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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Live from Iraan, Texas
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit the town of Iraan, on the way to the Big Bend National Park. Iraan is a small oil town in west Texas with population of 1200.
Posted in Iranian Americans, Travel and Tourism
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Iran, Saudi Arabia — business as usual
August 23, 2008: the Iranian government hanged a man convicted of murder in the northeastern town of Bojnourd, a press report said. The man, only identified as Ali, was executed in a prison in North Khorasan province for killing his … Continue reading
Posted in death penalty, Human Rights, Saudi Arabia
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Iranian born Israeli Peace Activist Abie Nathan has died
Associated Press is reporting that Abie Nathan, the Iranian born Israeli peace activist has died in Tel Aviv’s Ichilov hospital. In a 1996 interview with The Associated Press, Nathan said that during one of his prison hunger strikes, he was … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, israel
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3 Iranian filmmakers summoned for heping save Behnood Shojaee!
rooz – Nader Irani In an unprecedented measure, the Iranian judiciary froze a joint bank account that had been opened by three of the country’s most prominent movie directors and actors with the purpose of collecting money to pay the … Continue reading
Posted in death penalty, Human Rights, Politics
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The Star Students Of The Islamic Republic
Thats title of a recent Newsweek article about Iranian students. Forget Harvard—one of the world’s best undergraduate colleges is in Iran. By Afshin Molavi | NEWSWEEK Published Aug 9, 2008 Aug. 18-25, 2008 issue In 2003, administrators at Stanford University‘s … Continue reading
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Support Iranian workers
On May Day this year in Iran, two brave women – Sousan Razani and Shiva Kheirabadi – participated in open celebrations of the international workers’ holiday. The regime considers this to be a crime and the women were arrested. They … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, unions
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Breakfast of Champions
Michael Phelps’ diet – which involves ingesting 4,000 calories every time he sits down for a meal – resembles that of a reckless overeater rather than an Olympian. Phelps lends a new spin to the phrase “Breakfast of Champions” by … Continue reading
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Video of police brutality at the Critical Mass bike rally in New York
Critical Mass is a monthly celebration of bicycles and other nonpolluting means of transportation by people exercising their right to the road. New York City’s first Critical Mass was in 1993. Below is video of the recent Critical Mass bike … Continue reading
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In Protest to the Execution of Yaghoub Mehrnahad
“…Yaghoub Mehrnahad was executed on the morning of August 4, 2008, in Zahedan Central Prison. His only crime was the expression of his thoughts and his efforts to promote basic human rights to the deprived people of Baluchistan. His voice … Continue reading
Posted in death penalty, Human Rights, In the News
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