Recent Posts

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Academia Targeted in Iran

Amnesty International issued a tally of detentions, saying 17 people, including some associated with the Freedom Movement, had been detained in the northwestern city of Tabriz. “Among those arrested was Dr. Ghaffari Farzadi, a leading member of the Iran Freedom Movement and a lecturer at Tabriz University,” Amnesty International said on its Web site, adding that students appeared to have been “particularly targeted.”

link: Protesters Gather Again, as Iran Panel Offers Talks - NYTimes.com


0 comments:

Post a Comment