tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346342562012-02-15T23:05:49.605-08:00An Iranian journalist&human rights activist in exileArdeshirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076814276295065461noreply@blogger.comBlogger521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34634256.post-6350041961984779192009-12-18T21:48:00.000-08:002010-01-18T21:54:15.723-08:00

A great article by Heshmat Tbarzadi on WSJWhat I See on the Frontline in IranRegime change is now our movement's rallying cry.When massive numbers of Iranians took to the streets following the sham election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June, the regime hoped to quash the protests with intimidation and force. It has failed. The latest evidence of the democratic movement's force? Student Day earlier

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Protesters in NY: 'Ahmadinejad not wanted here' Sep. 24, 2009E.B. SOLOMONT, Jerusalem Post correspondent , THE JERUSALEM POSTThrongs of people descended on the UN Thursday to protest the Iranian president's anti-Israel diatribe at the General Assembly and to stand in opposition to human rights violations in Iran following the usurped June election.Waving signs that declared "No Nuclear Iran" and

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By: Kenneth R. TimmermanThousands of Iranian-Americans flocked to the United Nations in New York to protest Iran's recent elections and to assail President Barack Obama for his failure to support the Iranian people after the disputed elections.The protesters came from all over the country carrying signs. “Thank You Obama 4 Condemning and Not Meddling,” read one sign carried by Fred Maghnati, a 57

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The Formation of a Coalition by Political and Civil Groups in Iran Is EssentialHassan Zarehzadeh Ardeshir: Journalist and Human Rights Activist in an interview with gozaar (Freedom House)The alliance of opposition movements, the critics of the Islamic Republic, and the challenge that this unity has posed to the system’s legitimacy are regarded as the achievements of the Green Movement. These are

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اتهامات واهی علیه دو عضو فعال کمیته دانشجویی دفاع از زندانیان سیاسی، ناصح فریدی و علی بیکسدو عضو فعال کمیته دانشجویی دفاع از زندانیان سیاسی، ناصح فریدی و علی بیکس، که در روزهای اول اعتراضات پس از انتخابات ریاست جمهوری در تهران دستگیر شده اند، با اتهامات ناروا و بی اساس روبرو هستند.علی بیکس، که در روز شنبه گذشته در دادگاه موسوم به متهمان "عوامل میدانی پروژه کودتای مخملی" به همراه دیگر زندانیان

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TEHRAN,(Reuters) - Iran's secret service said it had arrested the leaders of a nationalist opposition movement in connection with recent social unrest in Tehran.The Intelligence Ministry said in a communique published in newspapers on Monday that three senior members of the small Iran Nation Party (INP) had been in custody since the outbreak of street riots in Tehran in mid-July, following

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Students Wanted Reforms to Surpass Factional FightingHassan Zarezade Ardeshir - 2007.07.10 http://www.roozonline.com/english/archives/2007/07/005915.phpWe have spoken to 3 student activists on the eight anniversary of the 18 Tir student uprising: Ali Afshari, Kianoush Sanjari, and Mohammad Masoud Salamati. Ali Afshari, a former central committee member of Daftar-e Tahkim Vahdat [“Office for

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Judiciary Turns-up Pressure on Families of Detained StudentsHasan Zarezade Ardeshir - 2007.06.26http://www.roozonline.com/english/archives/2007/06/005534.phpThe security office at Tehran’s Revolutionary Court posted bail for Mojtaba Derakhshandi, the father of jailed student activist Saeed Derakhshandi, for speaking to the press about his son’s medical condition. Judge Haddad, who resides over

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Lawmaker Blames Government Discrimination for Ethnic StrifeHasan Zarezadeh Ardeshir - 2007.06.20 http://www.roozonline.com/english/archives/2007/06/005272.phpThe efforts of Iranian and international human rights activists and lawmaker Akbar Alami culminated in the release of dozens of political prisoners in various cities throughout Azerbaijan. The prisoners were released ahead of the first

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Students Targeted for Activism , ClothingHassan Zarezade Ardeshir - 2007.06.10 http://www.roozonline.com/english/archives/2007/06/005123.phpOut of more than 70 students from Tehran’s Amir Kabir University who were summoned to disciplinary committees, 17 have been banned from continuing their studies. Moreover, 93 students faced disciplinary measures at the Karaj Azad University for inappropriate

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“Political Prisoners Should be Dealt with Mercilessly”Hassan Zarezadeh Ardeshir - 2007.05.02 www.Roozonline.com/englishPrison authorities at Gohar Dasht prison in the town of Karaj (Rajayi Shahr) assaulted Behrouz Javid Tehrani and transferred him to a solitary confinement cell.Tehrani is a former prisoner in connection with the student protests at Tehran university who has been arrested and

