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• The Green Breif #30 (July 16)

  Created: Friday, 17 July 2009 01:56 Author: Worldvu

  Protests / Unrest   1. Several families of political prisoners continued their protest in front of the Islamic Courts in Tehran for the freedom of their loved ones.   2. Students in many universities in Iran are refusing to take part in exam...

• Green Brief #27 (July 13)

  Created: Tuesday, 14 July 2009 00:51 Author: Worldvu

  Protests / Unrest 1. Faculty members, doctors and dentists of the Tehran Medical University stages a gathering in Shariati Hospital in protest of the arrests of politicians and political activists. 2. Kordestan province and many other Kurdish areas in I...

• The Green Brief #24 (July 10)

  Created: Sunday, 12 July 2009 02:44 Author: Worldvu

  Protests / Unrest  1. There was a gathering of the families of those detained during the protests in Tehran today. Protesters stood in front of Kalantari 103 Pasdaran, 140 Baghe Faiz and Enghelab Square. Numbers cannot be confirmed, but the number...

• Iran's rebellious students Go underground

  Created: Friday, 10 July 2009 13:34 Author: Worldvu

  From The Economist DESPITE a renewed crackdown by the security forces, Iran’s students are looking for clever new ways to keep their campaign for democracy going. But it is a struggle. Many students say that all is lost. “At first, I was ang...

• Iran Protesters Take to Streets Despite Threats

  Created: Friday, 10 July 2009 13:08 Author: Worldvu

  Thousands of Iranians poured into the streets of Tehran on Thursday, clapping, chanting, almost mocking the authorities as they once again turned out in large numbers in defiance of the government’s threat to crush their protests with violence. ...

• In Iran, New Demonstrations Bring New Violence

  Created: Friday, 10 July 2009 12:46 Author: Worldvu

  The quiet enforced on Tehran's streets by the postelection crackdown was shattered on July 9 in dramatic clashes between opposition activists and security forces. Plans had circulated for days on Internet social-networking sites calling for demonstrations...

• The Green Brief #23 (July 09)

  Created: Friday, 10 July 2009 12:09 Author: Worldvu

  Protests / Unrest 1. As anticipated, there were protests today in almost every corner of Iran. In total, tens of thousands took to the streets across the country. Protesters were brutalized, arrested and shot at. Tear gas was extensively used. Detaile...

• Report from Iran

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2009 12:15 Author: Worldvu

  Poeple calling from Iran saying that the Internet and telephone are getting cut off. They are claiming that there's so much dust in the air that people cannot breath and that the helicopters flying overhead are creating it. We're not sure how they are c...

• Severe clashes in Revolution Square

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2009 11:12 Author: Worldvu

  Translate from Farsi: Severe clashes in Revolution Square Death to Khamenei and slogans | | Human rights and democracy activists reportedly Ayranbnabh from Revolution Square, Tehran, young people and as many wide streets in the Revolution Square and Dece...

• Iranian protesters defy crackdown

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2009 10:45 Author: Worldvu

  More than 700 people defied government orders in Tehran and took to the streets on Thursday in renewed protest over the results of Iran's presidential elections. The pro-reform demonstrators chanted "death to the dictator" as baton-wielding p...

• The Green Brief #22 (July 08)

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2009 10:43 Author: Worldvu

  Protests / Unrest 1. Tomorrow, July 9th (18th of Tir in Iran), marks a very important day. It memorializes the 10th year anniversary of a student uprising for freedom. Many students were killed and thousands were beaten, arrested and tortured. Thou...

• Recent Tweets from Iran

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2009 10:27 Author: Worldvu

  Unconfirmed clashes infront of Evin Prison. Protestors trying to enter the building. From Tehran Uni to beginning of Enghelab st at least 4000 ppl clapping full Bassij presence some scattred "Tweets passing around there are heavy clashes near ...

• Protests in Different Parts of Iran

  Created: Thursday, 09 July 2009 10:15 Author: Worldvu

  Translate from Farsi: Different parts of Tehran to the protests has grown | | Human rights and democracy activists reportedly Ayranbnabh of Tehran, many people Vjvanan now are moving toward the Azadi Square. And young people from Azadi Square and other s...

• Message from Mohammad Khatami

  Created: Wednesday, 08 July 2009 22:40 Author: Worldvu

  Source: Mohammad Khatami’s Web site: www.khatami.irDate: July 1, 2009Subject: Visit with families of detainees.Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Khatami, during a meeting with the Family members of the 10th Presidential elections’ detainees, said: The complai...

• G-8 deplores violence in Iran

  Created: Wednesday, 08 July 2009 22:16 Author: Worldvu

  L'AQUILA, Italy—Group of Eight leaders said Wednesday that they deplored the violence in the aftermath of Iran's disputed election last month, but added they remained committed to seeking a diplomatic solution to Iran's contentious nuclear program.Frenc...

• The Green Brief #21 (July 07)

  Created: Wednesday, 08 July 2009 10:24 Author: Worldvu

  Protests 1. There have been reports of atrocities committed against villages in Iran. According to partially confirmed reports, a village near Kamyaran in the Kordestan Province was set on fire by security forces because of protests there last week. Sever...

• Iran Will Never Be the Same Again

  Created: Wednesday, 08 July 2009 01:50 Author: Worldvu

  Despite the recent protests, in the face of state-perpetrated violence, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will stay in power. Hearing this, many will lapse into despair over the prospects for achieving real social and political change in the country, or a shift in its ...

• Ahmadinejad slams rivals over post-vote stance

  Created: Wednesday, 08 July 2009 01:49 Author: Worldvu

  Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has criticized the stance adopted by certain political figures following the June 12 presidential election.http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=100055§ionid=351020101 ...

• Ahmadinejad says his reelection gave him a mandate

  Created: Wednesday, 08 July 2009 01:46 Author: Worldvu

  Reporting from Tehran and Beirut -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday declared that his disputed reelection gave him a mandate to continue his domestic and international policies and spoke out defiantly against the West in a televised speec...

• Iran at a Crossroads: NIAC Member Survey

  Created: Wednesday, 08 July 2009 01:45 Author: Worldvu

  he violence erupting in the aftermath of the Iran elections has left very few around the world untouched. At NIAC, we have followed the developments extremely closely and have been at the forefront of the debate in the U.S. on how our government should re...