Sayeh Hassan is a Toronto based Barrister & Solicitor and owner of Shiro-khorshid-forever.
The Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War has invited Phil Wilayto an Ahmadinejad sympathizer to speak at McMaster University in Hamilton on Wednesday January 27th at 6:30pm.
The talk is titled “Media Myth in Iran” and he is to argue that the current movement in Iran does not represent the Iranian people who are supposedly by large supporters of the Islamic Regime.
Yesterday January 23rd 2010 I attended an event which was organized in honour of Neda Aghal Soltans 27th birthday. As many may already know Neda was a young Iranian woman who was shot to death by Islamic Regime agents during the recent protests in Iran. If she had not been murdered so unjustly she would have been 27 years old yesterday.
On January 14th ten Kurdish activists were arrested during the second death anniversary of slain student Ebrahim Lotfollahi in the “Behesht Mohammadi” graveyard in the city of Sanandaj.
There is currently no news about the faith of those who have been arrested.
Recently HRA News Agency reported that “Human Rights Activists in Iran” (Majmoeye Faalane Hughe Bashar Dar Iran) have distributed 5000 “human rights” related pamphlets in various cities in Iran. Human Rights Activists in Iran is a “human rights organization” that chooses to work within the framework of the Islamic Regime, even though it’s executives as well as it’s spokesperson Ahmad Batebi all reside outside of Iran. I’ve written about this organization and their questionable actions on numerous different occasions.
This morning at 4 am a Kurdish political prisoner Fasih Yasamani was executed by hanging. The authorities have told the Yasamani family that they will not receive the body of Fasih Yasamani and that they will be informed of his place of burial after 6 months.
Since the recent presidential [S]elections, the international community has had a real glimpse of the brutality and inhumanity of the Islamic Regime of Iran. We've seen peaceful protestors beaten, arrested and shot on the streets. We've heard reports of illegal arrests, torture and rape of protestors in Islamic Regime prisons. Scores of protestors have lost their lives under torture while at least three protestors have been sentenced to death because of their participation in the post [s]election protests.
Hossein Ali Montazeri died last night (December 19th 2009) at the age of 87, his death generating various reactions from different opposition groups and figures.
While there has been a lot of attention to the arrest of student activist Mr. Majid Tavakoli who was arrested on National Student Day, unfortunately most activists have been virtually silent about the arrest and imprisonment of many other students who were also arrested on or around the national student day in Iran. While we must work towards the freedom of Majid Tavakoli we cannot forget all the other activists who were also arrested around the same time and probably are facing the same faith as Mr. Tavakoli.
Today thousands of Iranian students took to the streets to make the National Student Day in Iran. The protests were nationwide with students protesting in Tehran, Mashad, Shiraz, Esfehan, Kerman, Gilan and Tabriz just to name a few.
Fierce clashes between people and oppressive forces and “Death to Khamenei” in Fakhre Razi intersection
Based on reports received by Human Rights and Democracy activists in Iran, students in Sooreh Educational Centre came out and started marching in Azadi Avenue, in front of the labour ministry.