Iran, which continues to plan and finance terrorist attacks in the Middle East and beyond, remains the “most active state sponsor of terrorism” in the world, the US government charged Thursday.

Therefore, to promote human rights and democracy and fight international terrorism, the policies of the democratic governments, the United Nations, and international human rights organizations toward the Islamic regime are very important. These governments and institutions should provide the moral and political support for prodemocracy movement in Iran. This can be achieved by demanding the respect for human rights, in any possible meeting and negotiation with the regime.

A coalition of four international trade union organisations today told the government of Iran to respect their citizens’ rights and permit free assembly on May Day – a day when the Iranian authorities traditionally meet peaceful demonstrations with violence and arrests.

He has not been allowed any visits by family or attorney so far. He is kept in incommunicado with the outside world as an extra method of pressure, known as the white torture.

They told me she looked frail and had lost some weight, but that she was in good spirits, too. She also informed them that she would begin a hunger strike tomorrow.

This purpose proves simply that the continuity of the last three decades’ conditions is the best thing the Iranian regime would like to get: Not having any pressure from outside in order to handle the increasing pressures of inside.

قضاوتهای برژینسکی در گذشته همیشه سه خصوصیت بارز داشته داشته است: اولا گذشت زمان نشان داده که اشتباه بوده است، ثانیا مورد استفاده ملاهای ایرانی قرار گرفته است، و ثالثا به محض اینکه این نظرات مبدل به سیاست شده اند، نسلهای متوالی در منطقه بهای سنگینی را به خاطر این اشتباهات پرداخته اند

In response to her family’s ongoing inquiries into Haleh’s condition, the judiciary investigator recently said: “What happens if one of you dies — the fewer the better”. Haleh Houshmadi-Salehi’s 8-year old son, Sooren, traumatized by the raid on his home and the detainment of his mother, often bursts into tears.

Until recently, these kinds of wheeling-and-dealings had not been exposed to the mainstream Iranian community residing in Washington. Bob Ney who had spent a few years in Iran and could more or less speak Farsi was better identified by his close friendship with two other Iranians who ran his private and public affairs with the Islamic Republic. These two well-read characters are Houshang Amir Ahmadi; acting as the toll man and the financial aid incumbent and the other is Trita Parsi; acting as cultural mediator and so called foreign affairs advisor.

Delara Darabi, an Iranian woman convicted of murdering a relative when she was 17, is reported to be facing execution in the next few days.