Following protests in the holy city of Mashhad, at least a hundred people were arrested in Falakeh Bargh or Bargh square. Limited clashes also took place between government forces and the protesters.
According to eyewitnesses most of the arrested were students and the youth.
TEHRAN (GVF) - According to our reports from Tehran, Mir-Hossein Mousavi who spearheads Iran’s Green Movement was present in demonstrations marking the anniversary of the Islamic revolution.
Eyewitnesses said that Mousavi appeared at the rally amongst ordinary citizens in a manner that made it difficult to tell him apart from his fellow citizens.
The civilized world waits and wonders about what the dawn will bring to the growing and long-suffering political opposition in Iran. Thursday marks the 31st anniversary of the Iranian revolution - but today there are two Irans and two very different ways of marking the day.
The Woodlands, Texas – Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) today announced that its indirect foreign subsidiaries that have been selling products to third parties located in Iran will discontinue doing so and will exit any contractual arrangements there as expeditiously as legally possible. While such sales have been done in full compliance with U.S. law, it was determined that the small amount of business done there does not justify the reputational risk currently associated with doing business with entities located in Iran, due to the growing international concern over the policies of the current regime there.
I, Mohammad Reza Ruhi-Nejad, inform you that my 23 year old son, Hamed Ruhi-Nejad, was arrested on May 3, 2009 - before the tenth presidential elections – by a group identifying themselves as members of the Presidential National Security Agency, and transferred to Ward 209 of Evin prison. My family and I had no news of my son’s situation for over 4 months until my wife finally obtained permission to visit him through the Islamic Revolutionary Court’s Public Prosecutor’s Office.
In an exclusive interview with the Bangkok Post Sunday, Mohammad Reza Madhi, a former officer in Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards' intelligence service, described Mr Ahmadinejad as ''crazy'' and unfit to lead his country.''He has already destroyed international relationships with many countries and made them enemies of Iran,'' said Mr Madhi, who was forced to flee Iran in 2008 after being jailed for 73 years on what he described as ''trivial'' charges. ''This has cost the Iranian people so much. His ideas are dangerous.''
The wife of Dr. Zaidabadi, chairman of the Iran Students Organization, said her husband is still banned from receiving visitors and he has also been denied a release bond.Mehdieh Mohammdi, Dr. Zaidabadi’s wife, said: “This morning, accompanied by Dr. Zaidabadi’s lawyer, we went to the revolutionary court to arrange for his release bond, when we encountered a situation in complete violation of existing laws”.
Bahari’s lawyer, Saleh Nikbakhat, told Reporters Without Borders: “I have unfortunately not been able to see him or have access to his case file since his arrest. I still do not know what Maziar is accused of. Even the power of attorney that I gave to them on 23 June has still not been returned to me. But he has been able to see and call his family.”
Behnoud Shojaee and Akram Mahdavi are scheduled to be executed in Evin prison this Sunday October 11 which falls one day after the International Day Against Execution. Some reports say that they may be executed tomorrow. Another juvenile,Safar Angooti is scheduled to be executed on October 21st. The Supreme Court is also deciding the fate of another minor on death row, Ali Mahin Torabi. This sad news is worrying the families of these youngsters, NGO's and human rights activists internationally.
Dr Mohammad Maleki, a 76-year old male Iranian scholar and former Chancellor of Tehran University has been detained. An independent commentator, he has for many years criticized the policies of successive governments. He is believed to be held for criticizing the conduct of the recent presidential election and therefore to be a prisoner of conscience.
The Islamic Republic of Iran will hang tomorrow early in the morning at 6. 30, Iranian time, fourteen young Baluch on the fabricated charges of corrupting the earth and fighting God in a public park to stage a show for exhibiting its credentials as the worst killer in the Iranian history. The Iranian Fars News Agency reported that the relatives of the victims have been invited to go and watch the show of hanging. It's not clear who the victims are as the full identities of the men who are supposed to be hanged have not been yet exposed to the public. Abdul Hamid Rigi, the older brother of Abdul Malik Rigi, the leader of People's Resistance Movement of Iran, Jondollah, is among them.
