GVF — The Coordinating Council of the Green Path of Hope, the Green Movement’s highest decision making body, has issued a statement in solidarity with pro-democracy protesters in Syria, while calling on Iranian authorities to cease their support for the Assad regime’s deadly suppression of dissenters.
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Iran arrests 17 youths over water fight
TEHRAN — Iranian police arrested 17 boys and girls over a water fight at a seaside park in the Islamic republic’s south, a senior judicial official said on Sunday.
Political tension Government develops “National Internet” to combat international Internet’s impact
RSF – Communication and information technology minister Reza Taqipour Anvari announced at the start of July that the first phase of a “National Internet,” also called “Clean Internet,” will get under way at the end of August,offering an 8 Mbps speed broadband connection that will later rise to 20 Mbps and a national search […]
Iran fights to increase domestic tourism
Iran – a country with thousands of years of history – has had very few visitors in the last two years.
UN special rapporteur : Iran must observe basic human rights
In a statement, published on official UN high commissioner for human rights on August 3, Ahmad sharid UN special rapporteur for Iran said: I presented a request to formally introduce myself and my plans to Iranian officials to investigate human rights violation in Iran.
Iran’s rich eat ice cream covered in gold as poor struggle to survive
Gold-flecked ice cream wasn’t part of the picture that Shiite Muslim clerics painted during the Iranian Revolution, when they promised to lift the poor by distributing the country’s vast oil income equally across society.
Ahmadinejad – the full exclusive interview
Jon Davies, euronews:Mr. President can I start with some compelling images which we saw today on Iranian TV, on TV throughout the Middle East and throughout the world. We saw former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, on a stretcher in a cage being accused of corruption and mass murder. What were your thoughts when you […]
Iran, Where A Water Fight Can Land You In Prison
Young Iranians gathered to spray water on each other last week in Tehran.August 03, 2011Yet again, a number of young people have been arrested in the Iranian capital.
Iran Appeal for action Re :Iranian prisoners in need of medical,care Health professioal action
At least nine Iranian prisoners with serious health problems are being held in prison in Iran.
Iran HIV specialist jailed for visiting US wins Nobel-prizewinners’ support
Nobel-prize winning scientists have thrown their support behind an international campaign calling for the release of a pioneering Aids doctor imprisoned in Iran.