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Philip J. Crowley Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Public Affairs Washington, DC October 15, 2010 The United States welcomes the decision by the Japanese oil company INPEX to withdraw from its investments in Iran. The company’s actions are part of a strong and emerging consensus, not only of governments, but also from the private sector, that has [...]
By Andy Greenberg Source: Forbes Blog The Firewall October 14, 2010 Here’s a lesson for corporations selling high tech surveillance equipment to digitally repressive regimes: The taint of dictatorship isn’t easy to wash off, even after a year of public relations scrubbing. Access Now, a free speech organization, launched a ”No To Nokia” petition Wednesday that’s [...]
October 12, 2010 Statement from the Iran Tribunal Campaign: Freedom loving Citizens, For the first time in the contemporary history of Iran, an international campaign has been launched to investigate the mass executions of Iran’s political prisoners, and to hold the Islamic Republic of Iran accountable for its crimes against humanity during the1980s, and in [...]
Editor’s Note: Nasrin Sotoudeh entered her 19th day of hunger strike today, October 14, 2010. Rooz Online: She Uttered a Sentence Before Call Was Cut Off By Kaveh Ghoreishi, October 11, 2010 In an exclusive interview with Rooz, Nasrin Sotoudeh’s husband announced that his wife, a lawyer jailed by the Iranian government, has gone on hunger [...]
Persian Report by Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran October 14, 2010 Behrouz Javid Tehrani, the Iranian student activist who was arrested ten years ago and is currently held in Rajai Shahr prison, wrote a statement for the occasion of October 10th, the international day against executions. The text was published by Human Rights [...]
Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) October 14, 2010 Iranian blogger Arman has some theories about what it would look like if miners had been trapped underground in the Islamic republic: In Iran, the area would have quickly turned into a security zone, police forces would surround the area, and the news [that miners have [...]
Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) October 14, 2010 October 14, 2010 A senior leader of the recently banned Islamic Iran Participation Front has been arrested in Tehran “for reasons related to national security,” RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports. Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi announced the arrest of Participation Front leader Ali Shakurirad on October 13. Arash [...]
Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) October 8, 2010 Workers at two plants in southern Iran went on strike this week to demand unpaid wages, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports. An employee at Kaghaz Pars Haftapeh, a paper mill in southwestern Iran, told RFE/RL on October 7 on condition of anonymity that workers had not been [...]
Click here to sign the petition in support of Heshmatollah Tabarzadi October 3, 2010 According to received reports, branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court presided by Judge Peer-Abbas, has sentenced Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, political activist and Secretary General of the Democratic Party of Iran to 9 years in prison and 74 lashes. He has been charged [...]