A Street Journalist – by Dieter Farwick – Abu I-Hasan Banisadr was the first President of Iran after the revolution in 1979. He was elected with 75 percent of the vote in the Iranian parliament. When he lived in Paris he joined the Iranian opposition in exile led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeni, who came...
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Street Journalist >> Iran News
- US eases Cuba, Iran, Sudan sanctions to allow freer web March 8, 2010
- Iran’s Ex-President Banisadr: “People want Regime Change” March 8, 2010
- Trafigura, Vitol stopping Iran gasoline sales-sources March 8, 2010
- Iranian poet Simin Behbahani handed ‘travel ban’ March 8, 2010
- Exile and 5 Year Prison Term for Monireh Rabieee March 8, 2010
- ‘Our Society Will Be a Free Society’ launches petition March 7, 2010
- Enmity with God, latest charge of former Tehran University president March 7, 2010
- Iran: Stop Undermining Women’s Rights March 7, 2010
- Iran frees award-winning filmmaker’s wife, daughter March 7, 2010
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s tyranny ‘is crushing Iran’s artists’ March 7, 2010
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Iran’s Ex-President Banisadr: “People want Regime Change”
New York Times: Iran Claims Nuclear Gain as Protesters Clash
By ALAN COWELL and MICHAEL SLACKMAN
Feb 11
Mr. Ahmadinejad spoke as opposition Web sites carried reports of a crackdown on antigovernment protesters as the anniversary celebrations unfolded, including gunfire, tear gas and attacks on opposition leaders.
The reports could not be confirmed independently because the Iranian authorities...
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Iran court issues death sentence over Ashura protests
From astreetjournalist.com
An Iranian court has sentenced another person to death in connection with anti-government protests on the Shiite holy day of Ashura on 27 December, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Tuesday.
Citing the Tehran prosecutor’s office, ISNA said that eight others arrested during...
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Obama sticks to cautious script as Iran protest looms
By Warren P. Strobel, McClatchy Newspapers Warren P. Strobel, Mcclatchy Newspapers – Tue Feb 9, 7:04 pm ET
WASHINGTON — At first...
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Ahmadinejad’s fortune worth over €100M
Kuwaiti newspaper publishes list of 66 senior Iranian officials holding total of $16 billion abroad
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A Kuwaiti newspaper published over the weekend a list of 66 senior Iranian government...
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Neda’s First Birthday After Being Murdered
Photo Courtesy of Revolutionary Road on Facebook marking the first birthday of Neda Agha Soltani since being shot and murdered by Iranian Government Forces in 2009.
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United 4 Iran >> Iran News
- Florida for Human Rights in Iran – International Women’s Day, Photos March 9, 2010
- Heavy Bails: Releasing Prisoners or New Hostage Taking by the Judiciary? March 9, 2010
- Hassan Assadi: Daneshjoo’s Remarks Nothing New, Iranian Academia has Already Been Attacked March 9, 2010
- Morteza Semyari Released on $600,000 Bail March 9, 2010
- Interview: Details of Bahai Students’ Deprivation of Education and Imprisonment of Right to Education Committee Members March 9, 2010