 RFE/RL Iran Report 9/2/2010 6:49:20 PM A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Iran. For more stories on Iran, please visit and bookmark our Iran page . |
 Those Who Hold Talks With Israel Are 'Very Stupid' Iran doesn’t seem to be too happy about the Middle East peace talks that have resumed in Washington, D.C. More  Stoning Lawyer Reunited With Family Iranian lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei, who defended a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, fled Iran after his wife and her brother and father were arrested to put pressure on him. More  Iran's Human Rights Lawyers Increasingly Facing Their Own Days In Court Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, who has defended a number of political and human rights activists in Iran, is now facing her own day in court. After security forces searched her home and office and took away some of her personal belongings, she was charged with crimes against the state and ordered to face questioning this week. More  Iranian Opposition Launches Satellite TV Channel Iran's opposition Green Movement has officially launched a new satellite TV channel, RASA TV (Resan-e Sabz-e Iran or Iran's Green Media). More  Iran Risks Crash With Record Stock Market Boom, Say Economists Analysts abroad warn that a "state-induced" boom on the Tehran stock exchange could end in a catastrophic crash, triggering a long depression that throws millions out of work. More  Hard-Line Bullying Of Karrubis Continues The wife of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karrubi has written an open letter to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei condemning the harassment of her family by the Basij militia and Revolutionary Guards. More  Zionists Waiting To Kill Hidden Imam, Says Iranian Cleric Mojtaba Zolnour, deputy representative of Iran's supreme leader in the Revolutionary Guard, has said that "Zionists" are waiting for the Hidden Imam to appear to kill him. More  Iran Political Prisoner's Condition 'Grave' Arjang Davudi was arrested in 2003 on charges of founding a political group called The Freedom Movement of Iranians. He is currently serving a 10-year sentence in Tehran's Gohardasht prison. More  Minister: Iranian Universities Opposing Regime Should Be Destroyed Iran's science minister has said universities which are against the values of the regime and its Basij militia should be razed to the ground More  Hard-Line Iran Daily Calls French First Lady A Prostitute France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, has come under attack by Iran's state-controlled media over her support for an Iranian woman who has been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery. More  'Torturer Of Tehran' Loses His Untouchable Status Tehran's once-feared former chief prosecutor, Said Mortazavi, has been suspended by Iran's judiciary after being implicated in abuses at a detention center that led to the deaths of three prisoners arrested during last year's postelection turmoil. More  Iranian Activists Win Press Freedom Awards Two Iranian rights activists arrested on their way to the funeral of a senior dissident cleric last year have won international press freedom awards More  Iranian Cleric Decries Prison Torture A reformist Iranian cleric describes as "shocking" a recent letter by a political prisoner detailing ill-treatment in jail. More  Iran Launches New Crackdown On Universities The Iranian government says it will restrict the number of students admitted to humanities programs at universities More  Are Iran's Opposition Leaders Billionaires? Iran's intelligence minister, Heydar Moslehi, has repeated the accusation that the leaders of the opposition Green Movement received a billion dollars from Western countries. More |