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) — Eight local staff members of the British embassy in Tehran have been arrested in connection with the country’s post-election unrest, Iran’s government-funded Press TV reported Sunday. CNN could not immediately reach the embassy officials for confirmation. It was also not immediately known whether any British citizens were among the arrested.
We heard a gunshot. Neda was standing a metre away from me... I saw blood gushing out of her chest".The doctor who tried to save an Iranian protester as she bled to death on a street in Tehran has told the BBC of her final moments.Dr Arash Hejazi, who is studying at a university in the south of England, said he ran to Neda Agha-Soltan's aid after seeing she had been shot in the chest. Despite his attempts to stop the bleeding she died in less than a minute, he said.
Payvand.com - Unsourced reports are circulating that British banks have frozen $1.6 billion in funds belonging to Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the supreme leader. This supposed affront is cited as another reason for displeasure with Britain in high places in Iran.
General Ali Fazli, who was recently appointed as a commander of the Revolutionary Guards in the province of Tehran, is reported to have been arrested after he refused to carry out orders from the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei to use force on people protesting the controversial re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
An Iranian student protester in Tehran made a passionate plea for help from the world community this morning in a phone call to CNN’s “American Morning.”For safety reasons, CNN can only identify the student by his first name, Mohammed. He’s been a part of the protests and a target of the violence there. Below is an edited transcript of the interview.John Roberts: What is the scene like on the streets? Are there more demonstrators out there on the streets? Or is it much quieter than it has been in recent days?
Mohammed: Hello. Actually I participated in Saturday’s demonstrations in parts of Tehran. What I saw, I saw thousands of security officers that tried to break up the crowd. They used canisters and batons and water cannons against us. They attacked us. And we also in response attacked them. We attacked them by throwing stones. And we built trenches in the streets
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Thousands of defiant protesters clashed with police in the streets of Tehran on Saturday in protest of last week's presidential elections, and opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi reportedly said he was ready for "martyrdom."
I will participate in the demonstrations tomorrow. Maybe they will turn violent. Maybe I will be one of the people who is going to get killed. I’m listening to all my favorite music. I even want to dance to a few songs. I always wanted to have very narrow eyebrows. Yes, maybe I will go to the salon before I go tomorrow! There are a few great movie scenes that I also have to see.
At least 500 activists, opposition figures, journalists and students have been arrested in Iran in recent days in a growing crackdown aimed at "decapitating" the movement against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election.The round-up has included individuals once closely associated with the 1979 Islamic revolution but who have been critical of Ahmadinejad's government.Saeed Leylaz, a prominent journalist and commentator, today became the latest leading figure to be arrested, possibly because of his frequent interviews with foreign media.Leylaz, a known reformist and supporter of the defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, warned last week that Iran faced a possible Tiananmen Square-type bloodbath if the election was stolen.
Iran was braced for a fifth day of unrest today as the government intensified its crackdown on opposition figures with the arrest of dozens of leading critics and issued a further warning against reporting of the protest movement.Saeed Laylaz, a leading journalist and a critic of government policy often quoted by foreign media, was among the latest to be detained, as protesters prepared for more demonstrations in Tehran
In Tehran, hundreds of thousands of supporters of leading opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi turn out to protest the result of the election at a mass rally in Azadi (Freedom) square Monday. Mr. Mousavi claims there was voting fraud in Friday's election..TEHRAN -- The largest demonstration here since the Iranian revolution ended in gunfire Monday, after hundreds of thousands of protesters thronged a central square and Iran's ruling cleric ordered an investigation into allegations of fraud in the presidential election.
The supporters of Iran's defeated presidential candidate planned the rally in Tehran today to protest against the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which has sparked two days of violent protests in the capital. It was not clear whether authorities would allow any further demonstration by his opponents, after they yesterday rounded up 170 activists.The protests triggered violence on a scale not seen since 1999 when student demonstrations led to a week of deadly nationwide unrest.
Supporters of the main election challenger to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed with police and set up barricades of burning tires today as authorities declared the hard-line president was re-elected in a landslide. Opponents responded with the most serious unrest in the capital in a decade and charges that the result was the work of a "dictatorship."
