Category: Reports on Iran and Democracy

(UK) 2,000 protest in heart of London over ‘rigged’ Iranian election

(U.S.) Washington Times journalist tells of Iranian captivity

(Iran) Tehran: army of police and militiamen attack unarmed protesters
— London Times reports: “‘The security presence was massive. It was like a military occupation,’ one witness told The Times. ‘They were clubbing the hell out of people.'”

(Iran) AP: “Tehran police chief: few arrests in protest”

A True Iranian Reformer, and His Movement? — by Andrew Bostom and Alyssa A. Lappen
— report on Roozbeh Farahanipour and the Marze Por Gohar (MPG) Party

(Iran) Tehran: army of police and militiamen attack unarmed protesters
— London Times reports: “‘The security presence was massive. It was like a military occupation,’ one witness told The Times. ‘They were clubbing the hell out of people.'”

Iran police fire tear-gas as 1000s mark 1999 unrest

(Iran) Hundreds protest in Iran, defying crackdown vow
— “Hundreds of young men and women”… “confronting police wielding batons and firing tear gas in the capital Thursday as opposition activists sought to revive street protests despite authorities’ vows to “smash” any new marches”

Iran warns of crackdown on any student protests
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/July/middleeast_July196.xml&section=middleeast

Iran police fire tear-gas as 1000s mark 1999 unrest
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090709/ts_afp/iran
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090709/world/iran_82
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31828921/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

Iran protests renew despite threats
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443763147&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Iran) Hundreds protest in Iran, defying crackdown vow
— “Hundreds of young men and women”… “confronting police wielding batons and firing tear gas in the capital
Thursday as opposition activists sought to revive street protests despite authorities’ vows to “smash” any new marches”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090709/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/20000060/detail.html

(Iran) Reuters: “Iranian police fire in air to disperse protesters”
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5684GS20090709

(Iran) CNN: “Inside Iran’s unrest, photos tell story”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/07/09/index.html#

(Iran) Detained French teacher reveals risk of Iranian exchanges
http://www.rfi.fr/actuen/articles/115/article_4255.asp

Iran: Change for Equality 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.”

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

DC: July 11 – 11 AM – Human Rights & Democracy International Pedia (HRDIP) Rally for Democracy in Iran
— “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”

(Iran) France demands release of student Clotilde Reiss by Tehran