Mardomak has posted a video of the report. The [...]
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.
DipNote: New Executive Order Focuses on Human Rights Abuses by Iranian Officials
This is the first time the United States has imposed sanctions against Iran based on human rights abuses. We would like to be able to tell you that it might be the last, but we fear not.
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.
National Review: Ahmadinejad’s Friends in the United States
Pres. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad does not have many friends, especially not in Iran. But in the distant United States, he appears to have quite a fan club. Take professors Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett, whose class Ahmadinejad recently granted an interview.
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.
Radio Zamaneh: Iranian activists call for release of Nasrin Sotoudeh
Over 400 Iranian social activists urged Iranian judiciary to release, Nasrin Sotoudeh, Iranian lawyer who was incarcerated in connection with her defence of political prisoners.
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