London, 8-6-09--Abdol Hamid Rigi, the brother of Abdol Malik Rigi, the leader of People's Resistance Movement of Iran, Jondolla, was hanged in Zahedan on Saturday, 6 June 09 after he was extradited from Pakistan to Iran, The semi-official Fars News Agency reported.The Pakistani government was warned by many human rights organization that Abdol Hamid, would be executed if he was returned to Iran but in spite of all the warnings, the Pakistani government extradited him with few other Baluch. Reza Qaladarzahi, who was also extradited by Pakistan to Iran, was hanged with Rigi.
BuzzFarzad Kamangar, a 33-year-old teacher, journalist and human rights activist, is awaiting execution in Iran's notorious Evin prison. The Islamic regime calls him a terrorist, but his real crime is being a Kurd. Mr. Kamangar taught at an elementary school in the northwestern Iranian city of Kamyaran, where he was a member of the Kurdistan Teachers Union and wrote for various underground human rights publications. He secretly taught his Kurdish students their banned language and told stories about their culture and history. He was detained by Iranian police in Tehran in July 2006 when traveling to visit his brother, a Kurdish activist. He disappeared into the Iranian prison system with no word to his family or friends.
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's official news agency says three people have been hanged for their involvement in the bombing of a mosque that killed 25 people.IRNA quoted a statement issued by the local judiciary department as saying that the three, Haji Nouti Zehi, Gholam Rasoul Shahoo Zehi and Zabihollah Naroui, were hanged Saturday ahead of the funeral of those killed in southeastern Iran.
ZAHEDAN, Iran, May 30 (UPI) -- Three men already jailed for other attacks were executed Saturday for planning this week's deadly suicide bombing at an Iranian mosque, officials in Tehran say.The official Iranian Republic News Agency IRNA said the men were hanged Saturday morning near the site of the Thursday mosque attack in the predominantly Sunni Arab southeastern Iran city of Zahedan. Nineteen people died when a bomber infiltrated the Shiite facility and blew himself up, the BBC reported.
On May 25, 2009, something very rare in Iranian history occurred. A coalition composed of grassroots pro-democracy political forces in Iran was formed.[1] There is little doubt that the fundamentalist regime ruling Iran has lost its legitimacy. There is also little doubt that no opposition organization could on its own establish democracy and human rights in Iran. The desperate need for a broad-based coalition has animated Iranian political activists for some time. Outside Iran, there have been several attempts to bring together groups and individuals to form a powerful opposition organization with little success. However, actual coalitions of forces have been very rare in Iranian history
I did not know it then – perhaps I did not want to know – but it is clear to me now that the Americans wanted me out. Clearly this is what the human rights advocates in the State Department wanted … What was I to make of the Administration’s sudden decision to call former Under Secretary of State George Ball to the White House as an adviser on Iran? Ball was among those Americans who wanted to abandon me and ultimately my country.” Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, The Shah of Iran
Although his lawyer Mr. Mohammad Mostafaei has not receive official notice of the execution date, he was informed by Mohammadreza’s father that he is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday May 27th at Adelabad prison in Shiraz where he has been imprisoned for the last 4 years.
New York-based Human Rights Watch called yesterday for the immediate release from an Iranian interrogation center of Behrooz Javid-Tehrani, a human rights activist who was first arrested in 1999 and has been in and out of prison ever since.Javid-Tehrani, 29, has been on a hunger strike for over two weeks and is believed to have various health problems resulting from years of torture.
Behrooz Javid-Tehrani, who is critically ill, is in prison for his peaceful political dissent and his human rights advocacy...He should never have been imprisoned in the first place and he should be released at once or he will likely die in prison."Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director (New York) -The Iranian government should immediately release ailing political prisoner Behrooz Javid-Tehrani, a human rights activist first arrested during 1999 nationwide student protests, and ensure he has access to adequate medical care, Human Rights Watch said today. Javid-Tehrani, who has been continually detained since 2005, is on hunger strike and suffers from health problems caused by prolonged torture.
