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Video message of brave Iranian activist & opposition leader, Heshmat Tabarzadi to Khamenei

Video message of brave Iranian activist & opposition leader, Heshmat Tabarzadi to Khamenei

WongMixxMySpaceNetvouzNewsvineoneviewOnlyWirePlugIMPropellerRedditSegnaloShoutwireSimpySlashdotSurphaceSphinnSpurlS LiveYahoo!Email This to a Friend  Link HTML:  Permalink:  If you like this then please subscribe to the RSS Feed or Email Feed.Powered by Bookmarkify™ More »Statement by Heshmat Tabarzadi, a secular, pro-democracy activist in Iran who has been imprisoned several times in recent years. Tabarzadi and [...]

Regime Makes Special Committees to Fire and Force Dissenting University Professors into Early Retirement

Regime Makes Special Committees to Fire and Force Dissenting University Professors into Early Retirement

November 30, 2009 Source: Persian2english’s Blog Regime makes special committees to fire and force dissenting university professors into early retirement. While a large number of students have been arrested and put in solitary confinement on the eve of Student’s Day (December 7th), special committees have been formed in all of Iran’s universities to fire and [...]

Man Fired from Job because of Religious Beliefs

Man Fired from Job because of Religious Beliefs

November 30, 2009 Source: Persian2english’s Blog Mehdi Mardani Rad, a Neimatollahi Dervish was fired from his position in the Refah Worker’s Bank in Gorgan. According to the head of the Personnel Selection Committee he was fired because of reports from the Golestan Province’s Intelligence Agency regarding Mr. Mardani Rad’s relationship with the Neimatollahi Dervishes. Mardani [...]

Two Young Kurds Receive Prison Sentences

Two Young Kurds Receive Prison Sentences

November 30, 2009 Source: Persian2english’s Blog Two young Kurds from Ashnavieh identified as Hasan Yusefi and Qader Yusefi who were arrested a few days ago by agents of the intelligence agency were sentenced to prison terms by a court in this town. Hasan Yusefi was sentenced to 10 years in prison while Qader Yusefi was [...]

Security Forces Arrest University Professor in Tehran

Security Forces Arrest University Professor in Tehran

November 30, 2009 Source: Persian2english’s Blog Dr. Faramarz Javanrudi, a member of the Science Committee of the School of Mechanics at the Science and Industry University in Tehran, was arrested in his home on November 17th by security forces. There is no information on his condition and location. His wife’s inquiries via the university have [...]

Supreme Leader’s Deputy Rep to Revolutionary Guards: peace and security in the Middle East is not possible without Iran’s agreement

Supreme Leader’s Deputy Rep to Revolutionary Guards: peace and security in the Middle East is not possible without Iran’s agreement

November 30, 2009 Iranian regime-run Fars news agency reported:  “It is quite clear that the establishment of peace and security in the Middle East is not possible without Iran’s agreement,” Supreme Leader’s Deputy Representative to the Revolutionary Guard Mojtaba Zolnour said. He emphasized that the Islamic Republic of Iran is an authoritative power with a [...]

Wake up: we cannot wish away Iran’s bomb

Wake up: we cannot wish away Iran’s bomb

Iraq and Afghanistan may seem problem enough, but this threat is too big to ignore. Only concerted sanctions will work. By David Aaronovitch December 1, 2009 Source: Times Online The Iranian bomb is beginning to feel like one of those horrible things you saw coming all along, but never felt quite able to stop. It [...]

IRAN: Supreme leader Khamenei gives Hollywood a big thumbs down

IRAN: Supreme leader Khamenei gives Hollywood a big thumbs down

November 30, 2009 Source: Los Angeles Times/Babylon & Beyond No popcorn thrillers for Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran’s highest spiritual and political authority blasted Hollywood on Monday during a meeting with artists and directors, engaged in the production of the television serial “Hazrat Yousuf,” a tale from the Koran that is airing on [...]

Iran Guards take over naval forces in Gulf: US intelligence

Iran Guards take over naval forces in Gulf: US intelligence

By Dan De Luce November 30, 2009 Source: Agence France Presse (AFP) WASHINGTON — Iran has given the Revolutionary Guards Corps command over naval operations in the oil-rich Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz as part of a strategy to block access to vital sea lanes in the event of a war, according to a [...]

OIL FUTURES: Crude Oil Spikes On Iranian Tensions

OIL FUTURES: Crude Oil Spikes On Iranian Tensions

By Claire Rangel November 30, 2009 Source: Dow Jones Newswires/The Wall Street Journal NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Crude futures jumped sharply Monday on concerns over tensions with Iran after reports that United Kingdom nationals were being held in Iran after their yacht was seized. Light, sweet crude for January delivery recently traded $1.54, or 2.1%, higher [...]

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