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Women’s Rights Activists Released, Teacher Activists ArrestedTwo of Iran’s most prominent women’s rights activists, Mahboubeh Hosseinzadeh and Nahid Keshavarz, were released on Friday evening after posting bails. Meanwhile, four activists in the teachers’ union, Mojtaba Abtahi, Abdolrasul Emadi, Norallah Barkhordar and Hamid Majiri, were arrested in Shahin Shahr town.Nahid Keshavarz and Mahboubeh

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The Student Committee for the Defence of Political PrisonersTehran, March 16The Revolutionary Court in the city of Oroumiey has sentenced Hossein Forohideh, a political activist to death and is planning to execute him today March 16, 2007.Four months ago Mr. Forohideh was arrested in the Kurdistan of Iran and was subjected to severe torture. For three months his family had no news about his

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Islamic Republic’s security forces arrested dozens of Iranian women in front of a Tehran courthouse for protesting in support of five women activists on trial there. The five women, Sousan Tahmasebi, Parvin Ardalan, Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani, Fariba Davoudi Mohajer and Shahla Entesari are on trial in connection with a demonstration last June in support of women’s rights. Link to main report

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Hassan Zarezadeh ArdeshirFollowing reports that protests are planned for the International Mother Language Day, on February 21, 2007, a number of Iranian political and cultural activists, and journalists across the country have been detained and then released on bail. There are reports that groups plan to hold peaceful rallies on the occasion in various Iranian towns, including those in

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In a background of increasing intimidation against student activists, yesterday, jailed student leader Ahmad Batebi suffered a second brain stroke and was taken to the hospital. Link

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Recent student gatherings and protests indicate that student organizations across Iran have adopted a new perspective, role and ways which are a significant departure from the original role that had been envisioned for them.After the 1979 revolution, every party and political group in the country had a base in every university across the country, and thus supporters. After the cultural revolution

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February 6, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Seven Iranians, a Georgian, and an Iraqi are among the recipients this year of an international human rights award.The writers are among a group of 45 people from 22 countries to receive Hellman/Hammett grants, which are administered by Human Rights Watch.The annual grants go to writers around the world who have been targets of political persecution.In a statement

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Iran: Writers Struggle to Uphold Freedom of ExpressionSeven Iranian Writers Receive Hellman/Hammett Grants(New York, February 6, 2007) – Human Rights Watch announced today that seven Iranians are among the 45 writers from 22 countries who are receiving the prestigious Hellman/Hammett prize, an award that recognizes writers globally who have been victims of political persecution. "Hassan Zarezadeh

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Three of the women's movement activists were arrested in Khomeini Airport in Tehran.Tala’at Taghinia, Mansooreh Shojaie, Farnaz Saify, journalists, women's rights activists and members of the women’s cultural center were arrested on Saturday, January 27th, as they were leaving the country to take part in a training workshop for journalists in New Delhi, India.After their arrest, they were

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On Wednsday, January 24th, 4 more individuals were hanged in the south western city of Ahvaz; the Islamic regime’s judiciary in the province of Khouzestan announced: “This morning 4 individuals who were involved in the bombings of the summer of 2005 in the city of Ahvaz were hanged after completing the legal investigation with the confirmation of the Ahvaz Supreme Court. The proceedings took

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The internet source for south Tehran’s Azad university students reported that on Tuesday, January 23rd, the Lebanese newspapger Al-Mustaqbal dedicated it’s caricatures to the issue of a possible war between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic ov Iran.It is important to mention that Al-Mustaqbal is a media source close to the March 14th faction (anti-Syrian) in Lebanon; this newspaper has repeatedly

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Hassan Zarezadeh Ardeshir - 2007.01.25Last Saturday, Iran’s released journalist political prisoner gave a talk on the structure of the current regime in Tehran at the Center for Iranian Studies of Toronto University, Canada. Regarding the transfer of power in a dictatorial regime he said, “In the Islamic Republic, they do not believe in a peaceful transfer of power. The Velayat-e Faghih (rule by

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Iranian bloggers on web restrictionsIranian bloggers have reacted with anger and scorn to a new law requiring them to register their websites and blogsites with the authorities.It is being seen as the latest attempt by the Iranian government to control the media.BBC Persian.com asked six Iranian bloggers - inside and outside Iran - if they thought the law could be enforced and what effect it

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Montreal-Concordia University, Sunday Dec. 10, 2006 @ 5:00-7:00pmGuest speaker: Mr. Hassan Zarehzadeh Ardeshir ,student leader and human rights activistIran watch canada : Student movement will show itself when there is an undemocratic regime. University was established in Iran in 1934 at the time of king "Reza" . The Islamic Republic regime have planned and still is planning to bridge between "

