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Iran warns it will ‘punch’ the West on Islamic revolution anniversary

Iran warns it will ‘punch’ the West on Islamic revolution anniversary »

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, has said that the country was set to deliver a “punch” that will stun world powers during this week’s 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution. February 9, 2010 Source: Telegraph “The Iranian...

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West pushes for ’strong sanctions’ against Iran

West pushes for ’strong sanctions’ against Iran »

February 8, 2010 Source: BBC Pressure is building in the West for new international sanctions against Iran, following its announcement that it will step up uranium enrichment. After talks in Paris, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the US...

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U.S., EU ‘Condemn’ Iranian Human Rights Violations

U.S., EU ‘Condemn’ Iranian Human Rights Violations »

February 8, 2010 Source: Fox News The United States and the European Union on Monday offered a condemnation against Iran’s government for human rights violations, saying intimidation, detentions, show trials and executions of presidential election protesters defies...

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PLANET IRAN NEWS FOCUS

Lawyers, Defendants and Prosecutor Collude in Court; Seeking Help from Religion and Attacking Mousavi »

Lawyers, Defendants and Prosecutor Collude in Court; Seeking Help from Religion and Attacking Mousavi

By Fereshteh Ghazi February 8, 2010 Source: Rooz Online On the fourth trial session of individuals arrested on Ashoura Day, a 20-year-old student was charged with Moharebeh...

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Universities and Security Measures, New Arrests; Strange Charges »

Universities and Security Measures, New Arrests; Strange Charges

By Hossein Mohammadi February 8, 2010 Source: Rooz Online Arresting and pressuring student activists is never ending.  While new reports emerge every day of the disturbing conditions...

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Activists Threatened: You Will Be Arrested If You Are in Tehran »

Activists Threatened: You Will Be Arrested If You Are in Tehran

Government Demonstrations in Azadi Square Sanctuary By Fereshteh Ghazi February 9, 2010 Source: Rooz Online With three days remaining to the February 11th anniversary of the Islamic revolution...

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Revolutionary Guards’ New Claim on Eve of Revolution Anniversary: Plot Unveiled to Assassinate Green Movement Leaders »

Revolutionary Guards’ New Claim on Eve of Revolution Anniversary: Plot Unveiled to Assassinate Green Movement Leaders

By Nazanin Kamdar February 9, 2010 Source: Rooz Online With only three days remaining until the Iranian Green Movement’s 22 Bahman rally (this is the 11th of...

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Civil Unrest Continues in Lar: Over 50 Detained »

Civil Unrest Continues in Lar: Over 50 Detained

February 8, 2010 Source: Persian2English Situation critical in Lar as arrests and detainment continue The following is based on a witness account from a Lar resident. A...

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IMPORTANT Tips 22nd of Bahman (February 11th) Protests »

IMPORTANT Tips 22nd of Bahman (February 11th) Protests

Please read and inform others. YOU ARE THE MEDIA! 1. In addition to carrying a mask, wearing dark glasses, a hat and sports clothes,...

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Feature Articles

Will Tehran choose the Tiananmen solution? »

Will Tehran choose the Tiananmen solution?

By Amir Taheri February 8, 2010 Source: Times Online This week on Iran’s streets we’ll leran how much blood the regime is willing to spill – and how tough the West can afford to be An east-west street of more than 30 miles divides Tehran, Iran’s megapolis of ...

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Preparing For 1979 Anniversary: Internet Disruption And New Dumpsters »

Preparing For 1979 Anniversary: Internet Disruption And New Dumpsters

February 8, 2010 Source: Radio Free Liberty/Radio Europe Iran observers say you can tell the Islamic republic is getting ready for more street protests when the Internet is disrupted and the text-messaging system is down. And dozens of activists and intellectuals are being arrested preemptively. And that’s what...

Feb 9 2010 / No comment / Read More »

German Embassy Scandal in Tehran; Several Federal Police Had Dangerous Liaisons in Iran »

German Embassy Scandal in Tehran; Several Federal Police Had Dangerous Liaisons in Iran

By Matthias Gebauer and Marcel Rosenbach February 8, 2010 Source: Spiegel Online The scandal involving federal police officers at the German embassy in Tehran who allegedly had affairs with an Iranian woman is expanding. The woman, who apparently holds both Iranian and British citizenship, is currently sitting in...

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Tests Ahead on Iran This Week »

Tests Ahead on Iran This Week

February 9, 2010 Source: The Wall Street Journal This is to be a week of testing on Iran: testing of the Iranian government, of the international will to oppose that government and of the delicate balancing act that is American policy. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaking Monday about...

