The Economist: The regime’s ramparts are shaky

by Sadra | Dec 14, 2009 | Blog

Dec 10th 2009 From The Economist print edition Seven months after a disputed election, opposition to the clerical regime and its controversially re-elected president refuses to die Reuters EVER since President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was returned to power in June’s dodgy...

CNN: New protest statement builds in Iran — men in head scarves

by Sadra | Dec 14, 2009 | Blog

By Eve Bower, CNN// // < ![CDATA[ cnnAuthor = "By Eve Bower, CNN"; // // // -1) {document.write(‘December 14, 2009 — Updated 1459 GMT (2259 HKT)’);} else {document.write(‘December 14, 2009 9:59 a.m. EST’);} // December 14,...

Rights Groups Appeal to Judiciary to Stop Persecution

by Sadra | Dec 14, 2009 | Blog

Groups Unite to Urge Due Process in ADVAR Cases (10 December 2009) Forum Asia today, along with other Asian human rights organizations from India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Mongolia, Taiwan, and Japan, sent an appeal to the Head of Iran’s Judiciary, Ayatollah Amoli...

No Evidence of Espionage in Tajbakhsh’s File, Lawyer Says

by Sadra | Dec 14, 2009 | Blog

14th December 2009 (14 December 2009) The case against the Iranian-American social scientist Kian Tajbakhsh contains no evidence to support the allegations against him, according to theInternational Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, following interviews with Masoud...

The Independent: Men turn tables on regime by donning headscarves and dresses

by Sadra | Dec 14, 2009 | Blog

Monday, 14 December 2009 Some of the hundreds of images of men in headscarves that have appeared on the internet. The “Be a Man” campaign is in support of student Majid Tavakoli, who has been pictured in women’s dress by the authorities Hundreds of...