Archive for June 2010

Beware the Iranian Military – Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

Jun 30th, 2010

In an interview June 20, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates noted that Iran’s government has been transitioning over the past 18 months into a military dictatorship. It is a transition that has occurred as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has gained power in Tehran under the sponsorship of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.



International Report Slams Genocidal Iran

Jun 23rd, 2010

OTTAWA, Canada—A group of international scholars, politicians, and activists issued a scathing report in Ottawa on Tuesday condemning Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for what they describe as his flaunting international norms regarding nuclear arms, human rights, and terrorism.

The report’s authors claim the document contains the most up-to-date, comprehensive, and authoritative witness testimony and documentary evidence to date regarding Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons.



Iran’s Green Movement Moves to Bypass its Leaders

Jun 22nd, 2010

The gap between the reformist leaders of the Green movement and its supporters began to show itself when the initial question ‘where is my vote?’ was replaced by the chant: ‘freedom, independence, Iranian republic’. The incompatibility between the reformist leaders’ demands for a re-run of the election and the rank-and-file’s revolutionary demand to replace this regime with a democratic government has resulted in a schizophrenic identity as each side attempted to pull the movement in its own direction



EU leaders approve fresh sanctions against Iran

Jun 17th, 2010

European Union leaders have approved a new set of sanctions against Iran that go further than the latest United Nations measures.

The fresh EU sanctions include a ban on investments, technical assistance and technology transfers to Iran’s key oil and gas industry



Iranians involved in 1988 massacres remain in public life

Jun 15th, 2010

The Security Council would be entitled to use its power to set up an ad hoc international court to indict the Supreme Leader and others in his government. This may be a better way to deal with a theocracy whose inability to punish, or even admit, the barbaric behaviour of 1988 provides the greatest reason for concern over its future access to nuclear weaponry.



E.U. Signals New Sanctions Against Iran Over Its Nuclear Program

Jun 14th, 2010

By STEPHEN CASTLE LUXEMBOURG — The European Union is likely to agree on tough new sanctions against Iran that cover further investment in the country’s oil and gas industry as well as its financial sector, Foreign Secretary William Hague of Britain said Monday. His comments came ahead of a meeting of the bloc’s 27 heads [...]



UN votes in favour of sanctions against Iran

Jun 10th, 2010



Mousavi turns tables on Khamenei, Ahmadinejad in Iran on eve of election anniversary

Jun 9th, 2010

Mousavi says the regime, a “cult,” is doing more harm to the nation than its enemies can. The words must cut deep as a planned mass opposition rally on the anniversary of June 12 election approaches



URGENT: 26 PEOPLE AT IMMINENT DANGER OF EXECUTION IN TEHRAN- THEY CAN BE EXECUTED WITHIN 48 HOURS

Jun 7th, 2010

Iran Human Rights, June 6: According to reports from Iran, 26 people have been transferred to the quarantine section of Ghesel hesar prison, west of Tehran, and are being prepared for execution. They can be executed within the next 48 hours. The human rights lawyer Moammad Mostfaei wrote in a letter that this news has [...]



URGENT ACTION! Islamic Republic Preparing for Mass Executions in Advance of the One-Year Anniversary of the Iranian Uprising

Jun 7th, 2010

13 OF THE 26 from Gezelhasar prison that were moved to solitary in advance of execution have in fact been murdered by the Islamic regime. PLEASE SEND YOUR MAILS NOW.