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Greetings!
We are delighted to present you with the current issue of Iran Update, a publication of International Solidarity for Democratic Change in Iran (ISDCI). We recommend the following readings |
 | | "Today Mashaei is the actual president. Ahmadinejad has held on to a decaying rope by relying on Mashaei," Says Khamenei's deputy representative in the powerful Revolutionary Guards |
Ahmadinejad allies charged with sorcery |
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The Guardian
Iranian power struggle between president and supreme leader sees arrests and claims of undue influence of chief of staff... |
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Ayandeh, an Iranian news website, described one of the arrested men, Abbas Ghaffari, as "a man with special skills in metaphysics and connections with the unknown worlds". Read On... |
| What caused a recent spat between Ahmadinejad and Khamenei?
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| It appears that, once again, Khamenei has chosen a path whose goal is nothing more than establishing and expanding his own authoritarian power-the outcome of which will likely leave the regime fractured and weakened. Read On... |
| Iran Executed Two Juvenile Offenders in April
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| The Iranian regime announced the executions of 14 people in the fourth month of 2011, while there were reports of 4 executions not announced by the regime. Iran set a new record in public executions by hanging 9 people in public in the month of April. According to Amnesty International, two of those hanged in public were juvenile offenders. Read On... |
| MEP Calls for independent inquiry into Camp Ashraf Massacre
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Four Members of the European Parliament, Struan Stevenson (ECR, UK), John Attard-Montalto (S&D, MT), Jelko Kacin (ALDE, SL), Mario Mauro (EPP, IT) visited Iraq on 26-29 April to meet political leaders in that country, reported the website of the European Parliament. Read On... |
| Bipartisan bill on Iran seeks more support for dissidents
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| A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday that would increase U.S. support for Iranian dissidents and impose new sanctions on companies that aid the ruling regime. Read On... |
| Video: Protests continue across Syria as troops exit Deraa
AFP |
 | | Protests continue across Syria as troops exit Deraa |
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