- Iran election's initial results trickle in, 03rd March, Al Jazeera (74)
- "Reformists crave reconciliation", states HOPI secretary Mark Fischer, interview with Yassamine Mather (66)
- Ideas to empower the anti-war movement (62)
- Useful Links (58)
- Swiss govt freezes more Iranian assets, 18th April 2012, John Heilprin, Associated Press (58)
- Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 'blocked from Olympics', Andrew Woodcock, Belfast Telegraph, May 18th
- Iran oil sector hit by 'cyber attack', By Mohammad Davari (AFP), 23rd April 2012
- Swiss govt freezes more Iranian assets, 18th April 2012, John Heilprin, Associated Press
- Marathon support - This Sunday April 15
- Hopi weekend conference: April 21-22, central London
- Public Event: College Green, Dublin March 20th By Keeping Iran's Heart Beating- Stories of Women's Rights Activists.
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- Iran election's initial results trickle in, 03rd March, Al Jazeera
- Embargo on Iran could reignite Western Recession, 03rd March, Tehran Times, Press TV
- Iran: all options remain on the table
Repression
Threats, opposition and solidarity by Yassamine Mather, 16th Feb 2012
War is geting nearer In the last few weeks Iranians have woken up every day to news of further military threats and new sanctions. Anyone you contact in Iran will tell you how the constant media ‘analyses’ of if/when the bombing will start is affecting the national psyche, how morale is down, how the current situation is reminiscent of the terrible days of the Iran-Iraq war.
STUDENT ACTIVISTS HELD IN IRAN
STUDENT ACTIVISTS HELD IN IRAN
Two members of the Confederation of Iranian Students (CIS), an independent group of current and former students, have been arrested.
Shiva Kamalipour Azad was arrested in Iran’s capital, Tehran, on 26 April 2011 and Mohammad Reza Fakhravar (known as Arash) was reportedly arrested at Tehran Airport on or around 29 April. They are at risk of torture or other ill treatment.
Journalist Shiva Kamalipour Azad, aged 29, was initially arrested on 17 April 2011 by security officials at the Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran, as she was leaving to attend a conference about journalism in the Muslim world in the USA via Dubai. Her passport, camera, computer and phone were confiscated and she was taken to Evin Prison, Tehran, where she reportedly appeared before a Revolutionary Court.
Shiva Kamalipour Azad was held in incommunicado detention, until her release on bail on 24 April 2011. She is believed to have been ill-treated during interrogation. She was arrested again at her grandfather’s residence, in the middle of the night two days later by six security officials believed to be from an intelligence body. She was blindfolded and taken back to Evin Prison where she is still held.
Nineteen-year-old student activist Arash Fakhravar was reportedly arrested on arrival in Tehran after returning from France where he was an asylum-seeker. The circumstances of his departure from France are unclear. His current whereabouts are unknown, and he may have been subjected to enforced disappearance.
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- Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei
- Head of the Judiciary, Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani
- Secretary General, High Council for Human Rights, Mohammad Javad Larijani
- His Excellency Mr. Hossein Panahiazar, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
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