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Majid Tavakoli was sentenced to 8-years & 6-months jail time (Farsi)

Draft of a common will among Iran's university professors created (Farsi)

APNewsBreak:Iran rejects heart of nuclear proposal

Selected Headlines from the Tehran Bureau Jan 19, 2010

Ayatollah Khalaji’s Son: ‘My father was arrested for expressing his opinions’

A Kuwaiti Source: Regime officials and agents trying to flee Iran

Iran leader warns opposition ahead of revolution day

Hossein Mousavian & Hamid-reza Khadem both members of the national front were released (Farsi)

Letter from a group of academicians to the head of the judiciary of Iran: Free Majid Tavakoli

Iran police say public help in arresting "rioters"

Maryam Zandi (Photographer): I've been asked to censor pictures of the revolution (Farsi)

47 million Iranians under the line of poverty - stats center (Farsi)

Iran official says Kurdish guerrillas claim killing

Detention of a number of Ashura prisoners extended (Farsi)

From Birmingham to Tehran

Five IRGC commanders were awarded $1,000,000 each (Farsi)

The Latest from Iran (19 January): Cross-Currents

IranNewsNow on the "Green Day of Silence"

Supreme Leader Claims Iran Remains United Against 'Outside' Threat

Iran says France using Iranian's trial to pressure

Why So Much Torture and Oppression?

Untold Facts in Ali-Mohammadi’s Assassination

In Prison Too Our Conditions Are Worst

Khamenei Urges Opposition To Clarify Its Stance

The Latest from Iran: If Khamenei’s Other Shoe Drops (20 January)

Supporter of ‘Mourning Mothers’ Remains in Solitary Confinement

From Tweets

- Iranian bar association to investigation arrest of 8 members since Ashura.

- 16 days since the arrested of journalist Mostafa Dehghan, he called family 3 days after arrest, no info since.

- The attorneys were arrested in Tehran & other cities by Intel agents going to their homes & their offices.

- The Bar Association has not issued the names of the arrested attorneys, 2 are female.

- Currently there are 12 Khajeh Nasir UNI students in prison.

- Khajeh Nasir UNI student Abbas Ghaderi has been released on bail after 42 days in prison.

- Khajeh Nasir UNI student Ali Parviz arrested Nov 3 has been sentenced to 3 yrs same GD-BS charges.

- Per Kurdish activist Fasih Yasamani's execution last month was carried out without notice to his family or lawyer.

- Kurdish HR activists say that Habibolah Latifi is in imminent danger of execution.

- Kurdish HR activists are worried that the execution of Habibolah Latifi may be carried out without notice to family.

- There are currently 20 Kurdish prisoners on death row.

- Ghader Mohamadzadeh sentenced to 32 years by lower court. Court of Appeals changed it to death sentence.

- Mohamd Amin Abdolahi 25, sentenced to 20 years by lower court. Court of Appeals changed it to death sentence.

- 2 more Kurdish prisoners have been sentenced to death. Both had received long term prison sentenced from lower court.

- Mohammad-Yousef Rashidi, detained student activist of poly-technique has been on hunger strike for a week.

- Today in a speech Khamenei said the elite must state their position clearly & stop double talking.

- Kurdish journalist & researcher Ehsan Houshmand has been arrested by Intel agents in Tehran. Reason unknown

- MP Motaheri: It is technically not possible to monitor every single SMS, email & phone call.

- Activists Payman Chalaki & his wife Samiyeh Alamipasand have been arrested by Intel in Saveh(N.IR).

- Court of Appeals has upheld the 1 year sentence of student activist Nader Ahsani arrested on 16 Azar(student day).

- 20 days since children rights activist Maryam Zia was arrested, 10 days since family contact. She is in Evin 209.

- IR police claims 40 Ashura protesters have been arrested since they issued a publication with protesters pix from Ashura.

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