Fourth Show Trial of Reformist in Tehran with Prominent Reformist Hajjarian [Persian]

(Fars News | YouTube) – One of Iran’s most prominent pro-reform figures admitted fomenting unrest and asked for the country’s forgiveness Tuesday during the mass trial of activists detained in the post-election crackdown in a confession that the opposition said was coerced. The courtroom statement by Saeed Hajjarian — who is considered one of the reform movement’s top architects and who was shot in the head in a 2000 assassination attempt — was the latest dramatic confession in the month-old trial that the opposition has compared to Josef Stalin’s “show trials” of opponents in the Soviet Union.

Israeli’s Ambassador to the United States discusses Iran

(Fareed Zakaria | CNN | 16 August 2009) – An exclusive interview with the new Israeli ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren,  on Israel’s policy toward Iran.  For  summary, excerpts, and links to additional information  as provided in the GPS Briefing Book, please read  below.

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Clinton says trial shows Iran ‘is afraid of its own people’

Iran’s trial of more than 100 people who it has linked to post-election unrest is a “sign of weakness” and shows that the Islamic republic “is afraid of its own people,” U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria in a wide-ranging interview broadcast on his “GPS” program Sunday, August 9th, 2009.

The Confession:  Ebrahim Nabavi as Mohsen Sazgar

In this video, Ebrahim Nabavi pretends to be Mohsen Sazgara, an opposition leader currently exiled in Washington D.C., as he “confesses” to his crimes against the state.  Nabavi is an Iranian political satirist and former writer for many reformist newspapers.  He is critical of the current regime in Iran.

Several years ago, Nabavi was accused of disgracing the supreme leader and sent to Evin prison. He was then made to “confess” on Iranian TV that he had received money from foreign countries and planned a Velvet Revolution. He was able to eventually leave Iran, and is currently exiled in Belgium.

August 6, 2009 Protest

Tehran Bazar, 14 Mordad (5 AUG)

Defiant Ahmadinejad sworn in as president

(Al Jazeera English – August 5, 2009) Iran’s president begins his second term of office by appealing for unity and denouncing foreign interference even as some protesters are reportedly arrested in Tehran. In a defiant speech he again blamed foreign powers for the post-election unrest.  Al Jazeera’s Nicole Johnston reports.

Torture In Iran

60 Minutes (CBS News) – Originally aired on April 5, 2009. Ahmad Batebi tells CNN’s Anderson Cooper, in his 1st U.S. television interview how he was tortured for 8 years in an Iranian prison and how he managed to escape.

Special Guards, Tehran, 8 Mordad (30 July) 18:30

Fighting people & police in Vanak SQ–8 Mordad 88

Mosala protest July 30th 2009

In Iran, Fear Grows Over Treatment of Arrested Election Demonstrators

Margaret Warner updates the political situation in Iran, where concerns are growing about the treatment of demonstrators arrested after the disputed election.  Originally Aired on the Online NewsHour on July 29, 2009.

John Bolton believes that a military strike against Iran would buy time and lead to a possible regime change