My cause is to ensure that they emerge victorious in this battle so that our people may ultimately shirk off the combined yoke of religious fanaticism and political despotism that has brought havoc to the lives of ordinary people, and to the standing of our country in the international community.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has arrested a group of people linked to Israel who were planning bombings ahead of the Islamic Republic's June presidential election, the intelligence minister was quoted as saying on Sunday.State radio, citing Intelligence Minister Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei, did not say how many people had been arrested or give any other details.
Q 1: Would the Iranian regime tolerate peaceful street protests?
K Zaim: No. They will under no circumstances tolerate street protests. Their reactions to even limited protests by interest groups, civil activists, women’s movement, student protests and worker protests or strikes have been vey swift and often violent. They have imprisoned tens of thousands of political and civil activists in all walks of life in order to prevent protests from spreading and becoming epidemic.
US-Iranian reporter Roxana Saberi, who has been handed an eight-year jail sentence on charges of espionage, has been on hunger strike for the past five days, her father said."She has started [a hunger strike] and today is the fifth day," Reza Saberi said. "Her lawyer lodged an appeal over the sentence today."
Iran Press Watch has learned that an article was published earlier this week stating that the Spanish House of Representatives has asked the Spanish government to call for the release of the seven (7) Baha’i leaders [formerly known as the Yaran, or "Friends"] in Iran and to condemn the systematic persecution of the Baha’is. It also condemns the human rights violations committed by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Twenty students at Noushirvan University in Babol were prevented from entering the campus, insulted, and beaten by the University Guards and plainclothes security officers who met them in front of the campus on 13 April 2009.
At the G20 summit, President Obama once again repeated the same mantra, “The United States wants the Islamic Republic of Iran to take its rightful place in the community of nations.” Apparently, the White House staff does not read my articles so President Obama continues to parrot the same mantra everywhere he goes.
As a member of Amnesty International I want to write to you about Ayatollah Seyyed Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi, an Iranian Muslim cleric who advocates the separation of religion and government. He has been in the Central Yazd prison, his health has been seriously deteriorated and he is refused health service inside of prison, furthermore he has a bone disease that needs medical attention and X-ray but Mr. Boroujerdi is not allowed permission to leave the prison to get medical attention, I would respectfully ask you to grant him permission to get medical attention as his imprisonment terms goes against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
On the April 1st 1979 the Islamic Republic was proclaimed in Iran. There is nothing to celebrate but 30 years of resistance against this inhuman regime. 30 years “Islamic Republic Iran” means 30 years of suppression and terror: persecution of national and religious minorities, homosexuals, women, trade unionists as well as members of the political opposition. The public executions of people because of supposed sexual misdemeanours or because of their sexual orientation mock all principles of human rights.
Barack Obama extended the olive branch to Iran's leaders last Friday in a videotaped message praising a "great civilization" for "accomplishments" that "have earned the respect of the United States and the world." The death of Iranian blogger Omid-Reza Mirsayafi in Tehran's Evin prison two days earlier was, presumably, not among the accomplishments the president had in mind.
Amir Heshmat Saran, political prisoner of Rajaii shahr prison in Karaj, dies mysteriously on March 6, after he was transferred to hospital for brain damage. His sudden death has been confirmed by his family. The reasons of his death are claimed to be brain hemorrhage, but according to Human Right activists, experience with mysterious deaths of other political prisoners makes Mr. Saran's death a suspicious one. Amir Saran was arrested in 2004 for founding a group named "National United Front", and was finally sentenced to 16 years imprisonment by Karaj Court.
Mohammed MossadeqMohammed Hedayat Mossadeq of Mossadegh (Teheran, 19 mei 1882 - Ahmad Abad, 4 maart 1967) was een Iraans politicus. Zijn naam werd vooral gevestigd in de periode van april 1951 tot en met augustus 1953 toen hij het minister-presidentschap bekleedde en bekend werd door de nationalisering van de Iraanse olie.
