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These are some photos I took from the United for Iran demostration in Dusseldorf on 25th of July. Special thanks to Azadi for Iran (Freedom for Iran) for organizing this event. Watch a video of the event in Dussseldorf in the rest of this post.

Iranian activists are holding a hunger strike in front of the U.N. in New York from today, July 22 to July 24 demanding that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon send a special commission to Iran. Naom Chomsky, Sean Penn, Robert Redford and many other known people have supported this hunger strike.

On July 25, stand in solidarity with the Iranian people Join this unprecedented wave of global citizen activism for the people of Iran. On July 25, participate in an event in one of more than 50 cities around the world. I’m going to Dusseldorf to take part in the rally there. I’ll try to post [...]

Today is the anniversary of 9th of July student uprising in Iran. The protests which were violently cracked down, many were arrested, some killed and some students disappeared. There are some protests planned for today in many cities while the Iranian “Police” is threatening people not to take part in “illegal demonstrations”. (see: Iran vows [...]

The March 18 Movement was born out of a tragedy. On this day in 2009, Omid Reza Mir Sayafi, Iranian blogger and journalist, died in Evin Prison in Tehran. The December before his death, he was sentenced to two and half years in prison for allegedly insulting religious leaders, and engaging in propaganda against the [...]

There are more and more videos and photos showing the Iranian “Police” destroying cars and public properties. Basiji’s and Riot “Police” enters people’s home at night to frighten those that are chanting “Allaho Akbar” (God is Great) at night. Watch this video where a citizen is describing how riot police entered their house at night, [...]

1) We, a group of Iranian bloggers, strongly condemn the violent and repressive confrontation of Iranian government against Iranian people’s legitimate and peaceful demonstrations and ask government officials to comply with Article 27 of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Constitution which emphasizes “Public gatherings and marches may be freely held, provided arms are not carried [...]

While the Iranian government is repeating in national media that Police and Basiji’s never shoot at protestors and they accuse of foreign countries and protestors of “staging the Killing of Neda” another video captured by citizens has been published on Aljazira television showing the Basiji’s shooting at protestors from the roof of a building. Watch [...]

YouTube has added a new feature to follow Iran’s protest called CitizenTube. Watching the video changing our world Watch the following video from BBC Persian showing Police officers destroying cars and writting slogants on the wall with spray:

This Saturday, Police and Basiji militia attacked people who were trying to go to one of the main squares of Tehran for another peaceful protest, similar to those peaceful protests we have witnessed last Wednesday and Thursday. Many were killed and injured during the shootings; up to 500 people were also arrested. One of the [...]