Friday, October 2, 2009

News Update - October 2, 2009

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Taeb transferred from head commander of Basij to a position in the IRGC (Farsi)

Authorities in Iran Arrest 18 Students

Officials condemn the illegal and sudden arrests of members of the Central Council (Farsi)
Summary by anonymous: "Following the illegal and sudden arrest of more than 15 members of the Central Council and Tehran’s Council of the Unity Consolidation Bureau (Tahkim-Vahdat, the main Reformist Student Organization) on Friday morning during an unofficial meeting, the... Unity Consolidation Bureau in a statement addressed to the officials while strongly condemning this illegal act and pointing out the intense environments in the universities, warned that refusing to immediately release all these student activists would have unrecoverable and unimaginable consequences and definitely these kinds of blind measures not only would not help to calm down the universities’ intense environments but is like "starting a flame in a gunpowder stock."


Mir Hossein Mousavi calls on strengthening social networks

Two Iranian dissidents say they were raped in captivity

German Firms Feel Pressure Over Tehran Trade

Iran, world powers plan second round of nuclear talks

From Tweets

Fifty female police officers were present outside Azadi stadium today.

Jailed opposition leader Behzad Nabavi has been moved from solitary confinement to intensive care.

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That is just...so truly sad...I can only offer them my deepest sympathies.











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