by Sadra | Jan 18, 2010 | Blog
Shirin Ebadi’s sister is released after 17 days Dr. Nooshin Ebadi, sister of Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi, who had been arrested by security authorities on December 28 without any charges, was released on Wednesday night. In an interview with Deutsche Welle,...
by Sadra | Jan 18, 2010 | Blog
TEHRAN (AFP) – Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Monday confirmed Iran’s consul general in Oslo has resigned but said Tehran did not accept his resignation and still considers him a ministry employee. Mohammed Reza “Heydari has resigned but it has not...
by Sadra | Jan 18, 2010 | Blog
18 Jan 2010 TEHRAN (Reuters) – The prosecutor of a northwestern Iranian city has been assassinated, ISNA news agency reported on Monday. ISNA did not give any further details but quoted a provincial judiciary official as saying “investigations were...
by Sadra | Jan 16, 2010 | Blog
Updated: We were forwarded a few more videos from the same event. A lot more singing and green peace signs, and of course, the obligatory chants in support of the people of Iran. It’s fascinating to watch the diaspora mirror the Iranian peoples’ chants on...
by Sadra | Jan 15, 2010 | Blog
Fri Jan 15, 5:49 am ET TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran has arrested a cleric close to late dissident Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri amid a fresh crackdown on opposition supporters, a reformist website reported on Friday. Mid-ranking cleric “Hojjatoleslam Mohammad...
