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Selected headlines from the Tehran Bureau
Iran's women are not afraid
Iran's senior clerics Rafsanjani and Rohani condemn divisive comments
Iran to sue U.S. over illegal treatment of detained Iranian diplomats
Iran closes leading newspapers
'Ahmadinejad is Jewish' accusation may be political tactic by opposition
Iran looms over Turkish role in missiles
Head of Shiraz university: Some are creating problems by chanting Allah-o-Akbar (Farsi) | رئیس دانشگاه شیراز: عده ای با گفتن الله اکبر اخلال ایجاد می کنند
Release of Etemad Melli's editor in chief, Mohammad Ghouchani delayed (Farsi) | آزادی محمد قوچانی سردبیر روزنامه اعتماد ملی به تعویق افتاد
Hardliners criticized Ferdowsipour for using green charts on TV (Farsi) | حمله اصولگرایان به فردوسی پور بخاطر رنگ سبز نمودار !
The case of the missing Iranian nuclear physicist
Kahrizak Prison was a Minor Mistake
Press Court Jury Members Appointed
From Tweets
(Slightly edited for spelling and grammar.)
- After some minor students protest in Ponak Azad UNI yesterday Sec forces took students mobile phones.
- 6 Oct, Students of Ferdosi UNI Mashhad chanted Allah Akbar in UNIs cafeteria. Most of the students wear green wristlets.
- Tehran governorship asks Tehran city council members to stop visiting families of prisoners and victims.
- 5 Oct, Student protest in Khomeini International UNI of Ghazvin. More then 1000 students showing V-sign & singing anti-Gov songs.
- Eight female students expelled from UofT dorms.
From Misc. Sources
- Seyyed Mohammad Khatami, former president, visited Saeed Hajarian, (the prominent reformist figure who had survived an assassination attempt ten years ago but has been handicapped and in fragile health since then) at his home yesterday (Oct 5, 2009). Hajjarian was arrested after the election coup in June and had been detained under horrible conditions for 106 days. He was released from prison few days ago.
- Radio Farda: Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Buddhists in Tibet and the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize laureate who is one of the key Peace advocate figures in the world, expressed solidarity with Iran’s green movement. Dalai Lama, who was scheduled to give a speech on Oct 27 in the Peace Conference in Vancouver, Canada, expressed his solidarity with the people of Iran by holding a green sign which read “Freedom for Iran”.
-Azizollah Rajabzadeh, Tehran’s Police Chief said that the Police forces do not need satisfaction of those he called “disruptive”. In an interview with Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA), he said if one has been accused of chaos and harassing people’s lives and families, I would rather this person not be satisfied with Police [and its performance].
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