News Update - January 04, 2010

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If You Cannot Help Iranians; Please Don’t Hurt Them

Iran Professors Ask for End to Violence

Can the Khomeinis challenge Khamenei?

Iran Won't Allow John Kerry to Visit

Things you should know after being arrested (Farsi)

EU Lawmakers Say Iran Asked Them to Delay Visit

Foreigners were arrested at Tehran protest, Iran claims

Iranian protester: 'We are not radicals, not against Islam'

Political developments in Iran remain at top of agenda: European Parliament

Iran jails journalist for seven years: reports

Ahmadinejad says Iran tenfold stronger

President of the Iran soccer league apologizes for sending New Year's greeting to Israel league

US seeks to pressure Iran, revolutionary guards

"Jomhouri Islami" paper received a warning for publishing Mousavi's statement

Iran's Nobel winner: Crackdown strengthens protests

Iranian Officials Close Opposition Ayatollah's Mosque

Tajikistan supports Iran's peaceful use of nuclear energy

Roozbeh Karimi's brother: They arrested my brother & his wife as well as their guest (Farsi)

Five Expatriate Intellectuals Issue “The Demands of the Green Movement”

7 years in prison & 34 lashes for Bahman Ahmadie Amouie (Farsi)

Despite threat from Ministry of Science, Students of Polytechnic Unive canceled exams. (Farsi)

Iran calls off visit by EU parliamentary group

Iranian-Americans on Protest

Foreigners 'among Iran arrests'

High-ranking clerics undermining Iran government: Kouchner

Letter of Support for CHRR

The Latest from Iran (5 January): The Longer Game

Sadegh Larijani: Judges Must be Political

Conservatives React to Mousavi’s Statement

Maziar Bahari: an ordeal of terror and absurdity

Picture of Neda’s Grave after Being Shot at by Regime Forces

From Tweets

- Ahmadinejad's website was hacked.

- Regime arrested Haft Tappeh sugar plant union spokesman Reza Rakhshan on national security charges Mon Jan 4.

- Morteza Simyari was arrested in a raid of his home at midnight Sun, computer & books were confiscated.

- 1/2 Student activist Sorna Hashemi & Alireza Firoozi were arrested 1/1/10.

- 2/2 Agents posing as Sorna Hashemi & Alireza Firoozi sending emails & doing on line chat with their friends.

- Tehran prosecutor general said those arrested Ashura will not be released unless they can prove their innocence.

- 24 more names of those arrested on Ashura have been released.

- This morning families of those arrested on Ashura gathered in from of court bldg trying to find info.

- After the protest in Khayyam U. a number of students were arrested by the security forces outside of university.

- Today, students of Mashhad's Khayyam U. protested the Ansar Hezbollah attack by anti-coup chants.

- Supression & arrest of Mashhad's Azad U. students was by Hamid Ostad, head of Mashhad's Ansar Hezbollah.

- Students kidnapped by Ansar Hezbollah are: Mohammad Keyvani, Mehdi Keyvani, Mohammad Mohebi & Ramin.

- Friday evening 4 members of the central council of the Islamic association of Mashhad's Azad U. were kidnapped.

- 36 Parliament membs trying to pass a bill to reduce wait time to perform execution after sentencing from 20 days to 5.

- Farshad Azidi member of the central council of campaign 88 (youth) in Khoarasan was arrested on Thursday.

- Mehdi Motamedi-Mehr member of the freedom movement of Iran was arrested after being summoned to the min. of intel.

- Ahmad Mirzaie, member of Isfahan's Tahkin organization was temporarily released on bail yesterday.

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