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It has been reported to World Threats that some 20,000 people gathered at Beheshte Zahra Cemetery to commemorate the fortieth day after the death of Neda. Also present were some 4000 security forces. Security officers used tear gas spray to subdue the people they wanted to arrest. Mir Hossein Mousavi, Karoobi and Ayatollah Saneie were [...]

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All is not going well for the Ahmadinejad regime. Commemorations of the fortieth day since the murder of Neda have taken place at Behesht Zahra Cemetery. As reported here and confirmed by other sources, the security forces fired tear gas and beat the mourners with batons. Police barred opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi from joining [...]

The Associated Press is reporting here that North Korea has seized a South Korean fishing boat that crossed into its waters. Yonhap news agency quoted a Defense Ministry official as saying that the incident took place at about 6:30 a.m. (2130 GMT Wednesday) in the East Sea and that four people were on board the [...]

As reported here, the Government of Iran will begin trying protesters this Saturday. Some of those being tried are charged with sending images of the protests to international media. Top pro-reform politicians will be tried later for allegedly ordering riots, officials said. The opposition has said detainees were tortured to extract false confessions for the [...]

Mosavi Ardebelli, former head of the judiciary, has attacked Ali Khamenei. Breaking the sanctity of the national and religious personalities and talking about accusations that are not proved in a righteous court not only doesn’t calm the society down but also lights the fires of sedition even more … continuation of such condition is absolutely [...]

Former President of Honduras Manuel Zelaya has encamped his entourage in Ocotal, Nicaragua near the Honduran border. He said that expects top be there for the next week even though the State Department is still saying that he is supposed to be in Washington tomorrow. The Associated Press is reporting on Zelaya’s activities here. “This [...]

The Associated Press reports here that Swedish made anti-tank rockets have been captured in a  FARC arms cache. The confirmation strengthens Colombian allegations that Hugo Chavez’s government has aided the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, and exacerbated tensions between the neighboring nations over an imminent agreement to expand the U.S. military’s use [...]

Jose Daniel Gonzalez Galeana was shot on his front porch in El Paso. Texas. As reported here, Gonzalez was reputed to be informing on the Juarez cartel to ICE. “There’s an increasing number of (cartel) leaders living in the U.S., probably either to escape law enforcement or their enemies in Mexico, so that’s one of [...]

It appears that the Iranian people opposed to the current government are using almost any reason to gather and protest. One of these protests occurred July 25th at a memorial service for a gentleman killed in an earlier demonstration. Witnesses also report that the security forces went among the crowd attempting to incite them so [...]

North Korea is apparently ready to talk about its nuclear program but not in the Six Party format. As reported here, the DPRK is apparently only interested in another format. On Monday, North Korea made clear again that it won’t return to six-nation nuclear talks involving China, Japan, the two Koreas, Russia and the U.S. [...]

The Iranian Revolutionary guards Corps (IRGC) continues to tighten its hold on the people of Iran. As reported here, the IRGC has pretty much become a force unto itself. It has its own equivalents of the Iranian Army, Navy and Air Force. It also has a volunteer auxiliary militia, the Basij, with an estimated size [...]

Some reports of events surrounding the celebration of International Human rights Day in Tehran. Security forces clashed with protesters next to the Anbia mosque. Protesters are being beaten by the security forces as they chant “death to the Dictator”. In one instance more than ten security personnel attacked a young lady and beat her almost [...]