Tuesday, March 16, 2010

News Update - March 16, 2010

"Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn't have it in the beginning."
-- Mahatma Gandhi

News Links


What's next--the 'Persian' Gulf?


In Iran, a Street Demonstration That Both Sides Stay Away From


Videos: Chaharshanbeh Souri


Human Rights Report: Clashes Erupt in Karaj


Clashes in Baharestan Park


Trial for Isa Saharkhiz was held without his presence (Farsi)


Motorcycles banned Today Starting from 2:00 pm


Enghelab Square has been militarized


Ban on Daily Etemad lifted


$500,000USD bail order for Leylaz’s Parole


Opposition Leader: Iran 'Plagued by Despotism'


No news about party youth leader, Alireza Falahati


Interview with Behzad Nabavi’s Interrogator


Guidance Minister: We Acted Legally Press Undersecretary: I Don’t Accept the Law!


Elections at Iran’s Bar Association Lawyers Continue to Protest Government Interference


Wife of Panahi says unable to meet him in Iran jail


From Twitter


- Participation Front member Saied Noor-Mohamadi has been released on bail.


- Fire Dept announced 206 incidents tonight, 65 injuries 3 of which were serious.


- Deputy chief police Radan said 50 people have been arrested tonight in Tehran.


- Chahar Shanbeh Soori was very much alive. Khamenei's Fatwa was very much ignored.


- In Gisha everything was very festive. Dancing, music, fireworks. People were having fun.


- Many plain cloths (on foot, bikes, cars) among people. Very hard to distinguish.


- Many people on streets for the festivities. Didn't care for the guards at all. Nothing political.


- Felestin Square intense clashes. Municipality switched off street lights & clashes continue in darkness.


- Aryashahr is just like a war zone, sound of firework is constant & security forces have pulled out of area for now.


- Ahwaz Zeitoon district people clash with security forces after they try to arrest a man.


- People chant Death to Khamenei and burn his pictures in Amirabad district.


- First police car set on fire in Majidieh. Hardly any visibility smoke from fireworks and tear gas everywhere.


- Saied Laylaz has been released on $500,000 bail. His release is temporary & is until April 4.


- Jaras: Mohamad Taghi Karoubi denied the explosion at Housein Karoubi's home.


- Basij station set on fire in Hatef Street in Isfahan.


- Video allegedly from Nezam Abad tonight is actually from last year.


- Senior member of Islamic Mojahedin(Not MKO) Behzad Nabavi was released on a 15 day leave for medical reasons.


- Author & women rights activist Laleh Hassanpour was arrested in a raid of her home today.


- After 100 days in detention student activist Mohamad Yousef Rashidi has been released.


- Mashhad Allameh UNI Law student Abdollah Yousefzadegan was arrested Mon morning,comp & items confiscated.

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