News Update - November 26, 2009

Petitions against executions in Iran

Petition to stop execution of Nemat Safavi

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A Simple Idea to Influence Iran

Iran marks Basij Day

Iran seizes rights lawyer's Nobel Peace medal

Journalist Held without Charge in Notorious Tehran Prison

Chavez Hits False Note Greeting Ahmadinejad

New spy charge against jailed Iranian-American

Dead protester's mother wants answers: Sohrab Aarabi's mother Parvin Fahimi says she cannot remain silent

Total of 113 years of jail time 4 those arrested after the election events (Farsi)

Shahpur Kazemi was released (Farsi)

Mohsen Yahyavi speaks out in support of Rafsanjani, saying Larijani's remarks came a bit too late (Farsi)

Mousavi says militia being used against Iranians

World Citizen: Saudi Arabia and Iran Face Off in Yemen

60 men on motorbikes harass Karroubi

From Tweets
(Slightly edited for grammar and spelling.)

- Iran's 'cyber police division' making their move to disrupt communications. Mousavi's site considered 'illegal'.

- Blogger Housein Derakhshan in Evin 1+yr, 9 months in solitary is in bad physical & mental condition.

- Derakhshan was tortured to make false confession of being CIA spy, he did but recanted in court.

- Kurdish activist Zaynab Jalalian in danger of execution. Court of appeals has upheld her sentence.

- In Iran they executed people for being homosexual. They stone to death women for extra marital affair.

- Mousavi & his wife Zahra Rahnavard visited Behzad Nabavi in hospital today.

- Technically Nabavi is free on bond but doctors wouldn't release him from hospital. He may be operated on next week.

- Due to Taghipour suffering from effects of chemical weapons from Iran-Iraq war, his sentence was changed to paying fines.

- Retired GRN Basij Rahali Taghipour invited to attend Basij weekly ceremonies was attacked and cursed at by Basijis.

- Taghipour was arrested on Q-D, imprisoned, tried & sentenced to 6 months & 75 lashings.

- General Ramazan Sharif, head of IRGC public relations: 'The enemies' guns have become pens.'

- 20 years ago thousands of political prisoners were executed while the world remained silent.

- The worry in Iran is a repeat of political prisoners massacre that happened 20 years ago.

- The Court of Appeals has upheld the death sentence of Mohamad Reza Ali-Zamani.

- Sentenced to death:M. Reza Ali-Zamani, Arash Rahmanipour, Reza Khademi, Hamed Rouhinejad & Naser Abdoulhosieni.

- Tehran UNI Disciplinary Office has told D students they are being summoned for their participation in 11/4 protest.

- Shahpour Kazei, Mousavi's brother-in-law, has been released on bail from Evin prison.

- A form summation letter stamped urgent & classified has been sent to many Tehran UNI students.

- 10 more Khajeh Nasi UNI students have been summoned by the Disciplinary Office.

- Science & Indus UNI professor Dr. Faramarz Javanroudi arrested 11/17 by Intel. Whereabouts & status unknown.

- Behzad Nabavi is back in CCU & is going to have heart surgery on Sunday.

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Bear with me, my Spanish is truly horrible, but I will summarize it as best as I can. Okay, from what I'm understanding, Chavez is praising Persia, making an error (hence the headphones) which he quickly admits and thanks Ahmadinejad. He declares the greatness of Chavez brings up the eight Imam, and Ahmadinejad corrects him again with the twelfth Imam, and then explains that the eight Imam is in the city (name escapes me) where he visited not long ago. He goes on to say that the twelfth Imam, Mahdi, and Christ will return together, hand-in-hand.




After being asked about their protest, the girl in the blue shirt responds that they are against Ahmadinejad and says "since when do we open our doors to dictators, rapists and those who violate (?) the human rights?". She goes on to ask "when men and women will be equal?" after the fight for women's rights have also been ignored. The reporter asks how long they will be there (protesting); the girl replies: "well, as long as this dictator is in our country, and if more dictators come we will keep up the fight (in protests) against them and their violence against other human beings; in defense of the rights of all Venezuelans and all of humanity."