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Show trials continued in Tehran today of hundreds of pro-democracy supporters arrested during the demonstrations of the past month, as Ahmadinejad took the oath of office for the second time. Choosing Aug.5 for his swearing in date showed particular hubris, since it is the anniversary of the 1906 constitutional revolution, whose freedoms have been abolished by Ahmadinejad and his IRGC regime. Among those on trial was internationally-renowned photographer Majid Saeedi (3rd row, 3rd from the left), who was accused by Prosecutor Mortazavi of taking pictures of "illegal" demonstrations in Tehran and sending them "to an anti Revolutionary group Marzeporgohar in...

Democratic Leadership Appeasing the Islamic Republic of Iran Killing CA Assembly resolution ACR-79, a Warm-up for an Obama-Biden Policy? On September 1st 2008, a brief text message from California Assemblyman Joel Anderson (Republican- 77th District in the San Diego area) announced that the “Democrat Senate leadership killed ACR-79 today by not transmitting it to the Assembly”. Assembly Concurrent Resolution 79 was pushing for the divestment of over two billion dollars of the University of California pension funds, from companies doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran. This resolution was following on the heels of the successful AB-221, divesting billions...

MPG PRESS RELEASE: MPG ACTIVIST AND IRANIAN JOURNALIST ALI VAHID FLEES POLITICAL PERSECUTION AFTER EXECUTION OF YET ANOTHER MPG MEMBER IN IRAN The Marze Por Gohar Party is pleased to announce that our member Ali Vahid has successfully managed to flee the political persecution that he was suffering in the Islamic Republic of Iran due to the severe threats posed to his life. Mr. Vahid was the Editor in Chief for various publications in Iran, with Nedaye Ghumes being the more prominent publication he managed. Starting six months ago, Mr. Vahid, who had been a subject of political persecution, censorship...

FrontPage Interview’s guest today is Hadi T. Ardestani, a Nuclear Waste Management Expert and a Marz-e Por Gohar Nuclear Issues Specialist. He is also a Marz-e Por Gohar Nuclear Committee Chairman and an M.S. Environmental Sciences and Management, Nuclear Waste Management Specialist. FP: Hadi T. Ardestani, welcome to Frontpage Interview. Ardestani: Thank you for giving me this opportunity to talk about the Islamic Republic of Iran's nuclear activities as a nuclear specialist in Marz-e Por Gohar and as the chairman for MPG's nuclear committee. FP: I would like to focus with you today on Iran and what we would call...

Open letter to Google Earth 2008-01-26 Open letter to Google Earth Google Earth uses the incorrect name of the Persian Gulf It has come to our attention that Google Earth has been using an unrecognized name for the Always and Forever, Persian Gulf. Considering the fact that it is in Googles interest as a search engine is to support educational and scientific institution, it is hard for us to fathom how they made reference to the Persian Gulf with an unrecognized name. The United Nations, in addition to historical records and facts that date back more than thousands of years,...

Amnesty International (AI) is sponsoring an event in Los Angeles under the title,“Human Rights in Iran: How to Move Forward” on February 22, 2008. Mr. Trita Parsi, president of National Iranian American Council (NIAC) an extremely dedicated activist for the establishment of normal and unconditional relations between the religious dictatorship in Iran and the U.S. [1] is one of the panelists in this event. This is not the first time NIAC has manipulated AI. On July 26, 2007, AI was one of the sponsors of an event organized by NIAC under the title, “Human Rights in Iran and U.S. Foreign...

The MPG party, active in promoting international sanctions against the current anti-Iranian clerical dictatorship in Iran, strongly believes that weakening the financial capabilities of the IRI is a key factor in leveling the field in favor of the democratic movement of the Iranian people. On the other hand, we need to remind the oppressed people of Iran that without a capable, strong and unified struggle for a secular and democratic alternative to the existing regime, in time, the IRI will overcome its difficulties and recover from its weakening and isolated position once again. Sanctions alone will not solve our problems....

The Last Mistake? Despite all the warnings and all the facts about the regime in Tehran funding and supporting terrorism, the Bush administration decided to invade Iraq - their first mistake. Going against the international community the bush administration decided to eliminate the threat in Iraq, ignoring the facts that the real threat is next door in Tehran. While enjoying the resources of a rich country, the regime in Tehran has illustrated out in polished detail how the undeclared war in Iraq should bring the US on their knees. Judging by the latest developments and the administration's green light to...

The Time for Negotiations is Over. Regime Change is the Only Solution. February 5, 2006 To the leaders of the free world and all freedom loving people! We have less than one year to bring about a regime change in Iran, achieve our goal of a revolution, and to replace the Islamic Regime of Iran (IRI) with a free democratic Iran. This is a goal that can only be realized at the hands of the Iranian People. We have selected the tentative timeline of one year because anything longer then that may lead to a military attack by the international...