Word: tehranã
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...Jahanbegloo was detained on the grounds of Tehran??s Mehrabad Airport and subsequently placed in solitary confidement at the notorious Evin prison...
After being detained on the grounds of the Tehran??s Mehrabad Airport, Jahanbegloo was imprisoned at the notorious Evin prison, the same prison that Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi was arrested for allegedly photographing in 2003. Kazemi died after 19 days in Iranian custody, setting off a diplomatic row between Ottawa and Tehran...
...tensions between the Bush administration and the Iranian government escalate over Tehran??s nuclear energy program, around 100 students came to Leverett House on Saturday night for a concert organized to support dissidents in Iran. The concert, sponsored by nine campus groups, brought together student musicians and a diverse group of speakers to send a message of solidarity to students in Iran opposing human rights violations. Musical performers included the band Major Major, singer-songwriter Katie E. Fitzgerald ’09, and saxophonist Marcus G. Miller ’08. In between musical performances, representatives from...
...KATHLEEN POND Crimson Staff Writer As tensions between the Bush administration and the Iranian government escalate over Tehran??s nuclear energy program, around 100 students came to Leverett House on Saturday night for a concert organized to support dissidents in Iran. The concert, sponsored by nine campus groups, brought together student musicians and a diverse group of speakers to send a message of solidarity to students in Iran opposing human rights violations. Musical performers included the band Major Major, singer-songwriter Katie E. Fitzgerald ’09, and saxophonist Marcus G. Miller...
...have been stressed out during finals, but at least you didn’t have to take your tests in handcuffs. That’s what Mojtaba Saminejad, a student at Tehran??s Azad University, had to do on Jan. 21. Saminejad was sentenced to two years for nothing more than “insulting the Supreme Guide.”In a country referred to as the “largest prison for journalists in the Middle East,” Iranians face stiff penalties for exercising their right to free speech. Since April 2000, nearly...