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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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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 imposed severe restrictions on news coverage after last June’s flawed...
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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 the demonstrations were sentenced to prison terms….continued
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By Warren P. Strobel, McClatchy Newspapers Warren P. Strobel, Mcclatchy Newspapers – Tue Feb 9, 7:04 pm ET WASHINGTON — At first blush, it seems like a godsend for U.S. foreign policy: a tenacious Iranian opposition, democratic in name at least, is challenging a regime that has...
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Kuwaiti newspaper publishes list of 66 senior Iranian officials holding total of $16 billion abroad ynetnews A Kuwaiti newspaper published over the weekend a list of 66 senior Iranian government officials holding a fortune totaling some $16 billion abroad, according to American estimates.   The fortune is comprised of US dollars (about $9 billion),...
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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. Technorati Tags: Help Iranians, Help The People of Iran, Iran election, Iran News, Iran's Roadmap To Freedom, Neda, Neda Revolution, News on Iran, United for Neda
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This Video covers the speculation on this point but also covers the action of Iranians (largely women) in the border regions that are fighting to gain freedoms that are currently denied them by the current regime. Technorati Tags: Iran News, Iran Video, video on iran
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AsiaNews – Fresh clashes expected for 11 February, 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution. Massive demonstrations planned by opposition and government supporters. Fifteen papers have received “warnings” about publishing criticism of the president, they call the situation “chaotic”, saying that there is no freedom of expression. Prohibited the use of e-mail and text messages...
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From televisionwashington.com Washington, 21 January (WashingtonTV)—US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said today that Iranians who use Internet Technology to report on the Iranian government’s crackdown on the opposition movement have been an inspiration for the world…(continued) Technorati Tags: Iran News
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from Astreetjournalist Iran’s supreme leader called on the opposition today to distance itself from the Islamic republic’s Western enemies, in a warning ahead of expected new antigovernment protests next month….read more Technorati Tags: Iran News, news in Iran
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