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Shirin Ebadi, Iranian Nobel Prize winner, backs fresh street protests in Iran »

Shirin Ebadi, Iranian Nobel Prize winner, backs fresh street protests in Iran

Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi has called on her fellow Iranian to defy the security forces and take to the streets this week on the anniversary of the revolution. By Angus McDowall 6 Feb 2010 Source: Telegraph In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph, Mrs...

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Iranian Opposition Leader Mahdi Karroubi: ‘This Government Is Unworthy’ »

Iranian Opposition Leader Mahdi Karroubi: ‘This Government Is Unworthy’

February 6, 2010 Source: Spiegel Online In an interview with SPIEGEL, opposition politician and former president of the Iranian parliament Mahdi Karroubi, 72, discusses allegations that he has bowed under pressure from the government in Tehran. SPIEGEL: Hojatoleslam Karroubi, you are supposed to have recognized Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as...

Feb 7 2010 / No comment / Read More »
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Human Rights

Ebrahim Yazdi in Critical Condition

Ebrahim Yazdi in Critical Condition

February 8, 2010 Source: Reporters and Human rights Activists in Iran (RAHANA) After undergoing intensive night interrogation sessions done by a group of interrogators, Ebrahim Yazdi was taken to the Atiyeh Hospital in critical condition. RAHANA...

Feb 9, 2010 / More » Hassan Zohoori & Amir Sadeghi Detained

Hassan Zohoori & Amir Sadeghi Detained

February 8, 2010 Source: Reporters and Human rights Activists in Iran (RAHANA) RAHANA Prisoners’ Rights Unit – Hassan Zohoori was arrested at his home in the early hours of Monday, by agents from the intelligence...

Feb 9, 2010 / More » Feminist Defense Attorney Arrested

Feminist Defense Attorney Arrested

February 8, 2010 Source: Reporters and Human rights Activists in Iran (RAHANA) RAHANA Prisoners’ Rights Unit – In the early hours of Monday, agents from the intelligence Ministry entered the building where Maryam Ghanbari resides,...

Feb 9, 2010 / More »

Women & Minors

Feminist Defense Attorney Arrested

Feminist Defense Attorney Arrested

February 8, 2010 Source: Reporters and Human rights Activists in Iran (RAHANA) RAHANA Prisoners’ Rights Unit – In the early hours of Monday, agents from the intelligence Ministry entered the building where Maryam Ghanbari resides,...

Feb 9, 2010 / More » List of female activists detained at Evin

List of female activists detained at Evin

February 8, 2010 Source: Persian2English In recent waves of arrest, the Islamic Republic has detained a number of female human rights and political activists, fearing they will be linked to the people`s movement. Iran News Agency:...

Feb 9, 2010 / More » REPORT: The Regime’s Inhumane Treatment of Mourning Mothers

REPORT: The Regime’s Inhumane Treatment of Mourning Mothers

January 28, 2010 Source: Persian2English Deutsche Übersetzung auf Julias Blog lesen Editor’s Note: The following text is a translation of a first-hand report by the son of a  Mourning Mothers supporter. Perhaps the Green Movement should...

Jan 29, 2010 / More »

Gay, Lesbian & Transsexual

5 Human Rights Groups Launch Worldwide ‘346 — NO EXECUTIONS’ CAMPAIGN

5 Human Rights Groups Launch Worldwide ‘346 — NO EXECUTIONS’ CAMPAIGN

January 28, 2010 Today, five human rights advocacy groups in five Western nations announced the official launching of the 346 No Executions campaign, a coordinated worldwide effort to inspire at least 346 citizens in...

Jan 28, 2010 / More » Gay Teen on Death-row: Case Unknown

Gay Teen on Death-row: Case Unknown

January 27, 2010 Source: Persian2English Deutsche Übersetzung auf Julias Blog lesen Committee of Human Rights Reporters (CHRR)- All the follow-ups made on the case of Nemat Safavi, a teenager from Ardebil have been fruitless. He was...

Jan 28, 2010 / More » Being gay in Iran

Being gay in Iran

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Jan 11, 2010 / More »

Labor & Industry

Italian Trade Union Federations call for a stop to executions in Iran

Italian Trade Union Federations call for a stop to executions in Iran

Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro Italy’s 3 major trade union federations call to demonstration:  February 5th, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Rome CGIL CISL UIL  condemn the decision of the Iranian government...

Feb 6, 2010 / More » Bafteha Workers Block Roads to Protest

Bafteha Workers Block Roads to Protest

January 25, 2010 Source: Persian2English On January 24, 180 Bafteha textile workers of Kerman blocked roads to protest the dissolution of their company by shareholders. In an interview with Ilna, one of the workers said, “We...

Jan 27, 2010 / More » Workers wage and real inflation figures: Who is accountable?

