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Entries from June 2011

Murdered activists can no longer cry

June 20th, 2011 · No Comments · Iran

Commitments to liberty made by the living must be fulfilled Washington Times It was just two years ago when Neda Agha Soltan was shot to death in the streets of Tehran. Neda died with eyes wide open after the rigged 2009 presidential elections of Iran, where millions of people poured into the streets with a [...]

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Where the Dead Are Considered Dangerous

June 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Iran, Middle East

The world will never have a peaceful Iran until it has a free By HOMAYOUN MOBASSERI AND NIR BOMS Wall Steet Journal, 6/15/2011   At last month’s Group of Eight meeting in France, world leaders observed that the “Arab Spring” actually began in Iran. They were right: Today’s Middle Eastern uprisings began when Neda Agha [...]

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