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 این حکومت نخواد توانست مدتی‌ چند دوام داشته باشد
ضربهٔ اقتصادی از این تشنتجات ، فرار سرمایه از کشور ، کار شکنی بوسیلهٔ مردم در امور کشور ، برنامهیه زیر زمینی‌ از قبیله ترور رنه ر اهبرن کودتا ، تحریم اقتصادی، و غیره ، تمام نشان دهندهٔ این است که در ظرف یک سال آینده تحولی اساسی‌ در ایران به وجود خواهد پیوست.  

رهبران کودتا هنوز متوجه به عواقب کار خویش نیستند

تنها خطر برای ایران این است که کشورهای خارجی‌، از جمله آمریکا، اروپا، چین و شوروی با هم به توافقی برای چپاول ایران برساند و مثلا ایران را به شوروی و چین داده و در ازیه عراق و افغانستان .  

حتا در آن‌ مورد جریانی که شروع شده به ثمر خواهد رسید، ولی‌ با زمانی‌ بیشتر.

I agree Sima

I have watched the trials without sound, just to feel closer to the terror that results in those de-personalized images like Kian's. 

Thank you Niloofar for writing this important blog. 

Question

I didn't quite grasp the differentiation between Kian Tajbakhsh and Said Hajjarian. If the 'velvet revolution' is on trial, what is the difference? They should all be released. I know you agree on this. But can you expand on this differentiation?

just wondering

where the hell is carter to come and cry out for human rights like he did in 77-78????!!

he's probably sitting in a hole in hiding, knowing that he is the biggest moron on earth for being the single most important reason, other than british thirst for our oil, for the ushering in of the worst plague to infest the earth- islamofascim and khomeini!

now is this justice that you see in such sham courts like this one???!

is iran better of now than in 1978???

the only ones better off are rafsanjani and a bunch of other bache akhoonds who have stolen billions and stashed them away in swiss....and the british, french, russian, and chinese bloodsuckers who have drained iran of it's precious resources at dirt cheap prices, which no one dares ask- unlike when the shah was in power, where every penny of oil sales was accounted for 

دیوانگی محض

آدم سرش سوت میکشد. شاید هم هدف همین است -- که ما هم مثل این بنده های خدا در شوک محض خفه شویم.

Is this insanity?

Of course no one believes this. This much is certain. Perhaps there's not even much method behind the madness anymore. This is the flailing of a drowning body. It is a kind of impotence. And it is sickening what price Kian and others are paying for it.

You know, the best way to watch the films of these trials is to turn the sound off and just watch people's facial expressions and body language. No one is saying what they're really thinking: not the defendents, not their defense, not the security guys sitting next to the accused, not the journalists, not even the prosecutor it seems. Total, utter silence. But very very expressive silence. 

Thanks

for posting. I enjoyed it.

Payandeh Iran & Iranians & Iran's lover 

Haleh Esfandiari's Interview with Diane Tucker

Iranian women once enjoyed so much more freedom than they do today, it's no wonder they poured into the streets to protest the election results. But weren't these women taking a huge risk?

When the Islamic Revolution took place 30 years ago, the new government suspended the Family Protection Law -- the pillar of women's rights. This law covered the age of marriage, the right to seek a divorce, the right to work, and so on. When it was suspended, men once again could take as many wives as they wanted, could take away the children in case of divorce, could stop women from leaving the house. At that moment -- the moment their rights were taken away -- Iranian women started protesting, and they have been a major force ever since. The movement culminated three years ago with the launch of the One Million Signatures Campaign. Some of the campaigners had been jailed, but not deterred.

More than 100 post-election protesters have been arrested for plotting to overthrow the regime -- the same bogus charge you faced. In your case, a tsunami of high-level international support hastened your release. Without global intervention, what will happen to these jailed demonstrators?

I'm very worried about them. I'm especially concerned about Kian Tajbakhsh, the Iranian-American who was in jail with me two years ago. Kian was freed a month after I was, but he opted to stay in Iran. For some reason the authorities have decided to go after him again. As far as I know, Kian has kept a low profile. They must be rehashing old charges, which is a worrisome development.

A number of the more than 100 people who are being put on trial are elite members of the Islamic Republic. They don't want to overthrow the regime, only to open up the system. I hope there will be serious international condemnation of this show trial. I hope the European Union will protest as a bloc.

Many Iranian expatriates would love to speak out against the mass trial, but they're afraid of endangering family and friends back home.

//www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-tucker/freed-academic-haleh-esfa_b_269399.html

Thank you for the article and video clip!

IRI is really obsessed with CIA and velvet revolution! So many people are accused of espionage: Roxanna Saberi, Kian Tajbakhsh, and the 24 year old French scholar. It is sad!