Category Archives: Iran

We Refuse To Die: Iran’s New Revolution

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Iran has already executed 2 protesters and says 9 more are slated for hanging soon

By Setareh Sabety, Huffington Post

These are both tense and exciting times in Iran and amongst the opposition abroad. In the build-up to 22 Bahman[1] which is yet another chance for the Green movement to use the cover of official demonstrations to come out en-mass to protest, the regime is showing signs of uncharacteristic and new found anxiety.

In what is believed by many to be an attempt to deter a repeat of the widespread and vociferous Ashura demonstrations, two young men who were defendants in the regime’s post-election Stalinist trails have been executed and eleven more have been charged, five for being a Mohareb, a warrior against God, which is punishable by death.

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Iran’s dead and detained are named but 1,000s missing

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Brutal regime is killing its own people – Guardian.co.uk publishes list and data base of known and unknown Iranians in prison or missing

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By Guardian.co.uk

The first executions have begun. Iran today hanged two men convicted of trying to topple the country’s Islamic regime, the first known executions of opposition activists since unrest broke out following June’s disputed presidential elections, the state television website reported.

Hundreds, probably thousands, have been arrested in Iran since the presidential election on 12 June. Human rights and campaign groups such as Human Rights Watch, the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and Reporters Without Borders have been collecting and publishing the names of those dead or detained.
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Iran State TV Suggests Neda’s Iconic Death Was ‘Faked’

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Iranian state television documentary incredibly suggests she was an agent of the United States and Britain who staged her own death

Neda Agha Soltan killed in the streets of Tehran, captured by cell-phone video and spread around the world

By Golnaz Esfandiari, Radio Free Europe / Radio LibertyIranian state television has made a documentary about the death of Neda Agha Soltan, a young Iranian woman who was shot dead during the June postelection protests in Tehran, suggesting she was an agent of the United States and Britain who staged her own death.

Neda’s last moments were filmed on a cell phone and watched by millions of people around the world, becoming a symbol of democratic resistance to the regime.

The state-television documentary suggests the video of Neda’s dying moments merely depicted her pouring blood on her own face from a special bottle she was carrying. Later, the documentary alleges that 27-year-old Neda was shot dead in the car that was taking her to a hospital.

The conspiracy theory alleged in the documentary is in line with comments by Iranian officials, who have repeatedly described Neda’s death as “suspicious” and a “premeditated scenario” to defame Iran.

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Iran police disperse protests

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Witnesses reported heavily armed police kept demonstrators from entering protest sites. CNN amateur photo

Witnesses reported heavily armed police kept demonstrators from entering protest sites. CNN amateur photo

Iranian police have used water cannon, batons and tear gas to disperse protests in the capital over the presidential election, witnesses say.

BBC News June 20, 2009

Police had earlier warned protesters not to gather, but many people made their way to the central rally site.

A BBC correspondent at Enghelab Square said there was a huge security operation, including military police, anti-riot police and Basij militia.

It was unclear if political leaders had backed their supporters gathering.

The country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei had warned protesters a day earlier not to continue their rallies, but correspondents say the warning appears to have made some protesters more determined.   Continue reading →