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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 [...]
Issa Saharkhiz’s Lawyers Object To His Court Appearance in Handcuffs
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran | July 26, 2010 In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, the attorney of prominent Iranian journalist Issa Saharkhiz’s expressed outrage over Saharkhiz’s appearance in court with handcuffs and shackles. “Such treatment is most inappropriate for a prominent journalist such as Mr. Saharkhiz [...]
RFE/RL: ‘Convincing’ Revolutionary Guards Who Support Green Movement ‘Better Than Eliminating Them’
RFE/RL | July 26, 2010 by Golnaz Esfandiari July 26, 2010 The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has officially acknowledged that some members have been supportive of the country’s opposition movement. General Mohammad Ali Jafari said that it is better “to convince” guards who support the opposition than to get rid of them. [...]
Iranian Student Leaders Given Lengthy Prison Sentences
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty | May 20, 2010 By Golnaz Esfandiari Bahareh Hedayat and Milad Asadi, senior members of Iran’s largest pro-reform student group, Daftar Tahkim Vahdat (Office to Foster Unity), have been given lengthy prison sentences. Hedayat received 9 1/2 years, while Asadi was given seven years. The charges against them included [...]
Prisoners start hunger strike in Evin Prison
Source: Radio Zamaaneh | February 23, 2010 Political prisoners in Section 350 of Iran’s Evin Prison have started protest efforts to harsh prison conditions and issuance of unfair sentences by going on hunger strike on alternative days until the anniversary of Iran’s controversial presidential elections on June 12. Relative of one of the organizers of [...]
Iranian Bloggers Publicize Cases Of Lesser-Known Prisoners
(RFE/RL) | April 14, 2010 By Golnaz Esfandiari Iranian bloggers supporting the opposition movement have launched a new campaign aimed at publicizing the plight of the lesser-known prisoners who have been jailed in the postelection unrest. Among the lesser-known prisoners are those citizens who were not politically active and are not affiliated with any political [...]
Mousavi warns against Islamic Republic’s loss of credibility
(Radio Zamaaneh) | April 8, 2010 Opposition leader, MirHosein Mousavi announced that the Islamic Republic is losing its “credibility and legitimacy.” He maintained that the people have become doubtful regarding their beliefs in the “foundations of the system” and “people’s trust” in the government has been destroyed. Neday Sabz Azadi Website reports that MirHosein Mousavi, [...]
Iranian activist nominated for Student Peace Prize
(Radio Zamaaneh) | April 8, 2010 Bahareh Hedayat, Iranian student activist was nominated for the 2010 Student Peace Prize by the European Students’ Union, an umbrella organization of 45 national unions comprised of students from 35 different countries. European Students’ Union has announced that they are monitoring the situation of students in Iran and that [...]
Iranian cleric condemns incarceration of politcal dissidents
(Radio Zamaaneh) | April 4, 2010 Iranian Shiite leader, Ayatollah Bayat Zanjani condemned the continued incarceration of Iranian political and social activists as a strategy to “hold on to power.” In a meeting with families of recent detainees, the reformist cleric maintained that there are some who struggle to hold on to power “at all [...]
Iran’s ordinary post-election detainees reach out for help
(Radio Zamaaneh) | March 25, 2010 A group of post-election detainees issued a letter to draw public attention to the ordeal of ordinary post-election prisoners who do not have the support and advocacy that is naturally given to prominent faces amongst the detainees. In the letter, they state that for the mere crimes of “receiving [...]
Video Collection: Iran Festival of Fire, Day of Revelry and Resistance
This post contains video from Iran allegedly taken during the Nowruz Festival of Fire called Chahar Shanbe Soori. These videos are uploaded to the Internet after being filmed by people in the streets, most often with cell-phone video recorders. While I believe they are from March 16, 2010 (today) and that they are authentic, I [...]
Iran Braces for Fire Festival Crackdown
(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 [...]
Jailed Iranian Academic In ‘Critical Condition’
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty) | February 23, 2010 The first chancellor of Tehran University after the 1979 Islamic Revolution remains in jail despite what his wife says is his deteriorating health, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports. Mohammad Maleki, who is 76 and suffers from prostate cancer, was arrested in August during the crackdown that [...]
Iranian Science Minister Spurns “Secular” Professors
(RadioZamaneh) | February 22, 2010 Iranian Minister of Science and Technology, Kamran Daneshjou announced today that the country’s universities have no need for “secular” professors and educators who do not subscribe to the Islamic worldview (they have no place in Iran’s universities). He also told Fars news agency that acting in partisanship is “poisonous for [...]
Breaking News: Rumors of Mousavi’s imminent arrest circulating
Today we have seen a flurry of rumors online that an arrest of Mousavi may be imminent. A news website closely associated with Mousavi called Kalameh has issued this statement(English translation): WARNING: Beware that an event is unfolding! Kaleme: Following the planned scenario for disgracing Imam Khomeini and accusing the Green movement and the students [...]
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