BBC Persian television station has aired a video clip, which was taped by the attackers of Tehran University dormitories on June 15, 2009, during the post-elections protests. The video, which has been recorded by attackers themselves clearly demonstrates that police and plainclothes forces made the attack in complete coordination and brutally beat, insulted, and arrested the students.
“I am very happy to finish the course, because I am the first woman from Iran to compete at a Winter Olympic Games,” Kalhor told reporters after she finished her giant slalom first run at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games in one minute 36.87 seconds on Wednesday. -Press TV
Iran Prosecutor-General, Gholamhosein Mohseni Ejei announced on Thursday that recent detainees will “get pardoned or reduced sentences” if they “repent.”
I have known the work of the talented sculptor Yasmin Sinai for some years and have admired her sculptures and the interesting feelings that they bring to the viewer. There is a strange sense of mixture of realism and fantasy which is pleasant yet often makes you wonder about the messages, the character, the ideas and hopes. -Syma Sayyah, Tehran
An Iranian journalist who writes for a reformist daily has been detained and taken to Tehran’s Evin prison, her sister has told RFE/RL’s Radio Farda.
Shawn Esfahani, owner and manager of Eastern Shore Toyota in Daphne, AL, is suing BobTyler Toyota in Pensacola, FL and a sales manager there, Fred Keener, for slander and defamation. -Arsalan Barmand, NIAC
Friday March 26, 2010 — It is the primary mission of the Central Florida Iranian-American Chamber of Commerce to promote Iranian-American owned businesses and also promo the Iranian cultural values in the Central Florida region.
The Isfahan Municipality continues to snub UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee’s plea to modifiy the Jahan-Nama Tower. The tower spoils the horizontal panorama of the Naqsh-e Jahan Square, a complex of historical monuments registered on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1979.
On February 22nd, the LinkedIn legal department notified PAAIA that following our request, the company would be reversing its policy of excluding Iran from their Education drop-down menu. -PAAIA
Ayatollah Ahmad Janati attacked Green supporters and opposition leaders again from Tehran’s Friday Mass podium claiming that under the circumstances, silence has an “anti-Revolutionary” significance and “the elite” need to announce their “distinction” from “rioters.” -Zamaneh