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Sunday 10 January 2010

  • Iran protesters: the Harvard professor behind their tactics - Iran singled out Harvard professor Gene Sharp as a key inspiration for protesters' 'velvet coup.' Sharp's manual on nonviolent protest shaped opposition movements in Czechoslovakia and inspired activists in Burma. By Scott Peterson Staff Writer posted December 29, 2009 at... (06:08)

Saturday 2 January 2010

  • Green Movement Overseas - Fox News - December 25, 2009 Green Movement Overseas Former revolutionary guard provides tips on organized resistance in Iran http://video.foxnews.com/v/3957478/inside-job... (16:52)

Thursday 25 June 2009

  • Iran supreme leader's son seen as power broker with big ambitions - http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-fg-iran-khamenei-son25-2009jun25,0,2442237.story Mojtaba Khamenei is being positioned to succeed his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but he lacks the stature to overcome any opposition from a key panel, analysts say. By Jeffrey Fleishman June 25, 2009 Reporting from Cairo - There are... (16:53)
  • Darkness in Tehran - Darkness in Tehran A loyalist discovers the horror of the regime. By Joshua Muravchik Mohsen Sazegara was one of the youngest figures near the helm of Iran’s Islamic revolution in 1979. Serving first as a press attaché to Ayatollah Ruhollah... (16:35)

Wednesday 24 June 2009

  • Iran's streets are lost, but hope returns - THE ROVING EYE Iran's streets are lost, but hope returns By Pepe Escobar http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KF25Ak02.html PARIS - The angel of history lives in Iran - even though Manichean progressives of all stripes, especially in the United States, insist on believing the... (16:50)

Tuesday 23 June 2009

  • Nokia and Siemens provided surveillance tools used to bust Iranian activists - http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/22/nokia-and-siemens-pr.html A Nokia-Seimens joint venture supplied the key surveillance tech to the Iranian government that is being used to spot and bust protestors, subjecting them to massive human rights violations and endangering their lives. Seimens says it's all Nokia's fault,... (01:22)

Sunday 21 June 2009

  • Iran on the edge Sunday Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK - http://www.sundayherald.com/international/shinternational/display.var.2515562.0.0.php Iran on the edge Riots and violence have followed Mahmoud ­Ahmadinejad’s controversial election victory. now, with protesters’ reprisals and an imposed media blackout, tehran is teetering on the brink of chaos. By Trevor Royle, Diplomatic Editor WITH A relentlessness... (16:45)

Friday 23 January 2009

  • New Statesman: Children of the revolution - David Patrikarakos - Published 22 January 2009 David Patrikarakos on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Ayatollah Khomeini knew on his return to Iran in February 1979 that the new Republic would need reorganisation - national infrastructure in particular was in bad repair... (18:51)

Tuesday 26 February 2008

  • Iran May Cease Co-operation with IAEA - Iran May Cease Co-operation with IAEA: US Expert 24.02.08 15:48 Azerbaijan, Baku, 24 February /corr. Trend News D.Khatinoglu / The UN Security Council’s passing a new resolution against Iran may present obstacles to Tehran’s co-operation with the International Atomic Energy... (06:48)

Friday 16 February 2007

  • Iran: Former Revolutionary Talks About Parting Ways With Theocracy - Friday, February 9, 2007 http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/02/8fb617b6-0c4c-4c65-b131-0d14cd536364.html By Golnaz Esfandiari Mohsen Sazegara (file photo)(courtesy photo) February 9, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Iranian ceremonies marking the 28th anniversary of the country's Islamic Revolution culminate on February 11. For some, recalling the fall of the... (04:12)

Friday 18 November 2005

Tuesday 11 October 2005

  • Iran journalist disappears after second arrest - ABC Online : Australian Broadcasting CorporationPM - Tuesday, 11 October , 2005  18:42:00Reporter: Mark Colvin...Mohsen Sazegara is an Iranian dissident, himself sentenced in exile to seven years’ jail, who's currently at Yale University. He told me about Akbar Ganji's case.Listen: Download.... (04:31)

Thursday 25 August 2005

Wednesday 24 August 2005

Tuesday 23 August 2005

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)

Saturday 11 June 2005

  • 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)

Thursday 26 May 2005

Friday 13 May 2005

Monday 28 March 2005

  • Mohsen Sazegara, Visiting Fellow March 28, 2005 - Visiting FellowTel: 202-452-0650 · Fax: 202-223-5364Click here to send Mohsen Sazegara a messageMohsen Sazegara is a visiting fellow at The Washington Institute where he will focus on the prospects for political change in Iran and the role of the international community in... (18:50 | 0 Comments)