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Hassan Zarezadeh Ardeshir - Roozonline.com 2006.12.18After president Mahmud Ahmadinejad delivered his speech at Amir Kabir University last week, the statements made by officials or aides close to him, including the president’s writings on his personal web blob, have led once again Iran’s student community to raise its protests against what it calls “groundwork for clashing with students”. Link

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Hassan Zarezadeh Ardeshir - 2006.12.14Ahmad Batebi was arrested during the student uprising at Tehran University in the summer of 1999 and subsequently sentenced to death. He was subjected to intense physical and psychological tortures while at the Towhid Prison, which has since been converted to a museum. During former reformist president Khatami, Batebi was given prison leave to go home for

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Hassan Zarezadeh Ardeshir - 2006.12.04Abbas Hakimzadeh is a member of the central council of Amir Kabir University’s Islamic Student Association. In his exclusive interview with Rooz, he talks about the student gathering on Saturday in which students requested that the Minister of Science visit the institution’s classrooms. Hakimzadeh is a student who is banned from entering the campus and he

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Nanaz Oveisi - roozonline, 2006.11.21 - A prominent lawyer, Nasrin Sotudeh, has called on the government of Iran to halt the execution of a teenager.In an interview with Rooz, Sotudeh said, “Sina was only 16 when he committed his crime. He turned 18 this summer and was scheduled to be executed on September 20, but because of a two-month extension given by the victim’s family, his execution was

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Hassan Zarezadeh Ardeshir - roozonline, 2006.11.21Last Saturday, a number of political prisoners, including attorney Dr. Naser Zarafshan, were attacked and severely beaten by violent convicts in Evin prison in Tehran. Dr. Zarafshan’s wife confirmed this report in an interview with Rooz.At about 4 p.m. Naser Zarafshan called his wife from prison to inform her that the clashes were ongoing. He

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Iran came in fifth, in the list of global number of prisoners. A country with a 50 to 60 thousand prisoner capacity has approximately 3 times that volume and all the while, every day the number of prisoners increases and mostly they are individuals who were previously imprisoned and released but who are re-arrested with new sentences.(Iranpress news)

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The regime-run news agency 'Entehkhab' in a report that expressed deep concern about the issuance of the international warrant for Hashemi Rafsanjani wrote: "The reason for Mr. Hashemi-Rafsanjani’s arrest warrant are charges in connection with the bombing of the Israel-Argentina community center building in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina [in 1994]. Regarding this matter, an informed

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One of the commanders of the Lebanese branch of Hezbollah affiliated to the Islamic Republic, confirmed a report that indicated that Hezbollah has been taking all necessary action to topple the government of Lebanon. Last week Tony Snow, the White House spokesman, said there was mounting evidence that the Damascus and allies Tehran regime were behind Hezbollah’s attempt to overthrow the Lebanese

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According to reports, political activist Akbar Pour-Abdollah, resident of the town of Marand (province of Kurdistan) was arrested on Monday, October 30th by the agents of the ministry of intelligence and security (MOIS) of that township and is said to be under interrogation and severe torture.This report indicates that the interrogators and agents of MOIS after torturing this political activist

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Branch 101 of public criminal court in the city of Ghom sentenced Seyed Ahmad Shariat, director and founder of the Shariat Hosseinieh* of Ghom, Qolamreza Harsini, the lawyer for the Hosseinieh and other defendants in the case to prison, a cash penalty and in the case of Harsini, banned from practicing law.According to the regime-run news agency ILNA, after investigating the case, the Mullah judge

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According to the Persian-speaking Christians news channel web site, an Iranian Christian, by the name of Ghaan’eh Rooz was arrested on October 26th by plain clothes secret police in the city of Sanandadj and has been transferred to an unknown location.Rooz had been summoned several times by the ministry of intelligence and security for questioning; during one of these interrogations, Rooz had

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(AP) Iran has successfully test-fired three new models of sea missiles in a show of force to assert its military capacities in the Gulf, military officials said Friday. More in NY Times

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According to reports from the Rejaishahr prison, in the Tehran suburb of Karadj, activist and political prisoner, Mehrdad Lohrasbi who was arrested during the July 1999 student uprisings and has been in prison since, is in desparate need of medical treatment and should have been granted a medical furlough.The judiciary had made such furlough impossible by setting an extremely heavy bail, knowing