Geert Wilders, an outspoken politician and chairman of the Freedom Party (PVV) in the Netherlands who produced a 16 minute-long movie “FITNA,” has been accused of Islamophobia and refused entry to the UK by immigration authorities after arriving at Heathrow airport in London. UK Independence party peer, Lord Pearson, had invited him to show his controversial film “Fitna,” which links Quran to terrorism, at the House of Lords.
ABU DHABI, Feb 22 (Reuters) - France, set to open a military base in the United Arab Emirates this year, said on Sunday that Iran should take part in a dialogue with Gulf Arab countries to ally their fears over its nuclear programme.France is among world powers trying to exert pressure on Iran to halt its atomic work, which has played into Gulf countries' fears over the non-Arab power's rising influence.
Israel's ambassador to the U.S. called for "immediate and serious action" Friday after a United Nations report showed Iran has enough uranium to build a nuclear bomb. The White House also said the international community must work together to address Iran's uranium enrichment activities, calling the rogue nation's nuclear capabilities an "urgent problem." Israeli Ambassador Sallai Meridor, in an interview with FOXNews.com, said the report only emphasizes the threat Iran poses to the rest of the world.
TEHRAN (AFP) — An Iranian man who was sentenced to death by stoning after he was found guilty of having illicit relations with a teenage girl has been hanged, a newspaper reported on Saturday.Abdullah Fareivar, a 50-year-old music teacher, was hanged on Thursday in a prison in the northern town of Sari, the Etemad Melli newspaper said.It said Fareivar was sentenced to death despite his family saying his relations with the 17-year-old girl were not illicit as he had entered into a contract marriage with her and that his first wife was aware of it.
TEHRAN, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Visiting former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder criticised on Saturday Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for casting doubt over the Holocaust, saying the slaughter of 6 million Jews by Nazis was a fact.Since coming to power in 2005, Ahmadinejad has provoked international condemnation for saying the Holocaust was a "myth" and calling Israel a "tumour" in the Middle East.
Nearly 9 months after the arrest of the 7 leaders of the Baha’i community in Iran and following the “guilty verdict” on espionage issued by Security Prosecutor of Tehran and even before a court of justice could review the accusations, the Prosecutor General of Iran in a letter to the Ministry of Intelligence, declared the activities of the leadership illegal and banned. The prosecutor general also stated: ”that the activities of Baha’i organization in all aspect are illegal since their connection to Israel and opposition to Islam and Islamic nation and danger to national security is obvious. It is imperative that any further activities by any such groups be dealt with.”
Iranian revolution Court has sentenced Dr. Arash Alaei and his brother Kamyar Alaei , specialists in research and curbing AIDS, to altogether 9 years imprisonment. They are charged with participating in "soft toppling".On Monday 19 January the head of the anti espionage section of the Intelligence Ministry had referred to the brothers as those who had participated in" toppling the regime softly".
According to ISNA-17 January, the 25th branch of Tehran's Revolution Court has convicted those involved in "soft toppling" of the regime in Iran to life imprisonment .The court has not clarified their names and whereabouts or even the prison in which they are being detained. According to a statement released by three Human Rights NGOs; Doctors defending Human Rights, Human Right Watch (Iran), and "International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran: The Alaei brothers are amongst those accused of trying to topple the regime
14 January 2009, in a coordinated operation, ten families affiliated with the Bahai faith were harassed by Iranian regime security agents, their belongings searched, confiscated and their members arrested and taken away to Evin prison.According to reports released by Bahai students; Jinus Sobhani, Shahrokh Taeff, Azizollah Samandari, Payam Aghsani, Didar Raoof, Nima Haghar have been arrested.
On the 21st of December 2008, the secret police entered the headquarters of the centre of the Defenders of Human Rights, the only non-governmental organisation for human rights and a member of the FIDH in Iran, by force and without legal warrant and, sealed the centre. This letter is written in Persian, English, French, Dutch, Turkish, German, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Russian.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has set up a court to try Israelis for its air attacks on Gaza and is ready to try in absentia any people who Tehran says have committed crimes, a judiciary official said on Tuesday.A group of Iranian students also broke into a British embassy residential compound to protest London's perceived bias towards Israel, an Iranian news agency reported.Iran, which does not recognise Israel, has criticised some Arab states and Western countries for not doing enough to stop military action by the Jewish state.
