by Sadra | Dec 29, 2009 | Blog
Iran’s Green Wave galvanizes religious moderates. By Babak Dehghanpisheh | Newsweek Web Exclusive Dec 28, 2009 The dramatic narrative of Ashura—Imam Hussein’s epic 7th-century struggle against the army of the tyrant Yazid—reenacted in passion plays in Shia...
by Sadra | Dec 29, 2009 | Blog
By NAZILA FATHI Published: December 29, 2009 Iran continued to arrest opposition members on Tuesday in what seemed to be an effort to curb further protests after Sunday’s defiant demonstrations against the government, according to opposition Web sites. The authorities...
by Sadra | Dec 29, 2009 | Blog
29th December 2009 Human Rights Defender’s Precarious Health Makes Detention Life-threatening Fear of Torture and Death Penalties for other Detainees to Confirm Allegations of Foreign Instigation (29 December 2009) The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran...
by Sadra | Dec 29, 2009 | Blog
I hereby declare that my sister Dr. Noushin Ebadi who is a Medical lecturer at Azad University of Tehran was detained by four officers from the counter-intelligence agency of Islamic Republic of Iran. She was arrested at 9 pm today (28/12/2009) at her home in Tehran....
by Sadra | Dec 28, 2009 | Blog
Rumors flew around yesterday, many of which have been confirmed: shots were fired into crowds and an untold number were wounded and killed. Mir Hossein Mousavi’s nephew was shot in what seems to have been a targeted assassination, human rights defenders and...