Archive for the ‘Peace’ Category
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Jul
23
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Filed Under (Action Alert, Activism, Articles, diplomacy, Nonviolence, U.S. Relations) by admin2 on 25-04-2007
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Iran’s internal affairs: Keep the U.S. out
Submitted by Shervin Boloorian on July 22, 2009 on the FORpeaceBlog.
As Congress prepares to consider more Iran sanctions, it should also consider that confrontational U.S. policies have come nowhere close to changing Iran’s behavior in the last 30 years. On the other hand, in reaction to a contested election, the Iranians have formed an unprecedented home-grown movement for political expression through their own resources, their own desire for democratic progress, and their own sacrifices. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jul
21
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The Friday July 17 Protests in Images
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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 »
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Jul
09
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Filed Under (2009 Election, Action Alert, Activism, human rights, Nonviolence, Peace) by admin2 on 25-04-2007
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GLOBAL PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION IN COMMEMORATION OF 18TH OF TIR 1378 (JULY 9TH 1999)
Dear All,
10 years ago, on the 9th of July, Iranian students mobilized to demand an end to oppression. Thousands of students, protesting the regime’s shutdown of a popular reformist newspaper, were attacked, beaten and arrested in a bloody confrontation. That day, infamously known by its date in the Persian calendar-the “18 of Tir”- has become a symbol of Iranian movement for freedom. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jul
09
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Protesters, officers clash violently in Iran’s streets
Over 1,000 demonstrators gather in Tehran, continuing to protest the June 12 presidential election. Security forces fire tear gas and beat protesters. Many people wear masks to hide their identities.
By Ramin Mostaghim and Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles TImes, 8:05 AM PDT, July 9, 2009
Reporting from Tehran and Beirut — Violent clashes erupted today in downtown Tehran between more than a thousand determined young men and women chanting, “Death to the dictator” and “God is great” and security forces wielding truncheons. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jul
09
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Hundreds protest in Iran, defying crackdown vow
By NASSER KARIMI – July 9, 2009 (3:45 AM EDT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Hundreds of young men and women chanted “death to the dictator” and fled baton-wielding police in the capital Thursday as opposition activists sought to revive street protests despite authorities’ vows to “smash” any new marches. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jul
08
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Filed Under (2009 Election, Action Alert, Activism, human rights, Nonviolence) by admin2 on 25-04-2007
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Action Alert: An appeal from Iran to help keep protesters safe
To our friends outside IRAN.
The thugs and thieves of IRAN that are currently (hopefully for not too long) running IRAN, want the public to report the who & whereabouts of Iranians that have demonstrated recently (See attached links).
Can all those that live outside IRAN SPAM these sites with whatever method. At the bottom of the page ( See LINK) there are 3 squares. First is for name (use false names) Second is your email address (Leave it empty) Third is details. In the third square please use as colorful language as you can. Send thousands of emails. You can write in English.
http://www.gerdab.ir/fa/pages/?cid=422
http://www.gerdab.ir/fa/pages/?cid=407
http://www.gerdab.ir/home.php
http://www.gerdab.ir/fa/pages/?cid=422
http://www.gerdab.ir/fa/pages/?cid=407
http://www.gerdab.ir/home.php
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Jul
02
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IRAN: Women at Forefront of Popular Defiance
By Sara Farhang
Iran is home to one of the most vibrant women’s movements in the region. (Photo credit: faramarz/flickr/creative commons)
TEHRAN, Jun 25, 2009 (IPS) – When tens of thousands of protesters braved the ongoing government crackdown to gather in Tehran’s Baharestan Square in front of the Parliament building Wednesday in response to a call by supporters of Mir Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi, they were met with some of the harshest violence seen since Iran’s post-election turmoil erupted nearly two weeks ago. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jun
30
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The Gandhian Moment
Ramin Jahanbegloo – published in Dissent Magazine on June 20, 2009
WITH THE refusal of Iran’s political establishment to re-run the elections, more repression and violence seems inevitable. However, what we are witnessing since the first demonstrations against the results of the presidential elections might very well be considered as a major nonviolent movement in a Gandhian style. There is already an evident similarity between the civil disobedience movement in today’s Iran and successful nonviolent movements led by Gandhi in India in the 1920-1940s and Martin Luther King Jr. in the United States in the 1950-1960s.
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Jun
28
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Iranians rally at Ghoba (Qoba) Mosque
Mousavi supporters join Beheshti commemorators
Published by Press TV – Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:36:24 GMT
Hundreds of Iranians have gathered in a mosque to commemorate the martyrdom of former chief justice Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti.
Supporters of defeated presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi also marched down Tehran’s Shariati Street from north to south and silently gathered outside the Ghoba Mosque — where the event was being held.
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