Archive for July, 2009
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Jul
13
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Filed Under (2009 Election, Articles, Iran Domestic Politics, U.S. Relations) by admin2 on 25-04-2007
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After a long absence, pro-Mousavi cleric Rafsanjani to lead prayers
Majid Ghaemi Heidari is welcomed at Tehran’s Mehrabad airport. He and four other Iranians were freed after 30 months in U.S. custody in Iraq. (Photo: Javad Moghimi / Fars News Agency)
After a long absence, pro-Mousavi cleric Rafsanjani to lead prayers. Former President Mohammad Khatami reportedly will also attend Iran’s weekly keynote sermon Friday. The reformists’ return to the event can be seen as a challenge to hard-liners or a sign of a truce. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jul
12
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Grand Ayatollah Montazeri’s Fatwa: an Unfair Supreme Leader is Illegitimate
By MUHAMMAD SAHIMI in Los Angeles | 12 July 2009 | TEHRAN BUREAU
[TEHRAN BUREAU] In a very important development, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, the most senior cleric living in Iran, and one of the top two* marja’ taghlid (source of emulation) in Shiite Islam, issued a series of Fatwas, calling the Supreme Leader illegitimate and saying that he was working with the government against religion. Montazeri has called on people to take action against this injustice, even if they have to pay a heavy price for it. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jul
12
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Freedom Sounds Like Hafez
A BOOK LAUNCH
Your Lover’s Beloved: 51 Ghazals by Hafez & Iran Today
a reading, book signing and discussion with
Mahmood Karimi-Hakak and Bill Wolak Read the rest of this entry »
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Jul
11
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Protest in Front of the HS Building
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Jul
10
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People and Power – Inside the Protests
AlJazeeraEnglish – July 10, 2009
A unique look inside the protests in Iran.
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Jul
10
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Iran Protesters Take to Streets Despite Threats
Marchers shouted slogans Thursday and made victory signs in Tehran, where protests were called to commemorate 1999 clashes between students and the police. For more photos, click on image. (Photo: European Pressphoto Agency)
By Michael Slackman, published in the New York Times on July 9, 2009
CAIRO — 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. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jul
10
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18th of Tir Videos
A Comprehensive Collection of Videos for the July 9, 2009 Protests
For a comprehensive collection of videos for the July 9th, 2009 protests, please click here.
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Jul
09
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Filed Under (2009 Election, Activism, Articles, Iran Domestic Politics, U.S. Relations) by admin2 on 25-04-2007
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Iran learns from past to crush dissent
As opposition demonstrators came out in force after Iran’s disputed presidential election, one exhilarated protester declared that his country was waking up.
(Jon Leyne | BBC | 9 July 2009) – Two nights ago someone told me that Tehran was now in a coma. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jul
09
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Filed Under (2009 Election, Activism, diplomacy, human rights, Iran Domestic Politics, Lectures & Presentations, Nonviolence, Peace, U.S. Relations) by admin2 on 25-04-2007
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Statement and Call to Action
July 9, 2009
Dear Friend of United for Peace and Justice,
Over three weeks ago, Iranians held a presidential election. What followed remains unclear, but one thing is for certain: the Iranian government engaged in the suppression of the rights of Iranians to protest their government. Read the rest of this entry »
