Posted on 04/20/2005 2:06:28 PM PDT by DoctorZIn
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Iran's parliament Considers Paying People To Vote
Gooya.com published the following, (Hat tip to an Iranian Student, he produced the following summary in English for us, we have confirmed his translation):
You might be interested to know that Iranian parliament members are trying hard to approve the bill to pay 50,000 Toumans (roughly US $ 50) to every Iranian participating in the upcoming election as an incentive.DoctorZin: The average monthly wage in Iran is about $120.
One of the Mullahs' candidate announced that if he wins the election, he will pay more to Iranian people as a result of his triumph. This candidate is the former speaker of the Majlis (parliament) and he belongs to so-called reformist camp of the regime.
PLUS!! English Media Exclusive: Dissent Ahmad Batebi In Hiding!
Assreemrooz.com is reporting that one of Iran's most famous dissidents is in hiding (this report has been confirmed by the Iranian Student Movement).
Ahmad Batebi became internationally known when the Economist published a photo of him waving the bloody t-shirt of a brutalized peer, following the 1999 student demonstrations.
The photo was published worldwide (including this blog) and as a result Ahmad was arrested, sentenced to death (later reduced to a fifteen year sentence). He has spent the last six years in Iran's most infamous Evin Prison.
Batebi has suffered in prison. His lungs have deteriorated, and he has lost some eyesight and hearing as a result of prison beatings. He has been released in the past for medical furloughs.
It was reported that on a recent furlough from prison he married and went into hiding.
It is reported that said "I am not going back... They can come and find me!"
- Committee to Protect Bloggers published information of interest for those wanting to overcome Iran's internet filtering of the news.
- Washington Times reports that recurrent intelligence reports say al Qaeda terrorist Abu Musab Zarqawi has obtained a nuclear device or is preparing a radiological explosive -- or dirty bomb -- for an attack.
- IranMania reports that Iran's Guardian Council Secretary Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati noted that if the dossiers of some dissidents are referred to courts, no lawyers can defend them and their death sentences are inevitable.
- Iraq the Model shares a new blog on Syria.
- The Financial Times is reporting that Iran's top nuclear official has warned that Iran will continue negotiations for a few more months only if the EU3 signal that Iranian ideas on limited uranium enrichment can be the basis of the negotiations.
- Arab News Agencies are reporting that Iranian police have vowed to crack down on the way women dress this summer.
- AFP reports that eight students have been handed suspended prison terms for insulting President Mohammad Khatami.
- VOA News reports President George W. Bush as saying that "across the broader Middle East, the tide of freedom is surging.
- WorldTribune.com report that the State Department's forthcoming report on global terrorism will not contain statistics on attacks.
- The Associated Press reports that the Bush administration accused Iran of violating the rights of Arabs and other minority groups.
- And finally, WorldNetDaily.com published another excerpt of Dr. Corsi's new book Atomic Iran. It is the second of three excerpts they plan to publish. This excerpt is entitled: Terrorists' weapon of choice - 'Atomic Iran' describes how Tehran could help with bomb.
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May God protect him.
This is a good article.
http://www.sitnews.us/0405Viewpoints/042005_bahman_aghai_diba.html
More oppression from IRI:
"Hussein Ahmadi Niaz, Mohammad Seddiq Kaboudvand, Abdollah Sohrabi and Saman Soleimani are a number of Kurdish journalists who have been summoned to court all on charges of ‘distorting national security’."
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=31166&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs
My prayers are with Batebi. Such strength. Such courage.
even more troubling:
URGENT: member of Kurdish Komala in Iran facing imminent execution
http://www.marxist.com/appeals/iran_kurdish_komala190405.htm
BUMP
An Iranian Air Force B-707 just crashed in Mehrabad airport.
Seems, two people died and few dozens injured.
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http://www.sfgd.org/?pfi
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