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Student activist and blogger Kianoosh Sanjari was arrested on 7 October whilst reporting on clashes between security forces and supporters of Shi'a cleric Ayatollah Sayed Hossein Kazemeyni Boroujerdi. Kianoosh Sanjari is being held incommunicado at an unknown location and Amnesty International fears that he may be at risk of torture or ill-treatment.Kianoosh Sanjari, a member of a group known as

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Student committe for defence of political prisiners in Iran: Reza Malak who was an investigative expert at the ministry of intelligence and security was arrested and charged with publishing an 80-page dossier in connection with the notorious chain murders* which divulged related documents; he has been in the semi-public section of ward 209 of Evin prison which is overseen and controlled by the

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Hasan Zarezadeh Ardeshir29 Oct 2006Former reformist member of Majlis (Parliament), Ali Akbar Mousavi Khoini, was released by the Ministry of Intelligence after spending more than 130 days at Evin Prison’s infamous Ward 209.Khoini was released on a 1,500 million riyal ($163,000) bail, according to his wife, Zohreh Islamian.Hours after his release, Khoini said that his arrest was prompted by his “

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Coming soon....

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http://www.rferl.org/reports/iran-report/2006/03/11-290306.asp The Students Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners has requested the release of all such detainees in Iran as the country celebrates the new year, Radio Farda reported on March 20. Group spokesman Hassan Zarehzadeh Ardeshir told Radio Farda that many of the prisoners' families have gone to the places of detention to collect

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http://www.rferl.org/reports/iran-report/2005/11/43-031105.asp Ardeshir Zarezadeh, spokesman of the student committee for the defense of political prisoners, told Radio Farda on 25 October that political prisoners, as well as jailed students, are being held in solitary confinement or with ordinary criminals, and some have not been allowed to see their families for months at a time. The problems

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Fact SheetBureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor with the Bureau of Public AffairsWashington, DCNovember 3, 2005Iran: Voices Struggling To Be HeardPDF version"The Iranian people are heirs to a great civilization - and they deserve a government that honors their ideals and unleashes their talent and creativity. The Iranian people deserve a genuinely democratic system in which elections are

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"Iran is the Middle East's biggest jailer of journalists."2005 World Press Freedom ReviewWhile Iran’s controversial nuclear energy program dominated world headlines around the globe this year, within the national press, familiar methods of intimidation and harassment were used to prevent journalists from scrutinizing public affairs. Suspension of newspapers, legal summonses, frequent arrests and

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http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/07/c9b62ee4-aae6-4172-83ae-4e847b175bf1.htmlBy Golnaz EsfandiariExiled Iranians in Germany demonstrating this month against execution and torture in Iran(epa)Iran's hard-line judiciary has acknowledged in an unprecedented report that human-rights abuses, including torture, have taken place in prisons. The report says prisoners were sometimes detained over

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Reporters Without Borders today welcomed the provisional release yesterday of Hassan Youssefi Echkevari of the monthly magazine Iran-e-Farda two years before completion of a seven-year prison term but pointed out that nine other journalists are still held in Tehran’s Evin prison in very harsh conditions."Iran’s journalists are still constantly the victims of arbitrary arrests," the press freedom

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http://www.rferl.org/reports/iran-report/2004/07/24-190704.asp Iranian Democratic Front spokesman Hussein Zarezadeh told Radio Farda on 12 July that some of the students who were briefly detained on 18 Tir (8 July, the anniversary of student unrest in 1999) were later re-arrested (http://www.radiofarda.com/iran_article/2004/7/23c6bdb3-c799-42b6-9e5c-18776af471a0.html). Zarezadeh said Hussein

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Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - Iran - Associated Press Writer (AP)Row deepens Iran election crisis 6:23:30 PM Most of Iran’s Cabinet ministers and vice presidents have submitted their resignations, accusing hard-liners of trying to engineer a sympathetic parliament by disqualifying thousands of prospective election candidates.As Iran’s deepest political crisis in years expanded, Vice President

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http://www.voanews.com/persian/archive/2003-06/a-2003-06-11-19-1.cfmHassan Zarezadeh a 25 year old, the leader of UNITED STUDENT FRONT and a member of Iran Democratic Front was arrested last night around 2 a.m. near Tehran University.There were many so called (Plain Clothes) Islamic police forces in Tehran University last night because of students, demonstration.It is not clear who arrested him

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http://www.rferl.org/reports/iran-report/2002/11/40-041102.aspCENTRALIZATION OF PENAL SYSTEM TO RESOLVE SHORTCOMINGS. Iranian prisons are facing many problems, particularly overcrowding and an absence of centralization and accountability. The Iranian legislature is trying to resolve the problems plaguing the penal system, starting with Tehran.On 29 October, a fire broke out during what

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