Friday, December 25, 2009

News Update - December 25, 2009

News Links

Thursday at Toopkhaneh


Letter from Tehran


Iranian student protester Neda Soltan is Times Person of the Year


BBC Farsi Disrupted Across the Globe


Ashura 101


Leak : Desperate SNSC vs. Realistic Greater Tehran Police.


Stop Massive Arrests and Persecutions Against CHRR Members


IRAN: Former prisoner says interrogators increasingly indifferent to Ahmadinejad


Ayatollah Montazeri's Legacy


What Grand Ayatollah Montazeri Meant to Iranians


Iran aims to improve image in Arab world


Ebadi: History will appreciate Ayatollah Montazeri


Iran cleric urges unity during Shiite ceremonies


Leaked : Urgent and Top Secret letter by Expediency council to Supreme Leader today


From The Grapevine : Soldiers talk.


Houses of Ayatollah Montazeri and Sanei Attacked


The Masoud Lavasani Story: An Imprisoned Father Who Will Not See his Son for 8 Years


Mourning Mothers Place Flowers for Freedom-Fighting Martyrs


Arrests Continue and No Word on Navid SoltanPoor’s Condition


Hassan Roohani: Society is Becoming Radicalized


From Tweets


- Source Old Friend: hospital source says most Tehran hospitals has plainclothes waiting 4 arrival of injured marchers.


- Ayatollah Taheri denies the reported Tasua Ashora schedule that has been published under his name.


- Mahmud Drd Kashan one of Ayatollah Montazeri’s close friend arrested in Esfahan today.


- People attacked by plainclothes at the beginning but fought back. Plainclothes had to leave Ghahdrijan.


- People crushed the door of Behshti Mosque in Ghahdrijan today & held mourning ceremony for Montazeri until 4pm.


- Antiriot guards have surrounded streets around Khamenei’s resident in Tehran since last night.


- Streets are crowed, more people coming out to watch the rallies. No Green rally plan for today.


- Plain clothes agents walks side by side the mourners.


- Heavy presence of Sec forces in all main streets and squares in Tehran 12:00.


- The mourning mothers held a memorial service at Behesht Zahra today & placed flowers on graves of the martyrs.


- Status & whereabouts of Tehran Uni student Navid Soltanpour arrested Nov 4 is still unknown.


- 3 Mashhad Ferdowsi Uni were arrested after students protested the cancellation of Ayatollah Montazeri services.


- Beheshti Uni diciplinary office is trying to find the organizers of the student protest.


- Over 100 Beheshti Uni students summoned by disciplinary office in recent days. 15 have been banned from dorm facilities.


- People taking over Ghahdrijan and none sec forces or plainclothes were present at 4pm today.


- Sec forces locked & blocked entrance of Shahid Behshti Mosque in Ghahdrijan today again.


- Clashes in the city of Ghadrijan at Shahid Behshti Masque yesterday. Sec forces tried to prevent mourning ceremony.


- Many of the shop owners in Tehran Bazaar are from the cities there been clashes during the last week.


- Tehran bazaar have traditional mourning ceremony Ashura Tasoa every year. Intel agent try to stop it this year.


- Many shops in Tehran bazaar been closed since yesterday. Sec forces present at all the entrances & nearby streets.


- Emam Khomeni St and all the nearby streets are blocked by Sec forces for the mourners.


- Guards gathered at IRGC ’s base “Zahra”. Emam Khomeini St is full of IRGC buses.


- Antiriot guards have surrounded streets around Khamenei’s resident in Tehran since last night.


- Several Groups of 50-100s of mourners rally in Kargar st , Mowlavi St and Khayam St.


- Somaye was arrested & released Dec 13th. She was summoned to the Rev court at Dec 19th where she was arrested again.


- Mousavi and Karroubi will join the rally in Tehran in Ashura.


Photos


All Shops closed at Najafabad Bazaar during Ayatollah Montazeri’s funeral


Bazaar Ghom during Ayatollah Montazeri ’s funeral


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