NIAC Condemns Prison Sentence for Iranian American Scholar
The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) condemns the Iranian Justice Ministry’s decision to sentence Iranian American Kian Tajbakhsh to 12 years in prison. On July 9, Mr. Tajbakhsh, a scholar of urban planning, was arrested at his home in Iran. Mr. Tajbakhsh appeared at the mass trial of accused opposition leaders following the unrest of […]
Tentative Information about Those Sentenced to Death in Iran
Enduring America has reported that five men have been sentenced to death for participating in the post-election protests. The five men are listed as: Mohammad Reza Ali-Zamani, Arash Rahmanipour, Hamed Rouhinejad, Naser Abdolhosseini and Davoud Mir Ardebili. The conviction of the first four men, and the fact that Mr. Ardebili is a defendant in the […]
Mehdi Karroubi To Be Investigated
Presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi is facing prosecution for accusing government forces of raping, torturing and murdering anti-government protesters. As a cleric, Mr. Karroubi’s case will be tried by a clerical court. The decision to prosecute Mr. Karroubi indicates that the Islamic regime is far from content with putting lower-level opposition members on trial. The investigation […]
Amnesty International Issues Statement About Mohammad Reza Ali-Zamani
Amnesty International released a statement today asking the Iranian government to review the October 8th death sentence handed down to Mohammad Reza Ali-Zamani. The release states that, Zamani, 37, was sentenced to death by a Tehran Revolutionary Court on Thursday after he was convicted of “enmity against God for membership of and activities to further […]
Unconfirmed Report about Death Sentence for Protester
The Times Online has published an unconfirmed report from Mowjcamp, an opposition news website, that the Iranian judiciary has sentenced to death opposition supporter Mohammad Reza Ali-Zamani . The Times Online reported that: The first death sentence for participation in Iran’s post election protests was handed down on Monday, an Iranian reformist website has reported. Mowcamp, one of […]
More student protests: Sharif University, Tehran
Thanks to reader Jimmy: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEkhBAGX7Y8&feature=player_embedded]
More Green in NY
There was a “green” protest in front of Ahamdinejad’s Hotel, the Intercontinental Barclay in NYC. Here you can also find pictures from marching with the green scroll across the Brooklyn Bridge. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdBxx3HFd48] This video is of Ahmadinejad meeting with American students. The meeting was arranged ahead of time, and participants were given specific questions to […]
Protesting against Ahmadinejad at the UN
A lot will be written in the coming days about the upcoming protests surrounding Ahmadinejad’s visit to the UN. Undoubtedly, most accounts will blur the lines between those protesters who are standing up for the rights of Iranians, and those who would use the current turmoil as a cudgel to advance their political agenda of […]
35 arrests on Quds Day in Tehran
According to PressTV, (state-run English TV), 35 green protesters were arrested during the Quds Day ceremony in Tehran last Friday. Thirty-five protesters were arrested during the Qods Day rallies and charged with “damaging public property,” says Tehran police chief. Brigadier General Azizollah Rajabzadeh told the Iran Students News Agency (ISNA) that the protesters were detained […]
Government filters Yahoo & Gmail on Quds Day
According to Mowjcamp, Yahoo! and Gmail have been filtered today (Quds Day) by Iranian authorities. Internet has been the main channel of communication between Iranian civil society, the disapora, and the rest of the world since disputed 12 June election. Many Iranians widely use Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and various instant messenger programs, as well traditional […]
State-TV: “Iran opposition marches on Quds Day”
Press TV (state-run English TV) confirmed the participation of the supporters of leading opposition figures Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi on of the Quds Day rally. Since the opposition leaders, activists and supporters are banned and indeed have been threatened from running any peaceful protests against the government, thousands of reformist supporters used Quds Day […]
Memo to the Editors
The ignorant comments Ahmadinejad made today about the Holocaust are not new, nor are they surprising. Many in the media have focused on his detestable comments in their coverage of today’s events. However, the real story is that despite all the state violence, torture, show trials, censorship, and oppression, tens of thousands of Iranians are […]