Topic: Ebrahim Yazdi

Iran opposition figure Yazdi detained: report

Reuters US Online Report World News - 501 days ago
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran detained opposition politician Ebrahim Yazdi Friday, the official IRNA news agency reported, in the latest crackdown on the pro-reform movement in the Islamic state.Yazdi, who heads the banned Freedom Movement, was foreign minister in Iran's first government ...

Iran cracks down on dissidents after deadly protests

AFP Global Edition - 778 days ago
Iranian security forces arrested more than a dozen dissidents Monday after at least eight people were killed in fierce clashes, opposition websites said, drawing international condemnation.Those detained included aides to reformist ex-president Mohammad Khatami and opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, veteran ...

Quotations of the day

AP News - 961 days ago
" Rev. Jesse Jackson, explaining that Michael Jackson's family is seeking a second autopsy of the pop icon because of unanswered questions about how he died. But I think the DOD (Department of Defense) could do a better job at tracking what ...

Quiet crackdown drains force from Iran dissidents

AP News - 962 days ago
Away from protest crowds, quiet crackdown drains force from Iran's dissident communityEDITOR'S NOTE: Several of Iran's best-known reformist politicians were taken into custody, including the brother and several close allies of former President Mohammad Khatami.Since then, at least ...

Rights groups: reformists seized in Iran crackdown

AP News - 971 days ago
International human rights organizations say Iranian protesters, reformists detainedInternational human rights organizations said Wednesday that many prominent activists and politicians have been arrested in Iran in response to protests over the country's disputed presidential election.Hadi Ghaemi, director of the New ...