Feminist school wanted to organize a ceremony on Nasrin Sotoudeh’s honor, after she won the first human rights international prize 2008 in South Tizol (Italy).

For those familiar with the Iran related circles in Washington, knowing the authors (i.e. Maloney and Takeyh) is enough to know the contents of their recommendations on Iran. The authors belong to a group of “Iran experts” who for the past 12 years have tirelessly advocated a friendly policy toward Tehran rulers. Dr. Takeyh, a senior fellow at CFR,3 has testified frequently at various congressional committees and has appeared in numerous media venues. Prior to early 2000s, he was an ardent opponent of engagement with Iran. However, he astonishingly turned overnight into a strong advocate of rapprochement policy.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has identified the National Iranian Oil Company (a.k.a. NIOC), Naftiran Intertrade Company Ltd. (a.k.a. NICO), and Naftiran Intertrade Co. Sarl as entities owned or controlled by the Government of Iran.

The process of depriving the Islamic regime from its power without war, and moving toward establishing a democratic system of government in Iran is explained. The role of democratic governments and international agencies in this process is discussed.

Iran’s supreme court has confirmed a sentence of death by stoning against a woman convicted of adultery in the southern city of Shiraz, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

ازآنجا که فانی یزدی ممکن است در مقاله بعدی خود ادعا کند که کنفرانس دانشگاه نیویورک “درگیر مسائل روزمره سیاست ایران” نیست (و لابد از نماینده خانواده راکفلر و آبراهامیان و گری سیک و نماینده حکومت، برای گفتگو در مورد کشورداری در زمان ساسانیان دعوت کرده اند)، بهتر است در همینجا به دلائل برگزاری این جلسه نظری بیاندازیم.

“We stand resolute in our demand to know the whole truth about these crimes against humanity and to have a competent court investigate them. … These crimes are still an open wound in the collective conscience of the Iranian society. And each one of us feels responsible to press for justice.”
Forouhar, Mokhtari, and Pouyandeh families (2008)

The name of this group itself is misleading. Rather than assemble a broad cross-section of Iranian-Americans, most of whom came to this country to escape the totalitarian clutches of the Islamic dictatorship, NIAC has alienated them by brazenly portraying the Tehran regime as moderate, reasonable, and misunderstood.

According to the Iranian state media 10 people were hanged in the Evin prison of Tehran early this morning.
The woman, Fatemeh Pajouh, whom we reported about in the previous report, was convicted of murdering his husband who tried to rape her 15 years old daughter from a previous marriage.

On 3 December 2008, a group of “Iran experts” and scholars will be participating in a one day conference to debate the US policy toward Iran. This meeting, far from a usual experts’ gathering, is part of a broader campaign which aims to influence Obama’s policy with regards to Iran.
This time though, there are no reformists or pragmatists in power in Tehran. Once again we hear the same campaign waffles coming from the Iranian lobbyist groups for the US to adopt a more amicable practice with Iran; this time though, simply because Bush was not peaceful enough.