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[A Daily Briefing on Iran] The Iranian student activist above is Ahmad Batebi who was imprisoned for having this photo taken in a 1997 protest. He is now in hiding.
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[A Daily Briefing on Iran] Diplomacy is Not Enough: . Independent unions would force the regime to be accountable to its people. Textile workers in Gilan, bus drivers in Tehran, and refinery workers in Abadan all deserve respect. Rather than invest its money in nuclear centrifuges, the Iranian leadership might pay the back wages of workers in government-owned factories.
[Non Imprimatur] Diplomacy is not enough: The west should invest in independent Iranian media, which could better explain western concerns over the Iranian regime's behavior. Western governments might be surprised by how receptive ordinary Iranians would be: while Iranian government-sponsored polls indicate 77 per cent of Iranians support Tehran's nuclear stance, support drops precipitously when independent pollsters ask whether Iranians would feel comfortable if their leaders possessed nuclear weapons.
[ CyrusNews.com - Cyrus News Agency English] Citation, Suppression and Protests of Political... : In Mehr 1380 I was arrested by the Intelligence Ministry agents and charged with undermining national security and attempting to join the Peoples Mojahedin Organization of Iran in Iraq. They kept me in solitary confinement for 546 days, during which time I was interrogated and subjected to harshest physical and psychological tortures.
[Moon of Alabama] Is Fakhravar A Fraud?: According to a report by the Student Movement Coordinating Committee for Democracy in Iran, Fakhr-Avar is the author of the book "The Shah Is Not Here," which has been banned in Iran, and investigative reports on the murders of about 120 Iranian public and political figures between 1996 and 1999."Mosharekat"
[Pasargadae Institute Blog] Iranian Dissident to Seek Support For... : Less than 24 hours after one of Iran's leading dissidents and authors escaped to a neighboring state, the former chairman of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board, Richard Perle, interrupted his trip to central Asia to meet with him in a cramped hotel room.
[A Daily Briefing on Iran] Iranian Dissident to Seek Support For... : Manda, who emigrated to America from Iran in 2000, sought out Mr. Perle through contacts of her father, who served as a high official in the Shah's government toppled in the 1979 revolution.
[ARYAMEHR] Amir-Abbas Fakhravar has successfully escaped... : Mr Fakhravar is a leading political opponent in Iran and has been jailed for his political activities, a shame that we have people who will do their utmost in blocking the path for freedom. Just because this guy travels to Israel and teaches two Jews how to swear in persian doesn't make him a good guy!!!
[Activistchat.com] FREE IRAN NEWS [In The Spirit Of Cyrus The Great & The First ...: Asked what he hopes to accomplish through his efforts, Batebi says, "What I want is international pressure for all the political prisoners who have been so horribly treated. I want all these human-rights activists, these Amnesty Internationals, to put their resources together to give more attention to the political prisoners in Iran.” Batebi and other dissidents are worried that under new president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who takes office this week, government crackdowns on peaceful demonstrations will increase, making Iranians even more fearful of expressing their dissatisfaction with the regime.
[Regimechangeiran.blogspot.com] A Daily Briefing on Iran: Join the "Blogosphere Supports Real ...: As Amir Taheri points out, the EU3/Iran negotiations will never produce the solution needed to resolve the Iranian nuclear threat and a military strike on Iran is exactly what the regime is hoping for.
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