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Subject: RFE/RL Iran Report - 8/5/2010
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Date: Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 2:09 PM
Subject: RFE/RL Iran Report - 8/5/2010
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 RFE/RL Iran Report 8/5/2010 6:06:57 PM A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Iran. For more stories on Iran, please visit and bookmark our Iran page . |
 Lawyer Who Fled Iran Insists: 'I Had The Right To Defend Sakineh Mohammadi' In his first interview since fleeing Iran, lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei talks about defending Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, and the maelstrom that it unleashed. More Apparently England is a "tiny little island west of Africa," according to a speech given by Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad in Hamedan. More  Confusion Around Iran 'Assassination' Confusion surrounded a presumed assassination attempt on Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad today after officials denied reports that an assailant had thrown an explosive device at his convoy. More  Iranian Journalist Recalls Torture, Sharing Cell With Supreme Leader (To Be) Former Iranian political activist and prominent journalist Houshang Asadi was jailed under the shah; he was jailed for six years and tortured again after Iran became an Islamic republic. The 59-year-old Asadi, who now lives in exile in Paris, recounts his experiences in a new book, "Letters To My Torturer," recently published in English. More  Ahmadinejad Says Israel Has Hired People to Assassinate Him Addressing a gathering of Iranians residing abroad on August 2, Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad claimed that Israel has hired people to assassinate him. More  Interview: U.S. Atomic Envoy Says Iran Concerns Rising 'Tremendously' Iran is back in the international spotlight, with a fresh reminder that a U.S. military option on Iran remains "on the table" and with Iran's president renewing his occasional calls for direct talks with his U.S. counterpart. RFE/RL spoke to the U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the UN Office in Vienna, Glyn Davies, about nuclear trust, military options, and rising levels of international concern. More  Jailed Former Iranian Vice President: 'We Had To Practice For The Court' Mohammad Ali Abtahi is a former Iranian vice president who was put on trial last year along with over 100 other key reformist figures, journalists, student activists, and others. He has for the first time publicly acknowledged that the trial was staged. More  Tabriz Demonstrators Demand Right To Education In Azeri On August 1, some 2,000 to 3,000 people demonstrated in the northern Iranian city of Tabriz to demand the right to be educated in Azeri Turkish and to condemn what they called "discrimination against Azeri Turks in Iran." More  Iran Aims to Revive Silk Road, Escape Isolation Iran has announced plans for a spectacular festival celebrating the revival of the ancient Silk Road. While strained relations with the West have excluded it from a wider scheme to renew the historic trading route, a series of bilateral arrangements means Iran is playing an active role. More  Lawyer In Stoning Case Calls On Judiciary To Release His Wife, Brother-In-Law Prominent Iranian lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei, who went into hiding more than a week ago, has called on the Iranian authorities to end the "hostage taking" of his wife and brother-in-law. More  'A Woman Without Hijab Is Like A Chair With Three Legs' "A woman without hijab is like a chair with three legs," says an Iranian government poster in support of the compulsory hijab for women. More The hard-line Rajanews website has posted photos of Iranian cyclists popping champagne corks and spraying champagne at the crowd after winning a competition in China and accused riders of "irrational and anti-Islamic" behavior. More  Interview: Mothers Say U.S. Hikers' Yearlong Detention 'Outrageous' On July 31, 2009, three Americans were arrested by Iranian forces after they purportedly strayed across the Iranian border while hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan. Shane Bauer, 27; Sarah Shourd, 31; and Josh Fattal, 27, have been held in Iran ever since, without charges, and are currently in Tehran's notorious Evin prison. RFE/RL correspondent Nikola Krastev, who last spoke to the hikers' mothers in May after they traveled to Iran to try to secure their children's release, catches up with them again ahead of their address on July 30 before Iran's Permanent Mission to the United Nations. More  Iran's Wishful Thinking As Sanctions Take Hold Now that the European Union has confirmed its own new sanctions against Iran, Radio Farda contributor Reza Taghizadeh argues that Tehran will have to be even more creative in its accounting. More  Postelection Prisoners On Hunger Strike The "Kalame" website, which close to opposition leader Mir Hossein Musavi, has published the names of 16 prisoners jailed in last year's postelection crackdown whom it says are currently on hunger strike. More  TOEFL Testing Reinstated in Iran ETS, the U.S.-based organization that administers the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and other exams, has said on its website that it is resuming registrations in Iran. More  Tehran's Revolution Square 'Conquered By Zionist Regime' Iranian hard-line website Seratnews writes that Tehran's Revolution Square is nowadays covered with hundreds of Stars of David and that the central square has been "conquered by the Zionist regime." More |
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