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Some of the people arrested during antigovernment demonstrations Iran in June and July have been executed, according to reports from inside the jails of the clerical regime. Gholam-Hossein Mohammadi from Amol (northern Iran), who lived in Akbar-Abad district in the south Tehran suburb of Islamshahr, was executed together with two of his friends for participating in evening uprisings in June and July. The authorities informed their families a few days after they were hanged and warned them not to hold any mourning ceremonies. On August 23, the state-run daily Khordad reported that a man by the name of Zaman was...

Iran's cleric-run government has declared war on satellite television and allegedly begun jamming American-based channels, blaming them for inciting the wave of student-led protests which have brought bloody clashes to Teheran's streets. The move came as mobs controlled by Iran's hardline Revolutionary Guards intervened in the fourth consecutive night of protests about the slow pace of reform, using clubs and iron bars to break up the crowds. Stick-wielding thugs, mostly unemployed, attacked protesters, riding up to their lines on motorcycles. Women were dragged from their cars and beaten. Dozens fled bearing the marks of chains slashed across their faces, and...

Sporadic clashes are rocking again and for the 5th consecutive night the center, north and south of Iranian capital as an increasing number of residents are rushing to protest again. The most violent clashes are taking place in the Fatemi, Amir Abad and Shariati area. Tear gas, clubs and chains are again used against the demonstrators shouting slogans against the regime and its leaders. Earlier clashes happened in the Nazi Abad district but more unrest is expected later. traffic jams are starting to form again making slow the security forces move. This bravery is taking place despite the bloody repression...