June 2005
Saturday 25 June 2005
Friday 24 June 2005
- AND WHAT IF DEMOCRACY IS THE WINNER IN IRAN? By Safa Haeri - PARIS, 24 June (IPS) As Iranians went to the polls in their most unprecedented elections, having to choose between the “pragmatist”, millionaire cleric and the “fundamentalist”, son of an ironsmith, some pundits said regardless of who becomes Iran’s next President,... (18:26 | 0 Comments)
Thursday 23 June 2005
Wednesday 22 June 2005
Tuesday 21 June 2005
Saturday 18 June 2005
Thursday 16 June 2005
Wednesday 15 June 2005
- Q&A: Iran's presidential candidates Crises - New York Times - Who is running for Iran's presidency?Seven candidates are vying to succeed Mohammed Khatami as president of Iran, including frontrunner and former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, reformist candidate Mustafa Moin, and former chief of police Mohammed Baqur Qalibaf. To win votes... (00:11 | 0 Comments)
Monday 13 June 2005
- Internet boom alters political process in Iran (Barbara Slavin, USA TODAY) - If Iran's revolutionary leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, were alive today, he'd undoubtedly have his own Web siteAll eight of those allowed to run for president by Iran's clerical establishment in elections this Friday have official Web sites as well as... (18:51 | 0 Comments)
- Iran Says High Election Turnout Will 'Shame' America (from townhall.con news) - CNSNews.com) - Iran has dismissed criticism about the validity of its presidential elections this week, saying voters would "shame" the United States with a huge turnout. How many voters take part is symbolically important: Clerics have declared that a high... (18:38 | 0 Comments)
- Asian Human Rights Commission - No Torture Website - On 16 July 2003, the Special Rapporteur sent a joint urgent appeal with the Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression concerning Mohsen Sazegara, a 48-year-old journalist who was allegedly detained along with his son, Vahid... (18:23 | 0 Comments)
- Internet boom alters political process in Iran All eight candidates running for president have websites By Barbara Slavin USA TODAY - Iran's revolutionary leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, were alive today, he'd undoubtedly have his own website.All eight of those allowed to run for president by Iran's clerical establishment in elections this Friday have official websites as well as other sites run... (01:38 | 0 Comments)
Saturday 11 June 2005
- The People's Movement By Rachel Zabarkes Friedman - Mehrangiz Kar is a renowned Iranian human-rights lawyer and writer. In the January 2003 issue of the Journal of Democracy, she laid out a concise and powerful case against Iran’s theocratic constitution, detailing the structural impediments that make reform within... (03:39 | 0 Comments)
- Hossein Mokhtar Zebaei - To the Honorable President of the United States of AmericaDear Mr. George W. Bush Subject: Hospitality of an Iranian Governmental Terrorism’ Official in Washington D. C, the Capital City of the United States of America?! According to “the Country Reports on Terrorism... (03:22 | 0 Comments)
- The Prince and the Dissident ,By Laura Rozen and Jeet Heer - As a former aide-de-camp to the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomenei and one of the founders of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, Mohsen Sazegara was once at the radical, sharply anti-American vanguard of that country’s Islamic revolution. Operating from Khomenei’s exile headquarters in Paris... (03:02 | 0 Comments)
- Untitled Document - His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed 'Ali KameniThe Presidency Palestine AvenueAzerbaijan IntersectionTehranIslamic Republic of IranYour Excellency, I am writing on behalf of PEN USA, part of a worldwide writers organization with an 82-year history of defending freedom of expression through the written... (02:55 | 0 Comments)
- This Urgent Action Might Save The Life! - PUBLICAI Index: MDE 13/031/2003 02 September 2003Further Information on UA 173/03 (MDE 13/014/2003, 18 June 2003) and follow-up (MDE 13/020/2003, 11 July 2003)Prisoner of conscience/ Incommunicado detention/ Fear of torture or ill-treatment/ Medical concernIRAN Mohsen Sazegara (m), aged 48, journalistPrisoner of conscience... (02:49 | 0 Comments)
- Iran's road to democracy: a response by Mehdi Hosseini - Mohsen Sazegara’s article in openDemocracy has prompted a debate with Iranians in Iran as well as the expatriate community; various aspects of the piece have been analysed and critiqued by openDemocracy contributors. Sazegara’s article and the ensuing discussions provide a... (02:38 | 0 Comments)
Friday 10 June 2005
- SOLUTION FOR IRAN IS 'MINIMAL THEORY OF ISLAM' - Mohsen Sazegara is one of Iran's most prominent dissidents. A former regime loyalist (he was deputy minister of heavy industry) turned vocal critic, Sazegara campaigned for the Iranian presidency in the last election, though he was prevented from being a... (19:36 | 0 Comments)
- Iranian Dissident Due in America as Protests Rise By ELI LAKE- staff Reporter of the Sun - March 18, 2005 Edition > Section: Foreign > Printer-Friendly VersionIranian Dissident Due in America as Protests RiseBY ELI LAKE - Staff Reporter of the SunMarch 18, 2005URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/10757WASHINGTON - A key opponent of the government of Iran will be arriving... (19:23 | 0 Comments)
- Concern grows for Iranian web journalist - Concern grows for Iranian web journalistPosted: 4 September 2003 By: Jemima KissEmail: jemima@journalism.co.ukAmnesty International is appealing for help in the campaign to release Mohsen Sazegara, an Iranian web journalist who is now seriously ill in Evin prison, Tehran.Mr Sazegara, who... (19:10 | 0 Comments)
- OUTSPOKEN DISSIDENT MOHSEN SAZEGARA ARRESTED - TEHRAN 18 Feb. (IPS) Mr. Mohsen Sazegara, an outspoken dissident and critic of the Islamic Republic and the leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameneh'i was arrested Tuesday, his son and relatives reported.The arrest, by unidentified security agents, follows the last letter he... (18:44 | 0 Comments)
- Iran’s road to democracy 11- 4- 2005 this article is published in open democracy - For an introduction to openDemocracy’s debate among Iranians on the future of Iran, see David Hayes’s “Iran between revolution and democracy” A quarter-century has passed in Iran since the revolution of February 1979. This can be called the period of... (18:12 | 0 Comments)
- Iranian Dissident and Political Activist Mohsen Sazegara Joins The Washington Institute As a Visiting Fellow - Iranian Dissident and Political Activist Mohsen Sazegara Joins The Washington Institute As a Visiting FellowRelease Date: March 30, 2005 WASHINGTON—Mohsen Sazegara joined The Washington Institute for Near East Policy today for a two-month term as a visiting fellow.In the late... (17:58 | 0 Comments)
Thursday 2 June 2005
Wednesday 1 June 2005
- Lawful Crimes"in Iran" June 1, 2005 - PolicyWatch #999 "Lawful Crimes" in Iran By Mohsen SazegaraJune 1, 2005As this month's presidential election campaign gets underway in Iran, the Iranian government is emphasizing that the country enjoys the rule of law and elected government. In fact, both statements... (17:43 | 0 Comments)