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My green buddy has a shout-out to all those freedom-loving protesters in Iran.
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Iranian state television reported Tuesday that five people had been sentenced to death over the unrest that followed the country’s disputed presidential election in June. The report quoted a statement by the Justice Department saying that the five were members of terrorist and armed opposition groups. Iran began a trial in August for more than 100 prominent opposition figures and activists over the election protests. The opposition maintains that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected through fraud in the June 12 vote. At least three others caught up in the turmoil have also received death sentences.Iranian state television reported Tuesday that five people had been sentenced to death... more
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Washington, 16 October (WashingtonTV)—Iranian bloggers won the 2009 Mohamed Amin Award on Friday, for their efforts to cover the country’s disputed presidential election.
“Iranian bloggers redefined the concept of citizen journalism and social networking when they became the only source of news in Iran post-election,” Christopher Pleitgan, head of Reuters News Agency media business, said in a statement.
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http://televisionwashington.com/floater_article1.aspx?lang=en&t=1&id=14895Washington, 16 October (WashingtonTV)—Iranian bloggers won the 2009 Mohamed Amin... more
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A group of former Iranian MPs has appealed to a powerful clerical panel to investigate if Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is fit to rule.
The call was made to the Assembly of Experts, which under Iranian law has the power to remove the supreme leader.
In a letter, the group denounces the crackdown on protests after June's disputed poll and the resulting trials.A group of former Iranian MPs has appealed to a powerful clerical panel to investigate... more
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Around 20 people accused of rioting in the wake of Iran’s disputed presidential election last month will be put on trial next week, the official IRNA news agency reported.Around 20 people accused of rioting in the wake of Iran’s disputed presidential... more
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Image: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sitting under a portrait of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, during a meeting in Tehran, Monday, July 20, 2009.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has defied a direct order from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to dismiss his vice president, opening a rift between Iran's president and supreme leader, reports the Los Angeles Times. Ahmadinejad's newly chosen VP, who is his son's father-in-law, has infuriated hardliners by making favorable remarks about Israel. But Ahmadinejad surprised the Iranian elite by keeping him in office, saying, "He is very loyal to the Islamic Revolution and a servant of people."
The VP attempted to close ranks by turning back on his seemingly pro-Israel comments, which he called "a kind of psychological war against the usurper regime." Anti-government protests continue in Tehran, where yesterday plainclothes members of the feared Basiji militia beat demonstrators with truncheons, leaving one woman unconscious. Mir Hossein Mousavi, the leader of the protests, said on a website this morning that he would establish a new political grouping by the end of the week.
http://www.newser.com/story/65017/ahmadinejad-defies-ayatollah-refuses-to-sack-vice-prez.html
* * * * This is good new for those who want to see Ahmadinejad removed from his Presidency and except for some hardliners who doesn't? Perhaps this conflict within the controlling regime will be it's downfall. Maybe the Iranian people's gallant protests will have results.Image: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sitting... more
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Deepening splits among Iran's clergy came to the surface today , with a senior clerical group calling Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election "illegitimate".
The Assembly of Scholars and Researchers at Qom seminary, the centre of Shia learning in Iran, rejected the official results and called for the release of political prisoners. "Other candidates' complaints and strong evidence of vote-rigging were ignored … peaceful protests by Iranians were violently oppressed … dozens of Iranians were killed and hundreds were illegally arrested," a statement on its website said. "The outcome is invalid."
It also questioned the credibility of the guardian council, the conservative clerics who said the elections were free and fair. The Qom group said the council no longer had the right "to judge in this case" and that some members had "lost their impartial image in the eyes of the public".
The Qom assembly is a pro-reform group with limited political influence, but the statement is important as it represents an open challenge to the authority of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who declared Ahmadinejad the winner and ordered an end to debate on the result.Deepening splits among Iran's clergy came to the surface today , with a senior... more
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A new version of Ben E. King's "Stand By Me" featuring Jon Bon Jovi dueting in Farsi with exiled Iranian singer Andy Madadian, is making the rounds as an online video.A new version of Ben E. King's "Stand By Me" featuring Jon Bon Jovi... more
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Today, the headquarters of the Basij, an Iranian pro-government militia, was set on fire.
The militia brutally killed a young woman who was protesting, yesterday.Today, the headquarters of the Basij, an Iranian pro-government militia, was set on... more
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