Videos from Today
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioZFLG4_l8Y&feature=player_embedded#] Seven Tir Street: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zcj_dvvAOY&feature=player_embedded] Woman being attacked by security forces: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW4y93fwX-8] Tehran University: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2U9ALI4XN0&feature=player_embedded]
A Policy of Imprisonment
The detention of Iranian Americans by the government in Tehran serves the purpose of those hardliners who want to avoid diplomatic engagement with the United States. This is the argument Karim Sadjadpour takes in his recent Foreign Policy article. Sadjadpour argues that the imprisonment of his friend Kian Tajbakhsh is not about Tajbakhsh’s supposed role […]
Karroubi Attacked Once Again
Mehdi Karroubi was attacked by baton-wielding plainclothes militia at a press fair in Tehran on Friday. Karroubi’s turban fell to the ground in the process. He was attacked before at one of the Friday prayers in Tehran during the summer. According to Amir Kabir newsletter, Karroubi’s supporters at the fair started chanting slogans in his […]
International Community Must Condemn Human Rights Violations in Iran
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran announced that the international community needs to urgently condemn a number of child executions that are to be scheduled in Iran. “United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, who issued a detailed report on the grave situation of human rights in Iran on 13 October, should lead international […]
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 […]
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 […]
State Department Cuts IHRDC Funding
The Boston Globe has reported that the U.S. State Department has discontinued its funding of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC). Over the years, the group has received $3 million in grant money from the State Department, but its recent request for a two-year, $2.7 million grant was denied. The United States Agency for […]
Kahrizak Arrests and Tomorrow’s Negotiations
Fars News reported today that seven to ten policemen involved in the Kahrizak prison abuse cases have been arrested. Police Chief Brigadier General Ismail Ahmadi Moqaddam announced the arrests, but also argued that the magnitude of human rights violations were “exaggerated and magnified in the media.” The timing of the arrests and General Moqaddam’s statement […]
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 […]
Video: Green Scroll across Brooklyn Bridge
March with the Green Scroll across the Brooklyn Bridge: Protest in NYC against Ahamdinejad and in support for human rights in Iran. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syjGG07Y5yM]
Neda or Marwa?
CBS News Anchor Katie Couric interviewed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hours before his planned address to the UN on Wednesday evening. Ahmadinejad spoke on various issues including “his crackdown on election protesters.” When Couric asked a question about Neda and her death, Ahmadinejad changed the subject. Ahmadinejad on July 16 in a letter called on […]