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December 2009 (8)
Dec 23 2009 3:58PM
Mourning ceremonies & security services and Basiji militia brutalities

Today is the third day of mourning for the death of the Grand Ayatollah Montazeri. His family were not able to hold any public ceremonies for him due to the intervention by the Basiji militias and the security services who occupied the...

Dec 23 2009 3:58PM
Mourning ceremonies & security services and Basiji militia brutalities

Today is the third day of mourning for the death of the Grand Ayatollah Montazeri. His family were not able to hold any public ceremonies for him due to the intervention by the Basiji militias and the security services who occupied the...

Dec 22 2009 11:21AM
Ayatollah Montazeri, father of Iran's human rights passed away

"Humans are free and independent to decide for themselves" These are the final words of Ayatollah Montazeri who wrote in a letter, which as a grand ayatollah can be accepted as a final verdict on Islam and human rights.As a grand...

Dec 8 2009 9:44AM
More than Ten of Mourning arrested in the park

Saturday 5 December 2009 Change for Equality: Tens of mourning mothers of Iran, a group of women who gather every Saturday in Parks, have been arrested by the security forces on Saturday evening in Park Laleh, Tehran. It has been...

Dec 8 2009 9:42AM
Zeinab Jalalian May Face Execution

Monday 7 December 2009 Roozonline: Zeinab Jalalian is a 27 year old woman who has been sentenced to execution by hanging, on the charge of enmity with god. She is currently awaiting the implementation of her sentence in Sanandaj prison...

Dec 8 2009 9:40AM
Wave of arrests of activists and students continues

Change for Equality: In recent weeks, the pressure on student activists has intensified with scores being arrested. The following news provides information on only a few of those arrested. Mahdieh Golroo Student Activist Arrested along...

Dec 1 2009 10:21AM
A pre-planned coup and wave after wave of arrests

We know now that the election-coup was pre-planned and Ahamdinejad and his band planned everything to the last detail. This is not the subject of this article though. What is the subject is the manifestations of this coup which is...