Two Gonabadi advocates and one teacher of the high schools of Kavar who were invited to the Governer’s office of Kavar to discuss the chaos and uprising were arrested.
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Beginning of Arresting Gonabadi Dervishes Of Kavar
A new system of unruly and illegal arresting of the Gonabadi dervishes of Kavar started from the last night September 3rd.
Latest Reports on Clashes in Orumiyeh| Unconfirmed Reports of 5 Fatalities – By Journalist Saeid Pourheydar
September 3rd, 2011 – This report was posted on Journalist Saeed Pourheydar’s web blog:Full scale civil war in Orumiyeh – security forces fire directly at the protesters.Hundreds arrested….
Koohyar Goudarzi’s Friend Behnam Ganji, Recently Released From Prison Has Committed Suicide
Recently released political prisoner Behnam Ganji Khabiri a 22 year old student at Tehran University of Applied Sciences committed suicide on September 1, 2011.
Security Forces Destroy Public Property in Urmia Bazaar
Iranian security and anti riot forces have attacked an indoor market on Mosom Street and destroyed public property. Earlier, this bazaar had been closed because of demonstrations.
Sporadic Protests in Tabriz and Urmia
On Saturday, September 3, 2011, protestors in Tabriz and Urmia demonstrated in streets again to save Lake Urmia.
HuffPost Greatest Person Of The Day: Nina Yousefzadeh Brings Medical Care To Developing Countries
Nina Yousefzadeh is a clinical pharmacist living in New York. When she was going through school, her friends started calling her “penicillin girl.”
The Internet and Iran: ‘It Is Possible to Pull the Plug’
The regime of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has threatened to completely cut Iran off from the Internet. But activists in the country are well-versed in circumventing official censorship. In a conversation with SPIEGEL, Internet expert Philip Howard explains how they do it and says that complete digital isolation is virtually impossible.
Wikileaks: Iran wanted to invest billions of euro in Malta
Iran had wanted to invest billions of euro in Malta’s financial system, according to a US embassy cable leaked by Wikileaks today.
Crackdown Hurts Syria’s Economy
Ben Gilbert, VOA, Beirut, Lebanon The bloody crackdown ordered by President Bashar al-Assad against protesters throughout Syria is having an effect on the nation’s economy. International condemnation of the military assaults have prompted trading partners in Europe and elsewhere to hold off on business dealings, and tourists have been scared away.