JUDGE

Guilty as Charged

“Judge of Death” and two colleagues have presided over most political trials since last year’s unrest

11-Jun-2010 (3 comments)
Within the Revolutionary Courts, three judges – Abolghasem Salavati, Mohammad Moghiseh and Pir-Abbasi – stand out for their role in presiding over joint and individual trials involving hundreds of defendants. Although some of these trials were held in public, the three judges remain shadowy figures. It is unclear what their legal backgrounds are, or how they came to be appointed. There are no pictures of Moghiseh or Pir-Abbasi, and they do not appear at public events. Pir-Abbasi’s first name is not even known>>>

FILM

Complex Women, Simple Men

Kiarostami's “Copie Conforme”

11-Jun-2010 (one comment)
“Copie Conforme” is a film by Abbas Kiarostami which means that it’s s-l-o-w. Slow enough to make you fidget in your seat. Slow enough to take you back to the days of the interminable scenes of couples-- walking apart from each other and not talking—in those excruciating Antonioni films of the sixties. Slow enough to give you time to wonder about the nature of cinema. Should it be entertaining? Should it encourage reflexion? Can it be boring? Then, because it is a film by Abbas Kiarostami, “Copie Conforme” goes way beyond that first impression. >>>
Sahameddin Ghiassi
11-Jun-2010 (one comment)
If we look into the history and study it, we can see the problem in the world is greed and everything is used or misused for the greed or>>>

Soon there will be another tial, unless...

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Iran Says Trial for US Hikers Could Start Soon

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Almost there

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Gates: Iran 1-3 Years From Nuclear Weapon

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Young former political prisoners describe drama

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Exiled Iranian activists on the election anniversary

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Zahra Rahnavard: the regime doesn't get it

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Iran's defiant Green movement vows to fight on

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11-Jun-2010 (one comment)
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Russian diplomat: Mahmoud doesn't get it

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11-Jun-2010 (5 comments)
For Esther and a little boy >>>
Abarmard
11-Jun-2010 (59 comments)
If the government of Iran is not thinking about building a bomb today, they are making a big mistake. Go ahead, build it and build it fast.
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Their application lacked a number,so it was denied

sobh
11-Jun-2010 (one comment)
Neda Agha-Soltan, whose brutal murder at the hands of the Iranian regime during the protests in Tehran last year, has become a symbol of human rights the world over. >>>

Protests

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Paris group announces human chain for June 12 anniversary

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Watch and vote

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Iranian film among Democracy Challenge finalists

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