Almost immediately after EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met with a group of activists in Tehran, Iranian authorities unleashed a barrage of angry remarks and insults about her visit. Ali Larijani, the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, said during an open session of the Parliament today that Ashton’s “act was very ugly,” and […]
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards arrest internet activists
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have carried out a new wave of arrests of cyber activists and members of pro-opposition social networking websites. Kaleme, a leading opposition website, reported on Thursday that at least five Iranians who had shared news about the situation of political prisoners on Facebook have recently been held by the security apparatus […]
Rohani calls on IRGC to help build economy
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has called on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps to take on large national projects but stay out of politics. Iranian media report that in a meeting with commanders and senior staff of the IRGC, the Iranian president said: “With our economy under target, the Guards have to move in and take […]
If They Are To Be Freed They Must First Be Tried
Revolutionary Guards Speak Out On Green Movement Leaders Even though calls for the release of Green Movement leaders Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karoubi and Zahra Rahnavard have grown since the election of Hassan Rowhani as president, the official website of the political bureau of the Revolutionary Guards force (IRGC) for the first time acknowledged the […]