TEHRAN — Authorities stormed the private office of Iran’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Shirin Ebadi, on Monday, seizing her computers and her clients’ documents. Ms. Ebadi, who is the country’s most prominent human rights activist and an outspoken critic of the government, has recently come under increasing pressure from the government. The move on Monday appeared to be part of an effort to limit her activities ahead of presidential elections in June.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians recited poetry, shared stories and ate fruits and nuts Saturday during all-night celebrations of the longest night of the year, a tradition going back thousands of years to when Zoroastrianism was the predominant religion of ancient Persia.For many Iranians, the celebration, known as Yalda, offers a link with ancient traditions as well as a chance to gather with family.
A new public opinion survey of the Iranian Americans has been released recently. The survey was commissioned by the newly founded organization, the Public Affairs of Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) to Zogby International.
The results show in a clear way that the Iranian-Americans concerns are directly caused by the Iranian regime.
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The U.S. attorney general has recused himself from the investigation of a midtown Manhattan building owned by a company allegedly affiliated with a sanctioned Iranian bank.Michael Mukasey, who is Jewish, representated the majority owner of the building, the Alavi Foundation, in a real estate dispute in the early 1980s and his former law firm -- Patterson, Belknap Webb & Tyler -- is listed as the foundation's general counsel in tax filings, reported the Washington Post.
Hood Yazerlou, student of Industrial management of Massoomein University of the religious city of Quom, who was arbitrarily arrested on 24 May 2008, for no clarified reason, has been transferred to solitary confinement since 7 December in 209 section of Evin prison and is under immense pressure.
Vice President-elect Joe Biden, second from right, is briefed on a report from the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. From left to right: Commission co-chair former Florida Sen. Bob Graham; Homeland Security Secretary-designate Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano; Biden and commission co-chair former Missouri Sen. Jim Talent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Washington (CNSNews.com) – A bipartisan commission appointed by Congress is warning the incoming Obama administration that it must not rule out the use of “direct force” – military action – against Iran and North Korea, if diplomatic negotiations fail to stop their nuclear weapons programs.
Whenever I have a little time to kill, I click the tab on my Web browser that takes me to the NYMEX crude oil futures. It’s astounding to think that the same $147 barrel of crude from last July is now, as of Oct. 28, selling for only $54.43 a barrel. But economics aside, I care about this for two reasons: I drive a truck, and this drop in price seems to be the only thing that has effectively put pressure on the oil-revenue-dependent government of Iran.
LUXEMBOURG (AFP) — A top European court ruled Thursday that the EU wrongly froze the funds of Iran's main opposition group in exile and violated its rights by not justifying why it was placed on a terror list.The group, the People's Mujahedeen of Iran (PMOI), hailed the verdict as a victory for justice and demanded that the EU strike it off the list of terrorist organisations and pay damages.
“We stand resolute in our demand to know the whole truth about these crimes against humanity and to have a competent court investigate them. … These crimes are still an open wound in the collective conscience of the Iranian society. And each one of us feels responsible to press for justice.”
Sadegh Shojaii, Mehdieh Golroo, Majid Dorri and Saiid Feizollahzade, the four students who had been deprived of their studies by the University Allameh Tabatabaii, have been arrested on Monday 24 November, after a sit-in and then transferred to Evin prison.
Next Tuesday, on November 18, the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) will host a congressional briefing. Senator Thomas Carper (D-DE) and Representative John Tierney (D-MA) are amongst the speakers. They will be talking about the new president’s policy towards Iran.It is deeply concerning that a discredited group within the Iranian-American community, with blatantly obvious connections with the Islamic Republic, should be allowed to freely influence Washington’s political circles to the detriment of the American peoples’ and ultimately, the world community’s interests. It is also shocking and difficult to explain that a group labeled by the Iranian regime as the “Iranian lobby” could so easily penetrate the US Congress.
NIAC has been trusted, supported and promoted by the Iranian regime and this is the root cause of its deep discreditability within the Iranian community.
