http://www.zamaaneh.com/enzam/ Copyright 2010 A radio shows that learns from blogs Radio Zamaneh Zamaneh is a new radio channel operating in Netherlands and broadcast via the Internet , shortwave radio and digital satellite. Radio Zamaneh contact@radiozamaneh.com en Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:55:47 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss [[photow01]] Divisions in Islamic Republic government deepened as the Vice-president, Mohammadreza Rahimi cancelled a press conference during which he was supposed to challenge the recent statement by the judiciary announcing possible links between Rahimi and a corruption ring. Two days ago, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, Prosecutor General of Iran told reporters that the Vice-president may be summoned for questioning in connection with financial corruption since he has been linked to the investigation by other people under investigation. A number of Iranian lawmakers have accused the Vice-president of heading a corruption network. Rahimi rejected the statements of the judiciary and implied that the accusations are politically motivated. He maintained that while he planned to challenge the accusations against him in a press conference, he has now decided to cancel the conference in view of the crucial time facing the administration with the recent launch of the “restructuring government subsidies.” Ahmadinejad administration has finally launched its plan to phase out government subsidies on energy and food staples which has translated into quadrupling of gasoline prices and similar rises in the price of water, electricity, natural gas and food staples such as bread. Rahimi insisted that their administration has been very firm in confronting all forms of corruption and maintained that he reserves the right for himself to respond to these accusations at a later time. http://www.zamaaneh.com/enzam/2010/12/iranian-vicepresident-can.html http://www.zamaaneh.com/enzam/2010/12/iranian-vicepresident-can.html Latest News Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:55:47 +0000 [[photow01]] Bahareh Hedayat and Mehdieh Golrou, two Iranian detained student activists have begun a hunger strike for being denied visitation rights. Kaleme website reports that Hedayat started on a hunger strike three days ago while Mehdieh Golrou joined her today. Mizan Khabar website reports that the husbands of Hedayat and Golrou were prevented from visiting their wives in prison. The two student activists had issued separate messages of resistance on the occasion of National Student Day in Iran two weeks ago. Recently Bahareh Hedayat’s husband told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that his wife has become afflicted with gall bladder stones in prison. He also added that Tehran’s Prosecutor refuses to allow him to visit his wife in prison and for the past eight months the couple have not met in person. Bahareh Hedayat was an executive member of Iran’s largest student organization, Daftar-e Tahkim-e Vahdat and has been sentenced to 9.5 years in prison in the post-election crackdown on protesters. Mehdieh Golrou in also another student activists who was arrested in the protests to the 2009 presidential elections and sentenced to over two years in prison for “propaganda against the regime and assembly and collusion to disturb national security.” http://www.zamaaneh.com/enzam/2010/12/imprisoned-iranian-studen.html http://www.zamaaneh.com/enzam/2010/12/imprisoned-iranian-studen.html Latest News Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:14:08 +0000 [[photow01]] Nasrin Sotoudeh, detained Iranian lawyer and Gholamhossein Arshi, post-election political detainee ended their hunger strike after several days. Madreseh Feministi website reports that Nasrin Sotoudeh was allowed to contact her family yesterday and inform them that she is no longer on hunger strike. Reza Khandan, Sotoudeh’s husband reports that Sotoudeh confirmed that on Wednesday her health situation became critical and that she was transferred to the prison infirmary. Sotoudeh has said that she has broken her strike because of her “motherly duties to her two children who are still minors.” Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested in early September and has been in solitary confinement ever since her arrest. This is the second time she went on a hunger strike to protest against mistreatment in prison and unfairness of her legal proceedings. Sotoudeh’s practice mainly focused on human rights cases and one of the charges against her is her collaboration with the Human Rights Defenders Centre in Iran. Kaleme website also reports that Gholamhossein Arashi has also ended his hunger strike after three weeks. Reportedly Arshi, who was arrested in the post-election protests to irregularities in the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was transferred to solitary confinement for having complained about the lack of facilities at the infamous section 350 of Evin Prison. Arshi was transferred to the general section from solitary confinement yesterday and allowed to visit his family. Several Iranian political prisoners have gone on hunger strike in the past months in order to focus attention on their dire conditions and undetermined legal states in prison. Concerned opposition leaders as well as prominent figures from Iran’s cultural and religious communities have called on these prisoners to end their hunger strike. http://www.zamaaneh.com/enzam/2010/12/iranian-prisoners-sotoude.html http://www.zamaaneh.com/enzam/2010/12/iranian-prisoners-sotoude.html Latest News Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:43:38 +0000 [[photow01]] Seven Iranian political and women’s rights activists started their protest for the release of Nasrin Sotoudeh, outside United Nations human rights headquarters in Geneva today, despite extreme weather conditions. A Facebook page launched for this protest reported that Shirin Ebadi, Mahboubeh Gholizadeh, Mansoureh Shojai, Shadi Sadr, Parvin Ardalan, Khadijeh Moghaddam and Asieh Amini finally managed to reach the United Nations headquarters in Geneva despite the heavy snowfall in Europe and started their sit in in support of Nasrin Sotoudeh, the Iranian lawyer who has been incarcerated in Iran for over a hundred days. Shirin Ebadi told reporters at the location: “Ms. Pillay should be aware that a lawyer, a human rights activist in Iran, is at death’s door and she needs to do something.” The Nobel Peace laureate went on to add: “Nasrin Sotoudeh is not the only political prisoner in Iran and a number of other prisoners are also on hunger strike and over 40 journalists and bloggers are incarcerated as well.” Three days ago, these Iranian activists announced that they will hold a sit in at the United Nation’s office in Geneva today, December 20, in order to protest against the situation of Nasrin Sotoudeh in Iran’s Evin Prison. Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer predominately involved in human rights cases, was arrested in Iran last September and has been held in solitary confinement ever since in an undetermined legal state. She is currently on hunger strike in protest to unjust treatment by the judiciary and the prison authorities. Shirin Ebadi told Radio Zamaneh that their sit in will continue for an “undetermined” time stressing that they have gathered in protest because Sotoudeh’s health is failing due to the hunger strike. She added: “Our demand is Nasrin’s release on bail and an examination of the charges against her in a just court.” Iranian authorities have declined several applications by her lawyer for a bail hearing. http://www.zamaaneh.com/enzam/2010/12/iranian-women-activists-b.html http://www.zamaaneh.com/enzam/2010/12/iranian-women-activists-b.html Latest News Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:49:51 +0000 [[photow01]] Jafar Panahi, prominent Iranian filmmaker was sentenced to six years in prison and 20 years ban from filmmaking and travelling abroad. ISNA reports that Farideh Gheyrat, Panahi’s lawyer has announced that she will appeal this “unusually heavy sentence.” Panahi was arrested twice in the post-election protests to the alleged vote fraud that secured Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s victory in the 2009 presidential elections. He was first arrested in August of 2009 at a commemoration ceremony for the victims who were killed in the post-election street demonstrations by government forces. He was later arrested in March 2010 in a raid of his home. He was arrested with his family and guests, and a number of pro-government media suggested that he was arrested for planning a film about the protests. While all the detainees of that night were released, Panahi remained in custody in an undetermined legal state for over three months and finally after a week on hunger strike, he was released on a $200,000 bail. His trial was finally held in November after many delays and in it Panahi denied the charges against him and described the attacks against him as an attack on the totality of Iran’s art and culture community. Panahi has been prevented by the Islamic Republic from attending a number of international film festivals including the Berlin and Venice festivals this year. http://www.zamaaneh.com/enzam/2010/12/iran-sentences-filmmaker.html http://www.zamaaneh.com/enzam/2010/12/iran-sentences-filmmaker.html Latest News Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:56:18 +0000