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Green Movement media receive boost after RASA TV hits airwaves

RASA TV to beam into millions of Iranian homes

The launch of RASA TV will mean a new era in Iranian television news, as the Green Movement’s message will be beamed into millions of Iranian homes and will provide a different perspective on events for a wider target audience.

Committee to Protect Journalists: 'Evin hunger strike highlights inhumane conditions'

A hunger strike by Evin Prison inmates, including at least five journalists, underscores inhumane conditions at the prison, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today as it called for the release of all journalists unjustly jailed for their work.

Exiling Political Prisoners – A New Way to Put Pressure on Families

Majid Dorri, a student activist, has been sentenced to exile at Izeh Prison. His brother, Mojtaba Dorri, spoke with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about his brother’s exile sentence, “They never gave us his written verdict, but his sentence was initially two to five years in prison.

'World has heard your message'

Mousavi urges prisoners to end hunger strike

In a statement published on the Kaleme website, the 2009 Presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi has praised the resistance of seventeen political prisoners currently on hunger strike in Evin prison. At the same time, Mousavi has also called on the prisoners currently in solitary confinement to put an end to their strike.

'Government played no role in 1988 mass-executions'

People's most important goal is to place restrictions on power, says Mousavi

“The issue of [the executions of] 1988 must be considered in its historical context and then we must ask if the government did indeed have any information in this regard? Did it have a role to play? Was it even capable of intervening? Is there any name of the government in any of the rulings and documents? The government hasn’t had a role in this issue."

Release Prisoners of Conscience on Hunger Strike

The Iranian Judiciary should immediately release seventeen prisoners of conscience who have been on hunger strike for the past ten days and whose health is deteriorating daily, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said.

China rejects US pressure on Iran trade ties

China pushed back at U.S. pressure on its business and oil trade with Iran in comments published on Wednesday, while Iran's oil minister was in Beijing seeking to shore up ties with the big customer.

FIDH & OMCT call for the release of a group of seventeen political prisoners on hunger strike

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) have urged today the Iranian Government to immediately release the seventeen political prisoners who are currently on a hunger strike and are detained in solitary confinement in Evin prison, in Tehran.

Prisoner update: Political activist Esmael Sahabeh sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison, judge absent during defence

Esmail Sahabeh, a member of the Islamic Participation Front has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison.

Grenade explodes near Ahmadinejad convoy in Hamedan province, says conservative website

A hand grenade has exploded “next to one of the vehicles” accompanying Ahmadinejad during his provincial visit to the city of Hamedan in western Iran.