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To say happy 8th of March I made this image in Inkscape, I got the idea from the booklet of 1 million signature campaign that was distributed today in Iran.

Maziar Bahari’s letter to Khamenei (NYT):
Your government issued me a press card. But I was coerced to make a false televised confession admitting that I was acting as an agent of evil Western media. I was forced to say the media are trying to overthrow the Islamic government. I was beaten and threatened with [...]

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 [...]

Maziar Bahari, Newsweeks journalist who has been arrested and in the notorius Evin prison since june 12th has been released. Read his story in News week and watch Fareed Zakaria’s interview with him.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Amnesty International has released another short anti-torture ad and asks everybody to join Amnesty to defy torture. The advertisement is really effective. So if you’re not a member of Amnesty International after watching the video think of Joining Amnesty international with as few as 2 Euro’s a month and help defying torture.

Also read: They [...]