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Hunger striker dies in prison

Hoda Saber was protesting the death of Haleh Sahabi

BBC: Jailed Iranian journalist and veteran activist Hoda Saber has died of a heart attack after going on hunger strike. Mr Saber, who was in his 50s, began his strike on 2 June to protest about the death of fellow opposition figure Haleh Sahabi, during an incident at the funeral of her activist father. Mr Saber was jailed after the disputed 2009 elections that saw President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad re-elected. He had also served several prison terms since 2000. The opposition website Kaleme.com said: "Security forces on Friday transferred him from Evin prison to Modarres hospital due to cardiac complication induced by his hunger strike >>>

Saber family and friends gathers in front of Modares Hospital in Tehrabn:

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ComraidsConcubine

Rastgoo, ey vai ke tetallah

by ComraidsConcubine on Mon Jun 13, 2011 08:10 AM PDT

 Anymore sensible posts like this and some paranoid pulp-skull will sprout to accuse you of being a cyber double agent, disguised in drag. 

 

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Rastgoo

amir...

by Rastgoo on Sun Jun 12, 2011 04:15 PM PDT

I agree and disagree with you.  I agree that after this regime falls people will learn that you do not mix religion and politics.  I also think it will lead to a shia school of thought reformation and modernization.  We must make sure that the progressive clergy is well endowed so they lead the religious centers in qom (clerics like Mohaqeq Damad and Kazemeyni Boroujerdi).  I disagree with you on your other assertion.  The situation in Iran after the coup that toppled Mossadegh became such that every opposition group with the exception of the clergy were disallowed (national front, leftists, communists etc).  The Shah left the clergy as the only outlet of protest against the regime and we all saw what happened.  I only wish he had yielded to reforms way in the beginning of the revolution instead of the martial law.   


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amirparvizforsecularmonarchy

The Suffering of an Islamic State is the worst we have known

by amirparvizforsecularmonarchy on Sun Jun 12, 2011 03:32 PM PDT

Hopefully enough Iranians learn from the past to make a difference, especially the lies that were propagated that helped this islamic regime be created.  With out those lies, the mistakes would not have been possible.

If we can admit we made mistakes, then the next thing to do is discover and admit which specific lies those mistakes were based on.

Dictator, Crook, Despot, Megalomaniac, Tyrant????????? Strange words to describe a leader who brought freedom and independence for Iranians. 

Khoda Biamorz


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Rastgoo

I hope so

by Rastgoo on Sun Jun 12, 2011 01:02 PM PDT

This regime is unarguably the most barabaric regime that Iran has seen since Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar.  They've been killing from day one, the summary executions on the roof of the Alavi school, the execution of tens of thousands of MKO and other leftist organizations in the early 80's and then the mass executions of the same groups in 1989.  let's not forget that Khomeini, the reincarnation of Genkis Kan in our time, drew the Iran-Iraq war for 8 years when he could have easily accepted a cease fire with indemnities as soon as Khoramshahr was won.  This regime has been killing and maiming from day one.  I'm not surprised by their killings of Neda, Sohrab and the recent opposition.  I can only hope to god that some day they would pay for their crimes in an internationally witnessed court of justice.


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Bavafa

IRI MUST and WILL be held accountable

by Bavafa on Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:53 AM PDT

Any one to lose his/her life in an Iranian jail, or on the back streets of Tehran or as a direct or indirect atrocities that is committed by this regime, will have his/her blood on IRI hand and they will be held accountable in a court of justice.

Meanwhile a continuous and relentless campaign by all conscientious people and governments is needed to put maximum pressure on IRI to release ALL political prisoners without any condition.

Mehrdad


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