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In remarks he made yesterday, Mir Hossein Mousavi has actually pointed to the 1987 executions. He said: ”we must look at the events of 87 through the historic lens in which they were situated, and then we must see if the government had any knowledge about them at all? Did the government play any role? Did it even had [...]

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I don’t think anything explains what I am about to say, better then the writing on the t-shirt above. Following the arrest and beating of Ali Karoubi, Mehdi Karoubi’s younger son, and his mother’s letter to the supreme leader which included a photo of her son’s bruised and beaten body, Dowlatabadi, the prosecutor-general of Tehran [...]

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In preparation for making sure there is as little turnout on 16 Azar as possible, the state authorities have been at the students full force. Just six days ago, almost a dozen student activists were arrested. Ali Reza Mousavi, Mehrdad Bozorgh and Sourena Hashemi were among those who are in custody. Other less active students [...]

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Arash and Kamiar Alaie are two internationally renowned Iranians doctors heavily involved in HIV/AIDS research and prevention in Iran. They are from the province of Kermanshah, and since their graduation from medical schools sought to integrate prevention and care of HIV/AIDS, sexually-transmitted infections and drug-related harm reduction into Iran’s national health care system. Kamiar received [...]

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Daughters of Feizollah Arabsorkhi – who has been detained since the Jun 12th election. ——————- I bring this to the attention of those mediums who still have some spirit left in them to disseminate information. Those who still are and who are courageous enough to spread word about the most spirited people on this earth [...]

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Yes, I am at a point where I actually feel better when I read of a half hour meeting between a prisoner and his wife. So be it. ————————- After 50 days, Mahdieh Mohammadi was finally able to meet her husband, Ahmad Zeydabadi. She told AdvarNews: “Mr. Zeydabadi was in high spirits and he didn’t [...]

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I apologize for all the horrible mistakes. I’m in a rush. ————————– More than four months have gone by since the innocent children of this country have been taken hostage. Under the orders of the head of the National Security Council, who is Ahmadinejad and who is himself a leading figure in this fight against [...]

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Ahmad Zeydabadi is a reformist journalist and political analyst. He has been in prison since June 13th – just one day after the election. His wife and lawyer have had no word of him in the past 43 days. Today, once again, his wife went to Evin prison but was not able to see him. [...]

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Lots of news. Alireza Beheshti wrote a new letter criticizing Ahmad Khatami (will have the translation soon). Ebrahim Yazdi had an piece about the executions (will have that too). Karoubi and Mousavi met and the translation of their talk is available on his facebook page (will have edited version of that soon). Yadollah Eslami is [...]

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There’s this saying/rhyme in Persian: Man naboodam dastam bood, taghsireh astinam bood (I didn’t do it, it was my arm! it was my sleeve!) … We use it when someone has direct responsibility for something and blames someone else. If you had any doubts that the Kahrizak/prisoner atrocity might never be resolved, you can be [...]

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… or Random Act of Kindness? While we wait for a “plan” (I’m referring to the one the one principalists are reportedly preparing) – watch out that possible outcomes of this plan could come and go before the plan itself arrives. They can write a preposterous document accusing the other side of the worse crimes. [...]

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Mohammad Javad Larijani, the eldest of the Larijani sect, came out with a full attack on Mousavi today. MJ is the head of IPM (Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics ), the head of the human rights council in the judiciary and a top adviser to the supreme leader. Regarding Karoubi he said: [...]

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So neither will  I! Mostafa Pourmohammadi is one of those hideous freaks of nature. He was the interior minister under Ahmadinejad before being replaced by Mahsouli a year before the end of his term. He was one part of the three member team from the ministry of intelligence in 1988 which oversaw the execution of [...]

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The name Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad you may have not heard as much. He is a cleric. He is also a professor of law. In Iran, we have few of those: someone who has practiced and studied law, and also Islamic jurisprudence. He is a professor of jurisprudence and law at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, [...]

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