"Iran’s police clashed with thousands of opposition supporters chanting “death to the dictator” on Monday as demonstrations took place on national student day. Eyewitnesses said riot police and security forces used batons and tear gas to disperse the crowd at Tehran University, while a number of people were reportedly arrested. Foreign media were banned from covering the rally by Iran’s culture ministry"
- chaz2b
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ابطحی نه اصلاح طلب بوده و نه طرفدار اصلاح طلبی. زمانی که مد بود و از آن پول در می آمد، اصلاح طلب بود. الان نفعش در آن نیست، در نتیجه طرفدار ولایت فقیه است. اگر هم بیکار شد می رود می شود وردست پدرش و می شود مغ بچه حجتیه.
- Mary
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از آن جایی که مدام این عروسکتان را می چرخانید و به او گفته اید اعترافات مضحکش را تکرار کند، بدانید که رضای حسن مطرب و یا توحید شما، دیگر کارش تمام است. بروید و فکر بازگشت به راه مردم باشید. خیلی زمان زیادی از کارهای اسلاف شما، ساواکیان عزیز نگذشته است، درس هایتان را کمی دقیق تر مرور کنید و البته به حاشیه کتاب ها و سرگذشت آن هایی که جزوه هایشان را می خوانید، کمی دقت کنید.
- Mary
بیایید و بگویید از خودتان و الطاف بی دریغی که نثار عروسک خپل تان کرده اید. از طرف من، یک تف نثار شما و برنامه و عروسک گردانی تان.
- Mary
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Witnesses say thousands of riot police and Revolutionary Guard members armed with tear gas, batons and firearms are deployed outside Tehran University to prevent student demonstrations backed by the opposition. Monday's large security operation suggested that authorities plan to make good on their promise to deal harshly with protesters marking the day in 1953 when three students were killed in an anti-U.S. protest.
- Mary
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On Wednesday, November 24, Iranian demands that female nurses don the hijab in response to Iran’s providing $1.2 million for funding of the new El Alto city hospital in Bolivia sparked a national outcry among women’s rights advocates within Bolivia. In an international teleconference in La Paz held between Bolivian President, Evo Morales, and Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to celebrate the hospital’s opening, nurses were shown wearing hijabs as part of their new uniform regulations.
- JSLeFanu
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Since the disputed presidential elections in June 2009, thousands of Iranian citizens have suffered grave violations of their internationally protected human rights; many have been beaten and shot during peaceful protests, and there are credible, verified reports of torture, rape, and ill-treatment in detention. Hundreds of reform-oriented citizens and political figures have been tried in "show trials" without due process, and several have already been sentenced to lengthy prison terms, while others linked to the protests have been sentenced to death.
- Joe
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Iran has egregiously violated its citizens' rights to freedom of association and peaceful assembly, and used grossly disproportionate force against peaceful protesters, many of whom were intentionally killed on the streets or in detention. Thousands have been arbitrarily arrested, "disappeared," and held in incommunicado detention, in what amounts to a massive ideological purge. In an...
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- Joe
There are calls from powerful clerics and politicians to declare opposition political activities as violations of law that are punishable by death. In the meantime, Iran executed 115 persons convicted of crimes in 50 days following the 12 June disputed elections, and has also executed juvenile offenders in the face of strong international protests. The threat to the lives of detained...
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- Joe
Women continue to suffer from institutionalized discrimination across many spheres of Iranian society. Human rights defenders working peacefully to establish gender equality are under particular stress as many have been arbitrarily detained and prosecuted for their peaceful efforts to end legal discrimination against women. Moreover, as mentioned in the report of the Secretary General, the situation of ethnic and religious minorities, particularly the Baha'i , continues to be of great concern.
- Joe
The General Assembly must take a firm stand on behalf of universal human rights principles, and on behalf of the people of Iran. While the international community focuses its attention on other issues of concern with regard to Iran, it must make clear that it will not forget the Iranian people who continue to be denied their fundamental human rights. We take this opportunity to urge...
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- Joe
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran announced plans on Sunday to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants in a major expansion of its atomic program, just two days after the U.N. nuclear watchdog rebuked it for carrying out such work in secret. The defiant move by hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government will further aggravate tensions between the Islamic Republic and major powers over Iranian nuclear activities.
- Joe
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Who is JSLeFanu? In any case, anyone who posts to *public groups* on controversial political topics should expect responses -- otherwise, if you can't handle opposing points of view, keep the posts private. So what about Israel's large nuclear arsenal?
- Sean McBride
I do expect it and thank you very much for your comment.
- JSLeFanu
WASHINGTON — International inspectors who gained access to Iran’s newly revealed underground nuclear enrichment plant voiced strong suspicions in a report on Monday that the country was concealing other atomic facilities.
- JSLeFanu
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