Iran has carried out repeated crackdowns on opposition groups who continue to dispute Ahmadinejad’s victory in the June 12 presidential election. … Most have now been released but around 140 have been put on mass trials….
It sustained Iran during the eight-year war with Iraq, when over 120000 Iranians died in the bloodiest modern Middle East conflict. Most major Iranian cities have a Martyrs’ Museum or a Martyrs’ cemetery. Meanwhile, the Iranian Guardian …
Neda Agha Soltan – “The Voice of Iran” · CNN reports: “Amid the hundreds of images of Saturday’s crackdown on protesters in Iran that were distributed to the world over the Internet, it was the graphic video showing the dying moments of …
Neda, a young woman killed by a sniper, has become a potent symbol of the Iranian rebellion. The crackdown resulted in the arrests of as many as 5000 protesters, dissidents and journalists. The International Campaign for Human Rights in …
Iran’s rebellious students Go underground. On the surface, normality is returning. Underground, things may be different (The Economist) DESPITE a renewed crackdown by the security forces, Iran’s students are looking for clever new ways …
But President Obama stops short of calling off his diplomatic overture to Tehran and refuses to threaten consequences.
Under pressure to speak out more forcefully, President Obama on Tuesday condemned the Iranian government’s violent suppression of dissent and declared the world “appalled and outraged” by its crackdown on protesters.
