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RadioZamaneh: Karroubi attacked by Ahmadinejad supporters in Tehran
Radio Zamaneh | August 5, 2010 Fars news agency reports that the Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi was attacked at Nour Mosque of Tehran which caused his bodyguards to defuse the situation by shooting into the air. Taghi Karroubi, son of the opposition leader, confirmed the news for Radio Zamaneh and informed us that a [...]
Radio Zamaneh: Forced labour for Iranian political prisoners
Radio Zamaneh | June 19, 2010 Iranian prison authorities have been subjecting political prisoners in section 350 of Evin Prison to forced labour, Kaleme website reports. The prison authorities contend that due to the “commencement of construction in the prison” since the “prison is running out of adequate space for prisoners” decision has been made [...]
Hardline MP confirms travel ban for Iranian opposition leaders
The hardline MP maintained that the three opposition figures’ only aim in leaving the country would be to use international platforms to “keep the seditious movement alive.”
Radio Zamaaneh: Iranian opposition leader urges supporters to counter State’s media restrictions
Source: Radio Zamaaneh | April 18, 2010 Iranian opposition leader MirHosein Mousavi called on supporters of the Green Movement to counter the attacks on the freedom of the press by replacing every banned weblog with “tens of weblogs for defending the people’s rights.” Speaking in a meeting with the student committee of reformist organization Mojahedin [...]
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 [...]
EU to act against Iran’s satellite jamming efforts
((Radio Zamaaneh) | March 22, 2010 European Union members have agreed to act in unison against Iran’s jamming of satellite broadcasts and internet controls. In the meeting today in Belgium, the European Union “calls on the Iranian authorities to stop the jamming of satellite broadcasting and Internet censorship and to put an end to this [...]
Rafsanjani urges openness in Iran’s national broadcasting organization
(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 [...]
Khamenei Denounces Iranian New Year Fire Festival (Chahar Shanbe Soori)
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 [...]
Rafsanjani stresses people’s role in government stability
(Radio Zamaaneh) | March 11, 2010 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council stressed the role of people in governance and maintained that with the growth and spread of media, governments that do not have popular bases can not last long. ILNA reports that speaking in a meeting of members of municipal councils of [...]
Iranian student organization urges judiciary to release Zeidabadi
(Radio Zamaaneh) | March 11, 2010 Iranian Student Organization Advar-e Tahkim-e Vahdat called on the Head of Iran’s Judiciary, Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani to release Ahmad Zeidabadi, Secretary-General of their organization. In their letter they maintain that it is months since the required bail for Ahmad Zeidabadi was posted by his family and yet he remains [...]
Hassan Khomeini condemns violence in Islamic Republic
(Radio Zamaaneh) | March 6, 2010 Hassan Khomeini, grandson of the late leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini, spoke out against Islamic Republic authorities claiming, some people refuse to see the truth and even when they are told about it, they try to “accuse you of an offence.” Hassan Khomeini has been the target of condemnation [...]
Zahra Rahnavard condemns discriminatory laws against women
(Radio Zamaaneh) | March 6, 2010 Zahra Rahnavard issued a statement today, condemning “backward” laws that discriminate against women in the Islamic Republic. In her statement, which was published today at the threshold of the International Women’s Day, in the Kalemeh website connected with the opposition leader MirHosein Mousavi, she declared that the “family protection” [...]
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