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Turkey exports less gasoline to Iran in July -data

Turkey exports less gasoline to Iran in July -data

Bookmark This!Close Bookmark and Share This Page Save to Browser Favorites / BookmarksAskbackflipblinklistBlogBookmarkBloglinesBlogMarksBlogsvineBuddyMarksBUMPzee!CiteULikeConnoteadel.icio.usDiggdiigoDotNetKicksDropJackdzoneFacebookFarkFavesFriendsitefolkd.comFurlGoogleJamespotJeqqKaboodlekirtsylinkaGoGoLinkedInMa.gnoliaMister WongMixxMySpaceNetvouzNewsvineoneviewOnlyWirePlugIMPropellerRedditSegnaloShoutwireSimpySlashdotSurphaceSphinnSpurlSquidooStumbleUponTechnoratiThisNextTwitterWebrideWindows 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 »Source: Reuters U.S.
September 1, 2010
LONDON -
Turkey’s gasoline exports to Iran dropped by a hefty 74 percent [...]

‘Release Shiva immediately and unconditionally!’

‘Release Shiva immediately and unconditionally!’

Source: The Green Voice of Freedom (GVF)
August 27, 2010
Shiva Nazar Ahari, a 26-year-old Iranian citizen and human rights defender is illegally detained in one of the world’s most notorious prisons for defending the rights of others. Her trial is set for September 4, 2010. She is charged with conspiracy, collusion and most [...]

Arjang Davoudi Unconscious after 48 Days of Hunger Strike

Arjang Davoudi Unconscious after 48 Days of Hunger Strike

Source: Human Rights House of Iran (RAHANA)
August 30, 2010
Arjang Davoudi was transferred to the prison clinic on a stretcher while he was unconscious on Sunday, August 29th.
RAHANA: According to the Democracy and Human Rights Activists, he was given a form to sign in order to release the authorities from liability in [...]

Ebadi Calls On UN To Take Up Jailed Iranian Journalist’s Case

Ebadi Calls On UN To Take Up Jailed Iranian Journalist’s Case

Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
August 30, 2010
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi has written a letter to the UN’s high commissioner for human rights in support of jailed Iranian journalist Isa Saharkhiz, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.
Saharkhiz was detained in mass arrests following the disputed presidential election in June 2009.
Ebadi [...]

‘Torturer Of Tehran’ Loses His Untouchable Status

‘Torturer Of Tehran’ Loses His Untouchable Status

By Robert Tait
Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
August 27, 2010
With a frightening reputation and friends in high places, Said Mortazavi for years appeared to have the untouchable status that bred impunity and led his enemies to label him the “torturer of Tehran.”
As a judge and prosecutor, he shut down more than [...]

Rights groups condemn stoning and mass executions in Iran

Rights groups condemn stoning and mass executions in Iran

Source: Radio Zamaneh
August 29, 2010
The International Federation of Human Rights (FDHI) and the League for the Defence of Human Rights in Iran (LDDHI) issued a statement to condemn the stoning of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani and the alleged secret mass execution of prisoners in Mashhad’s Vakilabad Prison.
The two rights organizations urge the Islamic [...]

Hossein Ronaghi Still in Solitary Confinement and His Temporary Detention Order Extended

Hossein Ronaghi Still in Solitary Confinement and His Temporary Detention Order Extended

Source: Human Rights House of Iran (RAHANA)
August 29, 2010
Sara Sabaghiyan, one of Ronaghi’s attorneys, told the RAHANA reporter that “they have said that the Cyber Unit of the Revolutionary Guard has prevented the release of Ronaghi; they informed us orally and we are unaware of what is in his case files.” Sabaghiyan [...]

Five Gonabad Dervishes Detained in Sarvestan

Five Gonabad Dervishes Detained in Sarvestan

Source: Human Rights House of Iran (RAHANA)
August 25, 2010
On August 25th, Esmaeil(Hadi) Rahmanian, Farzad Darvish-Sarvestani, Ali Akbar Ebrahimzadeh, Heydar Esparjani, and Keramatollah Mohit referred to the Judiciary along with their attorneys, Farshid Yadollahi Farsi, Amir Eslami (2 members of the Human Rights Committee of the Bar Association), and Davoud Montazeri after [...]

PART 1: 30 Years of Massacres and Political Executions in Kurdistan, Iran

PART 1: 30 Years of Massacres and Political Executions in Kurdistan, Iran

In his blog titled *Neither My Type or that of Yours, writer Shahabaddin Sheikhi reviews the history of executions and massacres of the Kurdish population in Iran post 1979 Islamic Revolution. [*the title of the blog is a direct translation. The name of the blog in Persian is "Na Az Jense Khodam [...]

EGL repels accusations of violation of regime of sanctions against Iran: we have contract with NIGEC, instead of Ahmadinejad

EGL repels accusations of violation of regime of sanctions against Iran: we have contract with NIGEC, instead of Ahmadinejad

Source: ABC.AZ
August 26, 2010
Baku – The Swiss energy group EGL does not consider that its ?18 billion gas contract with the National Iranian Gas Export Company fall under American sanctions in regard to Iran, despite similar opinions in the U.S. Congress.
In particular, Mark Dubowitz, the executive director of the Washington-based Foundation [...]

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