After several months of discussions, a group of Iranian Americans finally converged and founded the “Progressive American-Iranian Committee” (PAIC).
This new organization is particularly focused on counteracting the Iranian regime’s web of influence in the US.
Hassan Dai interviewed Kayvan Kaboli, a co-founder of PAIC, and discussed this new group’s manifesto and their means of achieving their goals.
Bringing Jimmy Carter to International Courts of Justice for crime Genocide against iranians and his clear cut support to Islamic Republic of Iran ( Founder of international terrorism ). This regime is a brutal-corrupt regime which was eased in the power by an american coup, disguised as a revolution ! Islamic Republic of Khomeini and now khamenehei !! This entity is nothing but god father of horrors and international terrorism and an incorporation of serial killers with weapon of Islam in their hands who occupied imperial Iran 30 years ago.
Esha Momeni Iranian-American student who had returned to Iran to complete her thesis involving a film documentary on women's situation -arrested on 15 October 2008-, has been released on a 198000 dollar bail from Evin prison.
Congratulation
On behalf of “PAIC” we would like to extend our congratulations to the President-elect Mr. Barack Obama. This historic event is a significant illustration of the American democracy at its best. Once again this victory demonstrated that USA is the land of opportunities for all its residents including the minorities and the immigrants. The Iranian Americans as one of the minority immigrants are confident that their adopted country, the USA, would respond in the same tone to their needs and would recognize their choices in the same admirable manner in their efforts to establish democracy in their native land.
Second Branch of the revolutionary courts of Sanandaj (Iranian Kurdistan) has sentenced Yasser Goli to 15 years prison term in exile. "The sentence ordered by the court is only 10 lines! This court order which is supposed to be based on article 168 of the Islamic penal code has no reference on any evidence provided against my client Yasser Goli. My client has in none of his interrogations, let alone in the court sessions held against him, confessed against himself" Reiterates attorney Nemat Ahmadi.
We, the Iranians, celebrate October 29, the International Cyrus the Great Day, the day he issued humanity’s first declaration of human rights, as our National Day. This is a day that will remain and become eternal in our history.
According to official sources, Islamic Republic of Iran is reviewing the higher education entrance regulations for female students in Iran. The government Education Commission has introduced a bill to the Islamic parliament which states that female students can only apply to universities in their town/city of residence where their parents or husbands live
Parvaneh, spouse to Osanlou, a prominent leader of the independent Transport Syndicate of Tehran and the suburbs, has said her husband is in prison because he has been striving for the rights of workers within Iran's legal framework. Parvaneh's interview has appeared in the "Shahregan" site.
Kayvan Kaboli is a member of “Progressive American-Iranian Committee” (PAIC). He has been a political activist for 30 years with particular interest in environmental and peace issues.
Hassan Daoleslam is an independent Iran Analyst and writer. His focus is the Iranian regime's web of influence in U.S. http://english.iranianlobby.com/
Ayatollah Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi continues to be held in Evin Prison in Tehran, where his medical condition has gravely deteriorated. On 10 September, Ayatollah Kazemeyni Boroujerdi's wife and the family lawyer went to Evin Prison in order for the Ayatollah to sign papers nominating the lawyer. They were denied access to Ayatollah Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi by the prison authorities. He and his detained followers may be prisoners of conscience, held only because of their religious beliefs
Sometimes I wonder why I am so restless, why I cannot cease thinking! It seems like the world we live in reveals to us incessantly, at certain moments or in certain circumstances, just how little we are and how vast the universe is. This world of ours is a very complex world. The world we live in is a world of many brutal voices. It is a world of heavy blows and delirious trances, but it is the only world that we know.
Iranian Political Prisoners Association:Both Kamyar and Arash Alaii were arrested on 23 June 2008 by security forces, and are still in detention after 2 months under going interrogation and torture.The Alaii brothers have been vanguards in combating Aids in Iran.
Kayvan Kaboli is, a member of “Progressive American-Iranian Committee” (PAIC). He has been a political activist for 30 years with particular interest in environmental and peace issues. At the moment he is striving to establish an international alliance composed of democratic and secular forces against the Tehran's Islamic Republic.
