Thursday, December 31, 2009

News Update - December 30, 2009

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Iran Election One Of 2009's Most Dangerous Stories For Reporters

Government allies take to streets in Iran, call for death of opposition leaders

Venezuela blames U.S. for destabilizing Iran

Iran behind 2007 kidnap of Britons in Iraq

Amir Arshad Tajmir (TV anchor Shahin Mahinfar's son) was hit by the vans in Valiasr (Farsi)

Iran Police Vow to Show 'No Mercy' in Crackdown on Demonstrations

Makhmalbaf: The green movement is heading towards a strike (Farsi)

Evin prison's training facility was turned into a temporary detention centre on Ashura (Farsi)

Basijis arrested to Tehran-e-Emrooz reporters (Farsi)

Radio Farda reports that IRNA's special bulletin cites 37 dead on Ashura. (Farsi)

Iran allegedly close to deal for 1300 tons of uranium ore

Fighting Iran's government -- online from Toronto

Swedish Kurds demand removal from Interpol list

Pro-government rallies call for death of Iran's opposition leaders

Iran regime drums up its own crowds to oppose Green Movement

Iran opposition leaders told to repent or else

Iran's supreme leader blames opposition for unrest

Hossein Karoubi: My father is in Tehran, painstakingly following up on the day's issues (Farsi)

Iran's online protest faces more savvy regime

Rumors of Ayatollah Taheri's death are rejected. (Farsi)

Parlemannews interview with Karoubi's son saying his father is in Tehran (Farsi)

2 students killed in Mashhad (unconfirmed) (Farsi)

Italy calls to summon every Iranian ambassador in Europe (Farsi)

Death Sentences for Two Detainees of Recent Events

Iran police still holding 300 over Sunday protests

Police commander: The car that attacked people was stolen!! (Farsi) (Don't bother looking for it because by the time you guys find it, it'll be a pile of wrecked car parts and beyond repair. Should have thought of that before running over protesters.)

U.N. rights chief urges Iran to curb police excesses

Iran says more than 500 protesters arrested

Iran Jams Satellites to Block Transmissions by VOA, BBC

‘Millions’ Out in Support of Government in Iran? Think Again

Iran: How Significant Was the Regime’s Rally?

The Latest from Iran (30 December): Rallies and Rumours

Iranian Americans are urged to stand and be counted

The Arrest of My Sister is to Pressure Me

One Week to Punish Mousavi and Karubi

Iran is My Second Home

Disappearance of Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi could lift protest movement

Iranian Police warned protesters that they will no longer "be lenient" with dissidents.

March in Washington DC to Demand an End to Violence Against Iranian People

Regime More Alone and Weaker than Ever: the government’s show in Isfahan ended in defeat

The Government’s Plan to Dispatch a Large Group to the Streets in Support of Khamenei: Schools Closing on Thursday

Basij Moved to Enqelab Square to Show Formal Support for Khamenei

Suicide of a Prisoner in Evin

From Tweets


- Coup hackers are using Cross Site Scripting to hack green sites. (Recommended you use Firefox - for extra security use the NoScript addon)


- Bahareh Hedayat, member of the central council of Tahkim was arrested in her home at 10pm last night.


- security agents also took away Bahareh Hedayat's PC & personal belongings at the same time.


- Yesterday, 3 IUST students were taken away from the library to an unknown location outside of university by security guards.


- Over 50 IUST students sent to the disciplinary committee & 20 are detained.


- FALSE INFO AGENT >>>>> @MOSHARAN.


- Nafise Asgharzadeh, Master's student at Sharif U., left for the min. of intel last night & has not returned since.


- Today there were many buses around Enghelab sq. They'd brought people from any village to give away free sandwich & juice!


- Start letting the world know what they did in Mashhad today. 500 thugs attacked students with knives & machete.


- Regime media spreading rumors of Mousavi/Karoubi "flight" from Tehran might be message to them to self exile.


- They bused people in from out of town, they paid people money, passed free food & still had to photoshop pics!


- Karroubi and Mousavi are not under arrest.


- Hossein Karoubi: Mr. Karoubi has standing firm. Only those who have committed crimes escape the people.


- Hossein Karoubi: Our gov. friends can take this wish to their grave that Karoubi stops defending the people's right for a second.


- Karoubi's son is saying Karoubi has not left Tehran today & has even had some meetings.


- Mousavi & Karoubi are currently under heavy control of min. of intel & IRGC forces in KelarAbad.


- Today 3 Elm-o-Sanat UNI students were arrested & taken away from the library.


- Basijis killed two students in Mashhad's Azad University this evening.


- Ali Mousavi's funeral was held today in presence of his family & neighbors, Mir Hossein Mousavi & Zahra Rahnavard.


- Abdollah Ramezanzadeh in U. of Tehran: A group are trying to create a radical space & this is suspicious


- The coup is trying to make their arrest as quiet as possible without the greens knowledge.


- The gov. has created a list of hundreds of political, social, HR activists, journalists & reporters to be arrested.


- This morning families of a group of Ashura detainees assembled in front of the revolutionary court.


- families of detainees were kicked out of the courthouse with the excuse that the court closes early today.


- After students were threatened by Basij & security, students ID cards of some students were taken away.


- Basijis take identified students to the security office at IUST.


- IUST security & Basij were patrolling the university today & identifying the students.


- Today many IUST students were summoned to the security office.


- Martyr Ali Mousavi's body was buried in Behesh Zahra under security measures.


- Since yesterday, in cities around Tehran, gov. vehicles were announcing an "unorganized" rally with loudspeakers.


- At 7am today, security forces asked Ali Mousavi's family to take his body without notifying the press.


- Alireza Beheshti, Mousavi's advisor, has been on a hunger strike since his arrest.


- Mousavi's top advisors arrested: Alireza Beheshti-Housieni, Alireza Beheshti-Shirazi, Bagherian & Behzadi


- Million signature campaign activist Atiyeh Yousefi has been arrested in Rasht(N.IR)


- MP Torabi is asking supporters not to react to his office being set on fire, saying authorities are investigating.


- Last week MP Torabi gave a speech very critical of the governments conduct in recent month.


- Last night the office of Reformist MP Torabi in Shahre Kurd was set on fire by unknown people.


- 35 y/o A. Keshavarz was executed in Gohardasht prison this morning. A riot erupted in protest of this hanging.


- Reports: In Mahestan shopping centre banners with "People, themselves, what to act against leaders of the conspiracy." are printed.


Misc. Sources


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Poem: This is the Difference Between You and Me

Photos


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Government letter calling on all employees to participate in pro-gov rally

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Office of a reformist MP (Torabi) was set on fire last night

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