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  • Even though I turned into Autumn I am more beautiful now

    Created: Sunday, 11 April 2010 08:57
    Even though I turned into Autumn I am more beautiful now/ A letter of suffering by Bahareh, victim of rape / arrested in July 2009 at Ghoba Mosque A letter of suffering by Bahareh Maghami, a squished corn-poppy of Iran (a victim of rape in prison).â...

  • Vigils to be held for U.S. hikers detained in Iran

    Created: Sunday, 11 April 2010 08:54
    Sunday, 11 April 2010 - (CNN) -- Friends and supporters of three American hikers detained in Iran plan to hold vigils in various cities across the United States on Sunday to call for their release....

  • Iran lifts ban on prominent pro-reform daily

    Created: Sunday, 11 April 2010 08:50
    Sunday, 11 April 2010 - TEHRAN (Reuters) - A prominent pro-reform daily reappeared on Iranian newsstands on Sunday after a three-year ban that reformists saw as an attempt by hardline rulers to silence critics of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad....

  • Some Iranians Watching Kyrgyz Developments With Envy

    Created: Sunday, 11 April 2010 08:49
    Sunday, 11 April 2010 - Some Iranians have been watching the events in Kyrgyzstan with interest, while drawing parallels with the post-election crisis in their own country....

  • Mother of prisoner says Tehran Prosecutor responsible for her son’s health

    Created: Sunday, 11 April 2010 08:47
    Sunday, 11 April 2010 - In an open letter that has been widely published in the media, Fatemeh Alvandi, the mother of Mehdi Mahmoudian, declared Tehran Prosecutor responsible for her son’s dangerous physical condition, due to damages he sustained dur...

  • Government taking legal action against MP

    Created: Sunday, 11 April 2010 08:39
    Sunday, 11 April 2010 - GVF -- A legal advisor to Ahmadinejad has said that the illegitimate government has taken legal action against an Iranian Member of Parliament who recently exposed the name of an Ahmadinejad vice-president as the leader of a cor...

  • Justice for All

    Created: Saturday, 10 April 2010 09:08
    Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, the head of the Iranian judiciary, at a meeting with several grand ayatollahs in Qom on April 2, declared that the judicial system "is not a tool" in the hands of n'importe qui and that "in dealing with economic crimes by inf...

  • Challenging Iran, With YouTube Views

    Created: Saturday, 10 April 2010 09:06
    Saturday, 10 April 2010 - MOHSEN SAZEGARA recognizes that nonviolent protest is a tough sell for most Iranians, given that bloodshed is a part of both their long history and their faith....

  • Khatami predicts 'social crises'

    Created: Saturday, 10 April 2010 09:04
    Saturday 10 April 2010 - GVF -- In a meeting with Tehran University students, former president Mohammad Khatami told students today that “the situation of the country following the elections is bad and the nation is paying a heavy price these days; t...

  • Iranian Kurds Complain Of Crackdown On Activists

    Created: Saturday, 10 April 2010 09:03
    Saturday, 10 April 2010 - The Iranian-based Human Rights Organization of Kurdistan says its members are being prosecuted because of their human rights activities, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports....

  • Pressures by Ministry of Information on the judiciary branch to deliver heavy sentences

    Created: Saturday, 10 April 2010 09:00
    Saturday, 10 April 2010 - Hrana Agency – Ministry of Information, regardless of the lack of credible evidence against political activists, is exercising its power in the legal system by pressuring to cut the political prisoners long-term and heavy s...

  • Iranian activist nominated for Student Peace Prize

    Created: Friday, 09 April 2010 07:27
    Friday, 9 April 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....

  • Mousavi: Regime problems 'far deeper' than just street protests

    Created: Friday, 09 April 2010 07:25
    Friday, 9 April 2010 - GVF -- Green Movement leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi has met with former members of parliament from the reformist Mujahidin of the Islamic Revolution Organisation. He said that the Islamic Republic is facing problems “far deeperâ€...

  • Rift Reported Between Qom Clerics, Iranian President

    Created: Friday, 09 April 2010 07:24
    Friday, 9 April 2010 - A reformist Iranian cleric close to the religious establishment in the holy city of Qom says several of the city's top clerics refused to meet Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad during a recent visit, RFE/RL's Radio Farda repor...

  • Iran accuses American hikers of US intelligence links

    Created: Friday, 09 April 2010 07:21
    Friday, 9 April 2010 - Iran's intelligence minister has accused three American hikers jailed since crossing the border from Iraq in July of having links to US intelligence services, according to state TV....

  • Ighan Shahidi & Sama Nourani under Pressure to Make Televised Confessions

    Created: Friday, 09 April 2010 07:16
    Friday, 9 April 2010 - CHRR - Ighan Shahidi and Sama Nourani, 2 Baha’i citizens who have been denied university admission, are reportedly under pressure and long interrogations to make televised confessions. Evin officials have also prevented the fam...

  • Iran is still holding 35 journalists after crackdown, human rights group says

    Created: Thursday, 08 April 2010 07:31
    Thursday, 8 April 2010 - At least 35 journalists remain imprisoned in Iran, with some facing the death penalty, after the Government’s media crackdown since the disputed presidential election last year....

  • Protesters ‘Occupy’ Parts Of Iranian Embassy In The Hague

    Created: Wednesday, 07 April 2010 07:33
    Wednesday, 7 April 2010 - About a dozen young protesters today gained access to some parts of the Iranian Embassy in The Hague....

  • Special Court for Iranians Abroad: Established to Help or to Intimidate?

    Created: Wednesday, 07 April 2010 07:31
    Wednesday, 7 April 2010 - Iran’s Minister of Justice announced last Wednesday that plans are under way to form a special court for Iranians abroad and that the court will commence work soon. During an appearance at the High Council of Coordination w...

  • More Pressure On Karrubi And Allies Reported

    Created: Wednesday, 07 April 2010 07:29
    Wednesday, 7 April 2010 - Sahamnews, the website of reformist cleric Mehdi Karrubi’s Etemad Melli party, reports that Mohammad Davari, the jailed chief editor of the website, has been subjected to torture intended to force him to publicly cast doubt...