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Iran begins trial of 100 post-election protesters

August 2, 2009 10:52:00 AM

Iran began the trial of 100 detained protesters from the post-election turmoil Saturday as former Iranian president Mohammad Ali Khatami decried the proceedings as a "show trial." Khatami said that the...

July 29, 2009 01:41:00 PM

Iran officials said Wednesday that they plan to begin trials Sunday for 20 of those detained during protests of the controversial reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad . The protesters have been charged...

July 28, 2009 10:03:00 AM

An Iranian official announced Tuesday the release of approximately 140 people detained during violent protests following the controversial reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad . Human Rights Watch has reported that...

July 27, 2009 08:37:00 AM

Protesters in more than 100 cities gathered Saturday to show opposition to the alleged Iranian human and civil rights violations which followed the nation's controversial presidential election . The Global Day of Action was...

July 21, 2009 04:22:00 PM

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has implemented a law requiring the country's Internet service providers to retain records of users' incoming and outgoing data for at least three months, according to a Monday report ...

July 15, 2009 09:46:00 AM

The number of deaths during post-election protests in Tehran exceeds government reports , the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) reported Wednesday. The rights group claims that at least 34 demonstrators died on June...

July 9, 2009 08:38:00 AM

People arrested in Iran after last month's disputed presidential election have been beaten, deprived of sleep, and threatened with torture in an effort to force false confessions, according to a report released Wednesday by Human...

July 7, 2009 01:06:00 PM

Iranian opposition leaders called Tuesday for the release of persons detained for their alleged involvement in protests following last month's disputed presidential election . The request was brought jointly by candidates Mir Hossein...

July 4, 2009 10:09:00 AM

A prominent conservative newspaper in Iran urged in an editorial Saturday that opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi and former reformist president Mohammad Khatami be tried for crimes against the...

July 3, 2009 11:56:00 AM

Iranian employees at the British Embassy in Iran will face trial over accusations they contributed to the political protests that followed Iran's recent disputed presidential election according to statements made Friday by Ayatollah...

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