Workers wage and real inflation figures: Who is accountable?

By Behrouz Karevani January 20, 2010 Source: Persian2English Approaching the end of the solar year commences discussion on workers wage. Following the workers campaign to increase the minimum annual salary, Ebrahim Nazry Jalali, deputy minister of Labor...

Jan 20, 2010 / More »

Ethnic & Religious Minorities

Two Baha’is arrested in Mashhad

Two Baha’is arrested in Mashhad

January 27, 2010 Source: Persian2English Two Baha’i residents of Mashhad were arrested and transferred to an unidentified location. HRANA: According to the Baha’i Committee for Human Rights Activists in Iran, two Baha’i youth, Bahman Yazdani and...

Jan 28, 2010 / More » Two Baha’is Received Prison Sentence and Fine as Another Was Summoned to the Court

Two Baha’is Received Prison Sentence and Fine as Another Was Summoned to the Court

January 21, 2010 Source: Human Rights Activists in Iran The Court of Appeals in the province of Mazandaran handed down prison sentence and fine for two Baha’i citizens.  Another Baha’i was summoned to the court. The...

Jan 22, 2010 / More » Religious Persecution In Iran

Religious Persecution In Iran

January 14, 2010 Source: Voice of America (VOA) The United States strongly condemns the decision by the Iranian government to commence an espionage trial of 7 leaders of Iran’s Baha’i community. The 2 women —...

Jan 14, 2010 / More »

Regime Lobbies & Promoters Outside Iran

NIAC and US Policy toward Iran

NIAC and US Policy toward Iran

By Dr. Arash Irandoost 14 January, 2010 Source: Right Side News The White House is in the process of fine tuning its Iranian Policy. On the sidelines, various groups are positioning to shape the plan. Front...

Jan 15, 2010 / More » The Strange New Friend of the Iranian Demonstrators

The Strange New Friend of the Iranian Demonstrators

By Hassan Daioleslam January 8, 2010 Source: American Thinker As the Iranian uprising enters its seventh month and spurs the ruling regime’s disintegration, the Iranian community in the U.S. is witnessing a peculiar sideshow. Some of...

Jan 8, 2010 / More » NIAC’s internal documents- Series Five

NIAC’s internal documents- Series Five

December 21, 2009 Source: Progressive American-Iranian Committee Funding from NED and EF Part 1: NIAC’s coordination with the Iranian government and Hamyaran Summary National Iranian American Council (NIAC) and its president Trita Parsi arranged to receive congressional appropriated...

Dec 22, 2009 / More »

International Companies in Business with Iran

German Companies Pull Out of Iran, Slowly

German Companies Pull Out of Iran, Slowly

By JUDY DEMPSEY February 2, 2010 Source: The New York Times BERLIN — German companies, long Iran’s biggest trading partners in Europe, are finding it increasingly difficult to do business there as the United States, Israel...

Feb 2, 2010 / More » German firms in no rush to follow Siemens Iran exit

German firms in no rush to follow Siemens Iran exit

January 27, 2010 Source: Reuters * Some sectors, such as gas, still interested in Iran * Siemens says rejecting new orders from Iran * Exports to Iran down but less sharply than other countries By Michael Shields and...

Jan 27, 2010 / More » Huntsman Stops Sales in Iran on Concern for Government Actions

Huntsman Stops Sales in Iran on Concern for Government Actions

By Bill Varner January 27, 2010 Source: Bloomberg Huntsman Corp., the world’s biggest maker of epoxy adhesives, said its foreign subsidiaries will discontinue sales in Iran due to concern over the government’s handling of protests of...

Jan 27, 2010 / More »

Oil & Gas

Iran bullish on gas in face of sanctions

Iran bullish on gas in face of sanctions

February 1, 2010 Source: United Press International (UPI) TEHRAN — With five additional oil refineries planned, Iran expects to boost capacity to the point that it becomes a gasoline exporter, state media reports. Iran under a...

Feb 1, 2010 / More » Iran in billion-euro gas deal with Germany

Iran in billion-euro gas deal with Germany

Iran has the world’s second largest proven gas reserves after Russia January 20, 2010 Source: Agence France Presse TEHRAN — Iran has signed a one-billion-euro (1.44-billion-dollar) deal with a German firm to build 100 gas turbo-compressors,...

Jan 20, 2010 / More » Iran sees up to $20 bln in foreign energy investment

Iran sees up to $20 bln in foreign energy investment

January 18, 2010 Source: Reuters TEHRAN – Iran is examining proposed foreign investments of up $20 billion in its energy sector, Oil Minister Massoud Mirkazemi said on Monday. Mirkazemi did not name any of the foreign...

Jan 19, 2010 / More »
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