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Iran Reports – July 8, 2009

Iran: Mousavi aide defies ban and flees to UK
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.3520864709

(Iran) ‘I screamed: How dare you grab my girls’
— “In Tehran phone interview, mother of six describes her encounter with regime’s security forces”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443758013&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

G-8 deplores Iran violence, calls for diplomatic solution on nukes
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443758685&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(U.S.) DC: July 11 – 11 AM – Human Rights & Democracy International Pedia (HRDIP) Rally for Democracy in Iran
http://hrdip.com/images/stories/flyer-iran%20freedom-11july-en.jpg
https://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/dc-july-11-iran-rally/
— “Assembling at First and Pennsylvania Ave NW Marching to Lafayette Park, across the White House followed by a concert”
—- NOTE: “First and Pennsylvania Avenue NW” – is the western edge of the Capitol Reflecting Pool on the side of
the Capitol by the Peace Monument, not Third Street side
—– It is also known as “East Capitol Circle”
http://maps.google.com/maps?source=earth&ie=UTF8&ll=38.890682,-77.012132&spn=0.003248,0.006834&t=h&z=17

Iran: Change for Equality Website reports arrests
— per Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi: “Change for Equality website: July 8th, security forces entered offices of Mohammad Ali Dadkhah
attorney & member of Defenders of Human Rights, was arrested with his colleagues who were present; the security forces also
closed down the office.”
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1013662437&ref=mf
https://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/iran-change-for-equality/

(Iran) MEMRI: “Iranian Filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf: Ahmadinejad’s a Terrorist — Just Like Bin Laden”
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD243509

Iran petition on condemning the death of political prisoners in jails
https://petitiononline.securesites.com/iraneman/petition.html

(Iran) Reuters: “Iran says to free 100 more people held in unrest”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090708/wl_nm/us_iran_election_detainees

(Iran) Father disowns son-in-law for defending president — Ahmadinejad’s family dispute over Iran elections
http://www.alarabiya.net/save_print.php?print=1&cont_id=78095&lang=en