Iran News Digest

Report on Cases of Convicts Under 18 Awaiting Execution

May 30th, 2009

Article 37 in the Convention on Child Rights indicates that “Member countries must guarantee that capital punishment or life sentencing without a chance for parole will not be exercised on convicts below the age of 18”.



Iran on track for nuclear weapon

May 24th, 2009

Transcript: Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen
MULLEN: Well, I believe then and I still believe that Iran’s strategic objective is to achieve nuclear weapons, and that that path continues. Their leadership is committed to it. They conducted a missile test this last week that was successful, which continues to improve their missile delivery system and capability. Their intent seems very clear to me, and I’m one who believes if they achieve that objective, that it is incredibly destabilizing for the region. And I think eventually for the world.



Iran: Political Prisoner’s Life in Danger

May 24th, 2009

A student activist and leading defender of the rights of political prisoners and their families, Javid-Tehrani has spent the last 10 years in and out ofprison. He is currently held in the “doghouse” section of the infamous Gohar Dasht prison in Karaj city, north of Tehran, with his hands and feet cuffed.



Honor Killings in Iran are Denied by National Iranian-American Council

May 22nd, 2009

On May 14, 2007, Mr. Terita Parsi, as President of NIAC and on behalf of the Iranian-American writes to Mr. Kramer and in the letter says, “There is no statistical evidence of honor killings occurring in Iran. In Tehran, which houses over1/6 of the population, or about 12 million people, the practice is nonexistent. Indeed honor killing has no roots in Iranian culture.”



حکومت اسلامی و لابیگری در امریکا

May 22nd, 2009

دیدگاه تارنمای تابناک ( بازتاب سابق) ، یکی از شواهدی ست که عدم رضایت حکومت اسلامی از عملکرد این مجموعه را باز می تاباند. این پربیننده ترین تارنما ی سیاسی ی حکومتی سخنگوی جناحی از اصولگرایان به ویژه سخنگوی محسن رضایی، قرمانده ی سابق سپاه پاسداران و رییس شورای تشخیص مصلحت رژیم و کاندیدای ریاست جمهوری از سوی اصولگرایان است.



Daioleslam’s Speech at Libel Lawfare Conference

May 22nd, 2009

During these times, my main encouragement was the support I received from the Iranian community that opposes the Iranian regime’s advocates and lobbyists. Consequently, more and more people have come forward to raise questions and voice their concerns. I was not the first to talk about this issue and there are actually thousands who continue to talk about it.
NIAC’s final response was to bring a lawsuit against me, which also intends to silence other like-minded critics.



Nazanin Afshin-Jam opens Geneva Summit

May 15th, 2009

Nazanin Afshin-Jam, President of Stop Child Executions, opens NGO summit and reports on gross human rights violations in Iran. Geneva, 19 April 2009, eve of Durban 2.



فرافکنی های شورای ملی آمریکائیان ایراتی تبار در روابط آشکار و نهان اش با رژیم اهریمنی ملایان

May 15th, 2009

من، بعنوان رئیس هیات مدیره کمیته آمریکائیان- ایرانیان پیشرو، که یک نهاد فرا سیاسی است، در همین جا از دکتر تریتا پارسی، مدیر “نایاک” برای شرکت در همایش “ایرانیان برون مرز و جمهوری اسلامی” دعوت می کنم. در برنامهء این همایش از جمله موضوع مورد نظر شما، “تحریم و جنگ”، با حضور و شرکت آقای حسن داعی از سازمان “پیک” در دستور برنامه خواهد بود. از دکتر پارسی درخواست می شود هر تاریخی که برای ایشان مناسب است، با منظور کردن دو ماه فرصت تدارکاتی، اعلام کنند، تا متناسب با برنامهء ایشان همایش مورد نظر تدارک دیده شود.



On Anniversary of Detention, Reports of New Charges

May 15th, 2009

Today is the one-year anniversary of the detention of six of them, while the seventh was detained earlier. None have had access to a lawyer.



بدل سازی های رژیم برای سینما و هنر زیرزمینی

May 9th, 2009

جالب است وزارت خانه های فرهنگی وامنیتی رژیم فیلم های بدلی برای سینمای زیرزمینی تولید می کنند و در عین حال خود، منتقدان آن می شوند و نمایش بگیر و ببند سر آن راه می اندازند تا هدف اصلی آنها از ساختن چنین فیلم هایی پنهان بماند .