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KUNA: Six Iranians killed, 30 others hurt in road accident south of Baghdad

Six Iranians were killed and 30 others were hurt in a road accident on Thursday, a police source said. The source said that the accident happened when a bus with Iranians pilgrims heading the city of Karbala on board turned over near the town of Alexandria, 50 kilometers south of Baghdad. more >>

Does Zionist arrogance know no bounds?

Source: Indymedia UK Newswire

"U.S. President Barack Obama earlier this month reportedly warned Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that his country's strained ties with Israel and increasing support of Iran could hinder an arms deal between Ankara and Washington. The White House later denied giving Ankara an ultimatum. However, Washington has also expressed displeasure with Turkey's "no" vote at the United Nations on tough new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. A U.S. Treasury delegation visited Turkey last week with the intention of demanding an end to trade with Iran, but was unsuccessful. Following Israel's offensive in Gaza, Turkey called off a joint military drill with Israel, and relations were strained further after Israel rebuked the then Turkish envoy over a television show depicting Israeli soldiers as cold-blooded killers. The most critical blow to Israeli-Turkish relations, however, came this year on May 31, when Israeli commandos raided a Turkish aid convoy trying to break the naval blockade on Gaza, which resulted in the deaths of nine Turkish activists. Turkey had threatened to cut off diplomatic ties with Israel, and continues to demand an official apology over the raid. Turkey is taking over the UN Security Council presidency, starting September 1, for a month-long term." more >>

US author: I've come to appreciate Iran

Source: Indymedia UK Newswire

What my first trip to Iran in 2007 taught me is this: From the school children to the police officers to the college students to laborers to the Revolutionary Guard, no one in Iran obviously has been taught to hate Americans and no one was preparing the Iranian people to go to war with Americans. If the government is teaching children to hate Americans, some of that would pick up; but it wasn't like that at all. I got mobbed in Shiraz by 80 elementary school children -- surrounding me so I couldn't move, yelling, "We love you; we love America, Welcome." Just because they found that we were American. more >>

Demand The Release Of Iranian Trade Unionists.

Source: Indymedia Ireland

Instead of being released Mansour Osanloo has been sentenced to a further year in prison. Reza Shahabi was arrested and is held incommunicado. The long night of repression for Iranian Trade Unionists continues. But you can act and make a difference. Send the sample letter at the end of this article to address' provided. Mansour Osanloo, president of the board of directors of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company (a public transit company owned by Tehran Municipal government with about 17000 employees) has been sentenced this week to one year imprisonment by the City of Karaj Islamic Revolutionary Court for "propaganda against the system". Mr. Osanloo has been subject to increasing harassment in recent months and was put on trial recently at Karaj Revolutionary court. Osanloo had also been charged with "connection with the opponents of the system". He has gone through all this in recent months while he has been in prison for the past three years. more >>

Iranian hunger strikers granted asylum status

Source: clandestina english

A government statement Monday said all six men, two of whom had refused food since July 19, were given political asylum. Given the imminent threat to the health and lives of Iranian asylum seekers continued hunger strike in front of the Office of the High Commissioner of UNHCR, the Ministry of Civil Protection has decided [...] more >>

America's Holy Crusade against the Muslim World

Source: Indymedia UK Newswire

We have reached a decisive transition in the evolution of US military doctrine. The "Global War on Terrorism" (GWOT) directed against Al Qaeda launched in the wake of 9/11 is evolving towards a full-fledged "war of religion", a "holy crusade" directed against the Muslim World. The rising tide of xenophobia, sparked by the proposed Ground Zero mosque and community center, has all the appearances of a PSYOP (Psychological Operation) which contributes to fomenting hatred against Muslims throughout the Western World. The objective is to instil fear, rouse and harness citizens' unbending support for the next stage of America's "long war", which consists in waging "humanitarian" aerial attacks on the Islamic Republic of Iran, portrayed by the media as endorsing the terrorists. more >>

Letter from Iranian Political Prisoners to Brazilian President Lula da Silva

Source: Indymedia Ireland

Honorable President Da Silva: We the signatories and endorsers of this letter know that you have traversed a difficult road to democracy -- from the grassroots level of union struggles to the level of the nationwide Brazilian workers' federations and the arena of global politics -- with the support of the votes of the democratic and freedom-loving people of Brazil. As a group of union and syndicate activists, political activists, and activists promoting various creeds, we have been incarcerated in the prisons of the Islamic Republic solely for having performed our union and professional duties and for our votes and opinions. more >>

Terry Riley and Talvin Singh

Source: Indymedia Ireland

LCMS celebrate Terry Riley's 75 birthday Louth Contemporary Music Society Celebrate Terry Riley’s 75th Birthday with Terry Riley, Talvin Singh, George Brooks California Kirana – The West Coast Legacy of Pran Nath An Tain Theatre Dundalk 29 Oct 2010 @8pm. more >>

Iran: Jailed trade unionists to Lula: Pressure Iran to free us

Source: Labour Start - Trade Union News

LabourStart headline - Source: Iranian Progressives in Translation more >>

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