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12th of June will mark the first anniversary of the rigged Iranian election. Some activists in Iran have made a beautiful English song entitles Going Green. I haven’t had a good chance to update here regularly but I have to share this with you and will try to keep here updated with the news during [...]

A former Basij member -the Iranian religious militia- in an interview with Channel 4 has revealed part of the abuse and killing they’ve been ordered to do. It is a short video worth watching (Might contain graphic images).
You can also hear to the whole interview in Persian and read the article here.

Human rights violations in Iran are now as bad as at any time in the past 20 years, Amnesty International has said in a new report on the aftermath of last June’s presidential election. (Read the whole article here)
Bellow you can watch the interview of Dr. Arash Hejazi who was the witness of Neda’s death [...]

Like Naj, I’m also tired of hearing the news of torture, rape and “trials” of my people. Music sometimes is the only way to calm down. Listen and read the English version of Come on (Bia) by Abjeez, to watch and listen to the Persian version click here.
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The first trials of opposition political activists and protesters arrested after June’s disputed Iranian presidential election began today. A trial Scam with confessions prepared under torture, without any jury and defense lawyers.
Looking at the face of Mohammad Ali Abtahi, the former vice president and blogger tells all that the prisoners have been through during their [...]

I just read (in Persian) a beautiful description of what happened yesterday in Tehran’s cemetery to the people that were planning to go to Neda’s grave. The description is so poetic and beautiful that I decided to translate it to English to share with you. (read the original text in Persian here)

It is hot. I [...]

*Today has been 40 days since Neda was killed, Marking this day memorial was planned on the side of her burial. They didn’t let Mousavi and Karrubi to enter the cemetery and clashed with people using tear gas and baton.
*Watch this video on YouTube where Fareed Zakaria has an interview with a Prof. from Iran [...]

Tomorrow I’m going to Dusseldorf to take part in United for Iran Rally. I’ll carry signs to shout again: Ahmadinejad is not my elected president.
I’ve written the title to take part in the suggestion by my friend Arash to make a google bomb.

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 the updates [...]