Tuesday 28 December 2004

Saturday 1 May 2004

  • Sazegara Has Eye Surgery In London - Saturday, May 1, 2004 Dissident Mohsen Sazegara, who is in London for medical treatment, received eye surgery in London's Murphy hospital. His wife Soheila Sazegara tells Radio Farda that the operation on his right eye was successful, but... (00:14)

Monday 12 April 2004

  • Interview with Sazegara, Shahran Tabari, London - Monday, April 12, 2004 Joblessness is the biggest problem faced by the Islamic regime, and it would not be solved without major changes in Iran's foreign policy, which so far has been based on three principles:... (00:43)

Thursday 22 January 2004

  • Shahran Tabari, London Sunday, February 22, 2004 - •Several activists in Iran, including constitutional reform advocate and former pro-reform newspaper publisher Mohsen Sazegara have asked the UN to investigate the Friday elections for possible fraud.... (00:58)

Friday 7 November 2003

  • RAPID ACTION NETWORK 7 October 2003 -  IRANThe Writers in Prison Committee of English PEN is seriously concerned about the health of journalist Mohsen Sazegara, who was reportedly transferred from Evin Prison to Baghiatollah Hospital on 2 October 2003. Sazegara suffers from a serious heart condition, and... (19:04 | 0 Comments)
  • Mohsen Sazegara Released Iran Press Service - TEHRAN 7 Oct. (IPS) Mr. Mohsen Sazegara, a prominent dissident politician and journalist known for his outspoken criticism of the Islamic Republic's clerical leaders was released on bail on Monday after four months in jail, the British news agency... (03:10 | 0 Comments)

Thursday 9 October 2003

  • 9.10.2003 12:04 Iranian dissident freed on bail - Mosen Sazegara IRAN, Teheran. The famous Iranian dissident and editor of several reformist newspapers, Mosen Sazegara, was freed from prison on 6 October after a large sum was deposited as bail. Mosen Sazegara is a former press attache to the... (03:52 | 0 Comments)

Tuesday 2 September 2003

Saturday 9 August 2003

Friday 1 August 2003

  • Iran: Mohsen en Vahid Sazegara vrijgelatenAmsterdam, 1 augustus 2003 - Journalist Mohsen Sazegara en zijn 22-jarige zoon Vahid werden op 15 juni 2003 bij hun huis in Teheran gearresteerd. Sindsdien werden ze incommunicado vastgehouden. Mohsen is sinds jaren een uitgesproken criticus van de autoriteiten. In 2002 startte hij een krant,... (17:58 | 0 Comments)

Sunday 13 July 2003

  • Judiciary Releases Sazegara's SonSunday, July 13, 2003 radio farda - The Tehran judiciary released Vahid Sazegara, but kept in custody his father, Mohammad-Mohsen Sazegara, outspoken critic of the Supreme Leader and advocate of constitutional reform. The two had been arrested last month. Judiciary accused Sazegara and Tehran MP Fatemeh Haqiqat-ju... (18:01 | 0 Comments)

Tuesday 4 March 2003

Wednesday 26 February 2003

  • Iranian net journalist freed Posted: 26 February 2003 By: Elizabeth Croad - A Persian internet journalist has been released from prison (22 February 2003) following extensive lobbying by an international press freedom group.Mohamed Mohsen Sazegara was arrrested by plain clothed security officers at his home on 18 February after he posted an... (00:52 | 0 Comments)

Sunday 23 February 2003

  • MOHSEN SAZEGARA FREED AND HOSPITALISED 23 Feb, 2003 - TEHERAN, 23 Feb. (IPS) Outspoken critic of the Islamic Republic and journalist, Mr. Mohammad Mohsen Sazegara was hospitalised Saturday night, after being freed from prison, familiy sources and friends confirmed Sunday."No conditions have been set for the release of my... (18:24 | 0 Comments)
  • Iranian Journalist Freed Contributed by kpaul on: Sunday, Feb 23 2003 @ 12:02 PM - CASCFEN via Baku Today: Iran Releases Journalist From Jail - Mohsen Sazegara was released from jail Saturday after staging a hunger strike in protest of his arrest. Sazegara runs a website at http://www.alliran.net. From the report: Sazgara runs an Internet... (00:39 | 0 Comments)

Wednesday 19 February 2003