FP: We're here today to discuss how Russia's invasion of Georgia will influence Iran. But first, let me ask you this: what do you think about U.S-Iran relations with regards to the recent diplomatic gestures between the two countries?
Kaboli: Undoubtedly, the Iranian regime relishes its conditional acquiescence by the West in general and by the U.S. in particular, in the face of its ongoing controversial nuclear project. Tehran is also trying to send a message of defiance and a show of strength against its own people with regards to any possible assistance from outside its borders. The Iranian regime would immensely benefit from such moves as opening an interests-section office in Tehran. I’m not against establishing diplomatic relations, but we also have to bear in mind who we are dealing with. Indecisiveness and appeasement by the West has encouraged the Mullahs during the last three decades. The European Union has assisted the Mullahs with its lucrative economic and political ties. With such economic and political ties, the Mullahs have gone from strength to strength.
During this dark era, the Islamic regime rulers have become heavily invested in establishing a sophisticated network of institutions and foundations in the United States in order to exploit all the possible means of carrying out their destructive policies. These networks of lobbyists and negotiators operate under the banner of Iranian-Americans to demote the principle interests and the Human Rights of the Iranian people as well as those of the Americans while promoting the interests of the Islamic regime as well as benefiting at personal levels themselves.
Inevitably, under these circumstances, it has become a necessity to represent the true essence of humane, freedom loving, and peaceful Iranians and their community in the USA, while simultaneously exposing the tainted and evil nature of the Islamic regime and their allies. With high hopes for democracy and progress in Iran, we have formed an alliance and we urge all our compatriots with any political tendencies or creed to join us.
The Plan to Promote Public Security has several components such as “Countering improper Hijab (Islamic dress),” “Collection of dangerous drug addicts and undesirable elements,” and “Supervision of activities in the private sector.”The implementation of this plan began in May 2007. The authorities stated its aim to increase the sense of safety and security amongst citizens. According to the police and security officials, this Plan is part of a comprehensive public chastity plan that has been approved by the highest authorities such as the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution and communicated by the president to security and police forces.
TORONTO -- The son of the deposed Shah of Iran warned that Western diplomacy or military intervention will not ease the tensions in Iran, and said there is a small window of time to empower the country's citizens to rise up against the government.
I was born in a country where I am not allowed to sing or perform./I was born in a country where I am not allowed to wear what I want./I was born in a country where I would be killed for my religious beliefs./I was born in a country where I would be tortured for advocating democracy./I was born in a country where, as a woman, my life is considered worth half of a mans.I was born in Iran.
During the 1970's, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who had acceded to the monarchist governmental leadership role present throughout Iran's history, implemented economic, educational and social reforms. In 1971, the Shah and the Iranian people celebrated 2,500 years of Persian Monarchy, and in 1978 the Shah implemented a wave of democratic reforms.
Passing through
A green corridor of songs,
After a summer rain,
Perhaps it was a feeling,
- Always being there,
But left forsaken as if for ever -,
Suddenly awakened me
In another childhood.
Passing through
A green corridor of songs,
After a summer rain,
Perhaps it was a feeling,
- Always being there,
But left forsaken as if for ever -,
Suddenly awakened me
In another childhood....
Teacher Farzad Kamangar, a member of the Kurdish ethnic group, has been sentenced to death on charges of moharebe, or ‘enmity against God’, a charge levelled against those accused of taking up arms against the state. Ali Heydariyan and Farhad Vakili may also be facing execution.
The people of Iran have been suffering for years from a common pain, namely the denial of their freedom, the price they pay in seeking this freedom as well as the discrimination they face in the course of their struggle for freedom, and so it is that in this midst whoever wishes and endeavors for progress and prosperity has taken decided even if relatively small steps for this freedom
Six Bahá'í leaders in Iran were arrested and taken to the notorious Evin prison yesterday in a sweep that is ominously similar to episodes in the 1980s when scores of Iranian Bahá'í leaders were summarily rounded up and killed. It seems the six are held in the notorious Evin 209 section and are undergoing interrogations.