 RFE/RL Iran Report 6/3/2010 6:01:52 PM A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Iran. For more stories on Iran, please visit and bookmark our Iran page . |
 Iran Baha'i Leaders' Trial On June 12 Seven Iranian Baha'i leaders incarcerated since 2008 are scheduled to appear in court on June 12, the Baha'i International Community representative to the United Nations in Geneva has said. More  Iran 'Pardons' 81 Jailed Protesters Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has pardoned or commuted the sentences of 81 people convicted for their alleged activities during the postelection unrest, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports, citing local media and Khamenei's website. More  Iran Confirms Jail, Lashes For Filmmaker An Iranian court has confirmed a sentence of 3 1/2 years in jail and 50 lashes for a journalist and filmmaker found guilty of antistate propaganda and insulting the supreme leader, media reported. More Iran's state-owned television station Press TV reported today that the central bank in Tehran is selling 45 billion euros from its reserves in order to invest the money in U.S. dollars and gold ingots. More  Green Supporters Want West To Help Iranians Access Internet, Uncensored Information Iranian human rights activists and supporters of the opposition Green Movement have in recent months increased their calls on the United States and other countries to help Iranians access an unfiltered Internet. More  Who Will Be Iran's Next President? The Iranian government and the opposition are each getting ready for the first anniversary of the country's disputed presidential vote. Yet there's already talk about the presidential election that should take place in three years -- and some names are floating around as prospective candidates. More  Iranian Teacher Activist Says Beaten In Prison The lawyer for an Iranian teacher activist says his client has been beaten in prison. More  Remembering A Postelection Victim: Kianoosh Asa Students at Tehran's Elm o Sanat University today remembered colleague Kianoosh Asa, who was killed nearly a year ago in the aftermath of Iran's disputed presidential election. More  IAEA: Iran Expanding Nuclear Efforts Iran is preparing extra equipment to enrich uranium to higher levels and continues to stockpile nuclear material, a UN watchdog report said, developments likely to raise tensions with the West over its atomic work. More  Iran Labor Activist In Drug Ward Mansur Osanlu, the jailed head of Tehran's bus drivers union, has been transferred to a prison section where drug addicts are kept. More  Iranian Opposition Asks To Hold Rally An Iranian reformist website, "Sahamnews," has said opposition leaders Mir Hossein Musavi and Mehdi Karrubi have submitted a formal request to hold a rally marking the anniversary of the country's disputed June 12 presidential election. More  Fear 'Very Palpable' Inside Iran As Election Anniversary Approaches As the first anniversary of Iran's disputed presidential election nears, human rights activists in Washington are pushing Congress to support stronger action against human rights violations that have occurred in Iran within the past year. More  Jailed Student Activist Breaks His Hunger Strike Jailed student Majid Tavakoli has broken his hunger strike and been transferred to the general ward of Tehran’s Evin prison, according to his brother, Ali Tavakoli. More  Iran’s Counternarcotics Canine Clone War The head of Iran’s Royan Research Institute, Mohammad Hossein Nasr-Esfahani, says Iran is cloning 4,000 drug-sniffing dogs to help its antinarcotics campaign. More  Google Reportedly Briefly Filtered In Iran Some Iranian blogs and websites, including the conservative site Tabnak, are reporting that the search engine Google was briefly filtered in Iran on the evening of May 28. More  NPT Review Conference Struggles To Find Common Ground As the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference wraps up in New York, the treaty's 189 signatories are struggling to find common ground. The idea of a nuclear-weapons-free Middle East is a hot topic, but setting things in motion to reach that goal has proven contentious. More  Clinton Blasts Brazil, Turkey On Iran U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has condemned as "dangerous" a move by Brazil and Turkey to reach a nuclear fuel exchange deal with Iran. More  ‘What’s Your View Of Killing People In The Streets?’ A short amateur video clip is making the rounds, apparently showing a May 25 question-and-answer session with former Iranian Culture Minister Hossein Safar Harandi in which a student at Semnan University asks him a very tough question. More  Report: Iranian Activist Transferred To Tough Prison Jailed Iranian political activist Emad Bahavar has been transferred to a prison known for its harsh regime. More  Russia Dismisses Iran Criticism Russia has rejected Iran's recent criticism of the Kremlin as an "emotional" outburst. More  Iran 'Breaks World Record' For Intelligence- and Security-Related Work More  How Schoolchildren Are Brainwashed In Iran Acting on orders from the supreme leader to counter the "soft war" launched by Iran's enemies after last year's disputed election, the Basij militia have beefed up their ideological indoctrination of schoolchildren. More  Watchdog Amnesty Harsh On 2009 Watchdog Amnesty International has warned that human rights abuses continued to plague the world in 2009, with torture or ill treatment, unfair trials and imprisonment, and restrictions on free speech among the most common violations. More  Amnesty Int'l Seeks Support For ICC The human rights group Amnesty International is calling on Russia, China and the United States to join the International Criminal Court. More |
