Tag archives: Islamic Republic
Police shoot at protesters
Numerous Videos from July 17 Protests
For some excellent video coverage on YouTube, follow the link to the Hamounism Blog
Crackdown on Iranian oil workers
Hopi activists have heard that a number of oil workers and employees at the Tehran Oil refinery havee been arrested – a clear sign that the regime fears a strike. The oil workers’ militancy is in part due to their anger about Ahmadinejad’s silly attempts to artificially create a better price of oil per barrel …
Moussavi to attend Friday prayers
From Reuters India: TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi will attend Friday prayers this week in his first official public appearance since last month’s disputed election, a statement on his website said. Mousavi’s statement, posted late on Wednesday, confirmed a media report earlier this week that he would attend the prayers at Tehran …
Multiple ballots being filled out by officials
Calls for Civil Disobedience on July 21
Hopi activists have been informed that there is talk of civil disobedience in order to shut down the electricity network in Iran on Tuesday July 21. This has predominantly come from technicians and workers in the power service, but they are also calling on people to help by switching on all power to force a …
Iran executes ‘Sunni Militants’
From the BBC Iran has executed 13 members of a Sunni rebel group blamed for a spate of attacks in the south-east of the country, Iran’s state news agency says. They were members of Jundallah (God’s Soldiers). The execution of the brother of their leader was postponed, the agency reported. Tehran blames the group for …
Sohrab Arabi: 19-year old Iranian Student Killed in Evin Prison
From Iranian.com We are shocked to hear that an Iranian student, Sohrab Arabi, has been killed in Evin prison. He is pictured here alongside his mother, who has been campaigning for his release.