Sunday, January 10, 2010

News Update - January 09, 2010

Petition to help Hamed Rouhinejad

News Links


US making moves to back Iran's Green Movement

Mesbah Yazdi provides the philosophical-religious grounds for execution of opposition

A Response to the Leveretts

Khamenei Calls for Strong Action Against Protesters

Mohammad Hashemi: Hashemi is silence because no one is listening (Farsi)

Jaras: A girl was an eyewitness to Ashura was arrested by IRGC (Farsi)

A mass grave found in Sanandaj (Farsi)

Ahmadinejad: Iran will become an Invincible world power! (Farsi)

Did Khamenei give warning to Plain-Clothes?? (Farsi)

Iran embassy in China rejects execution reports

U.S. Shifts Iran Focus to Support Opposition

Ahmadinejad Demands Compensation for WWII Invasion

Elite Revolutionary Guard's expanding role in Iran may limit U.S. options.

Iran hangs six drug traffickers: state television

Unconfirmed\ Arrest of former edu minister Morteza Haji & Khatami's adviser Rasouli (Farsi)

Plain-Clothes burned office of FP Imam in Yazd. (Farsi)

Iran releases German, to free Syrian held over riots

Iran's Ahmadinejad dismisses nuclear sanctions

Iran opposition leader Karroubi survives shooting, son says

Another sign of desperation in Tehran: 'Neda's killing was staged'

Khamenei backs crackdown on opposition protest

Iran's supreme leader tells militias not to meddle

TV star Shahin Mahinfar defiant over son’s death

Government Supporters Attack Iranian Reformist Clerics

News on Majid Tavakoli and His Sentence (In 4 languages: English, Farsi, German, Italian)

From Tweets


- Around 30 of the Mournful Mothers & their supporters were arrested in Laleh park & taken to Vozara detention center.


- IRGC's intelligence has managed to arrest a few eyewitnesses of Ashura by eavesdropping their calls.


- This girl who had called BBC to explain how the cars ran over protesters is now in Evin.


- At 10 am today 4 plainclothes entered Razaghi's home & after searching his books & PC took him to an unknown location.


- Reza Razaghi, member of Mousavi's legal committee was arrested.


- An interesting story of Khamenei in the early days of the 1979 revolution


- Karoubi has released his body guards saying they don't have enough authority to re-react to attacks on him.


- Karoubi citing the attack on him in Ghazvin saying ineffective body guards are not necessary to keep.


- 5 Ghazvin International UNI students have been expelled & are banned from any other university for 5 years.


- 25 Ghazvin International UNI have been given suspended expulsion sentence of 3-4 terms.


- TV confessions were under supervision of Tehran's prosecutor Abbas Jafari; & head of Teh's 3rd sec. branch, Beigi.


- In TV interviews, prisoners must confess to 1. Setting buses on fire, 2. Sending photo/video to outside...(cont'd)


- 3. Giving financial support to opposition & a number of other confessions in 2-part "TV Confessions" series.


- Interrogators of the min. of intel are using violent physical & mental torture on Ashura prisoners


- So far these interrogators have managed to force at least 4 people Saeed Sheikhan & Alavi into confession.


- Families who have not heard from their prisoners are very worried that their loved ones might be executed.


- Prisoners have told their families that the interrogations continue 24/7.


- So far none of the prisoners who contacted their families knew who will be executed.


- Over 200 family members of those arrested on Tasoa & Ashura have protested in front of the revolutionary court.


- Minority Faction of Parliament requested a meeting with AG Larijani to discuss detention of journalists, no response yet.


- Cell phones & email accounts of both Hashemi & Firoozi were used to contact friends after their arrests.


- Witness say Hashemi & Firoozi were arrested by Intel agents. Neither Intel nor Justice dept confirm the arrests.


- Status & whereabouts of Sorna Hashemi & Alireza Firoozi still unknown. Families are extremely worried.


- The Islamic Association of Kerman Bahonar UNI has been ordered to suspend activities.


- Dr. Yadollah Islami a prominent ophthalmologist was arrested 1/4 at the hospital where he practices.


Photos


Photo report of attack on Karroubi's car

Video






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