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    Saturday, June 27, 2009

    Green Brief #11


    Green Brief #11

    I'm NiteOwl AKA Josh Shahryar - twitter.com/iran_translator on twitter - and I've been immersed in tweets from Iran for the past several hours. I have tried to be extremely careful in choosing my tweet sources. What I have compiled below is what I can confirm through my reliable twitter sources. Remember, this is all from tweets. No news media outlets have been used. (All my work is released under Creative Commons (CC). You can freely use it and repost it wherever you'd like to. Just provide a link to the original source at the bottom. I trust austinheap)

    Here are the important happenings that I can positively confirm from Saturday, June 27 in Iran.

    1. Mousavi has rejected the Guardian Council's decision to look into discrepancies in only 10% of the vote. Mousavi has said that as he mentioned in two letters before to the GC, there are simply far too many irregularities for them to accept the election. A new one must be held in order to give people their voice back.

    2. A prominent supporter of Mousavi was forced to confess on national TV that protests were pre-planned and that they have broken laws. However, reports strongly indicate that the media had already pre-written the statements because they sounded far more official than a speaker can come up with impromptu. More and more protesters are being prepped through intimidation and torture to make confessions.

    3. Iran's paramilitary Basij are carrying out brutal nighttime raids, destroying property in private homes and beating civilians in an attempt to stop nightly protest chants, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch also said the Iranian authorities are confiscating satellite dishes from private homes to prevent citizens from seeing foreign news.

    4. Ahmadinejad warned the US of repercussions if it continues to meddle in Iranian affairs. He also sent out a message to the people saying that the days of liberal democracy were over. (In the sense that no more reform and change against Islamic law will be allowed to take place.) He warned that in the next 4 years he will take a tougher approach. This happens while Ahmadinejad's first deputy, Parviz Davoudi, was denied a US visa by the US State Department. Iranian ambassador to the UN blamed the US government for it.

    5. At the same time, a government spokesperson blatantly accused other countries of meddling in Iranian affairs and instigating the current protests and violence. Fatemeh Rajabi, spokesperson & symbol of women in Ahmadinazhad's government in a separate statement also called Mousavi and Khatami the faces of corruption in the country.

    6. The Guardian Council commission on investigating 10% of the vote was rejected by Mousavi today. He said that 10% was not enough and the elections have to be annulled. He added that an impartial commission should be set up to help arbitrate the issue. The other two candidates also didn't send representatives to the commission. This is after the commission was criticized by others - including a prominent MP and Mahdi Karoubi - for being too one-sided and the investigation of irregularities in only 10% of the vote insufficient. This is while the GC yet again called the elections the 'best in Iran's history so far'.

    7. Javan newspaper - which is closely linked to the IRG - has reported that instigators of violence and the forces behind the protests have been identified. According to Javan, a group of actors were involved and this group created flyers and statements! It accused these individuals - 15-20 people according to Javan - of hiring thugs and distributing weapons that were used in violence. It also reported the arrest of three prominent Iranian film personalities.

    8. Tehran's district attorney stated that he didn’t know how many people have been arrested so far but that he had met several at Evin Prison. The detainees are continuously under mental & sometimes physical torture. IRNA reported that Iran banned Mousavi’s ally Abolfazl Fateh from leaving the country. It is being reported that it's possible that the fate of the people that have been arrested would be known by the end of the week. The name of the girl who was shot in Baharestan and died later in the hospital is reportedly Sheler Khezri.

    9. Amnesty International confirms on CNN: people disappearing from hospitals. Hundreds of people missing. Amnesty International asked the Iranian authorities to immediately release dozens of journalists who are at risk of torture in detention. The UN also asked the government to prevent further violence and bloodshed. More people were arrested today including journalists and bloggers as well as other people of some clout in the Iranian society. Karoubi's newspaper, Etemade Melli's chief editor was asked to appear before a court.

    10. Today a group of people including women's rights activists assembled in Laleh Park to light candles in memory of Neda and other martyrs. The protesters were dispersed by the police and plainclothesmen using violent tactics. There were also many policewomen. Many people were arrested and hauled away. Reporters of Keyhan and Fars newspapers were taking people pictures with cameras.

    11. Reports have suggested that there is a bitter divide developing between military leaders on what the military’s role should be in the current unrest and whether they should step in. (This could be not confirmed unfortunately through the most reliable sources). Reports of clerics meeting in secret to discuss the current unrest have surfaces from Qom, Tabriz and Mashhad. It is being suggested that even though clerics had participated in the protests a few days ago, they might join in larger numbers if further protests are held.

    12. Ayatollah Mousavi Ardabeli has released a statement stating that the election has weakened the regime. He added that the Guardian Council should allow for people to pursue their demands and asked the people to pursue their complaints through legal means as well as asking the government to let people express their discontent through the media. He deplored violence and said that no violence must be used to pacify protestors.

    13. It is being reported that very careful planning is being carried out for a successful national strike. This is while in a meeting with members of the National Security Council, Karoubi said that he'll continue to legally pursue annulment of the elections.

    14. Sunday is the anniversary of 7 Tir martyrs and there will be a gathering in "Ghoba" Mosque. It has been organized after getting a permit from the government. Mousavi asked Iranians abroad to continue their protests. Chants of Allah o Akbar were heard in Tehran, Tabriz and other parts of Tehran again.

    15. Sea of Green is largely peaceful. Reports that Sea of Green is actively seeking to hunt and kill security forces being forcefully denied by sources. Here's a heartwarming video of youth protecting Police from angry protesters when they were surrounded by people. The youth keep yelling, "We're all Iranians! We're all Iranians!" YouTube - ‫جوانان غیور ایران حتی از نیروهای ضد شورش که توسط مردم محاصره شده بودند نیز حمایت میکنند ، آیا اینها اغتشاش گرند !؟‬‎

    16. (On persiankiwi, I don’t know any of the tweeters personally. I stopped using him/her as a source since the day of the Baharestan protest. I only stated that he has been arrested as a caution so that people would be careful. The second most reliable source after pk reported that pk had been arrested so I was forced to go ahead and warn people. But some people have harshly attacked me for this. I whole-heartedly apologize if anyone thinks I’m trying to mislead them. The Green Briefs are only one source out of hundreds. Please use your own judgment and trust whichever source you think is more reliable in getting news from Iran. I will hence stop trying to convince people that I have good intentions. It is futile as well as VERY stressful and time-consuming.)

    Read this if you want to help or get help!

    The government in Iran is still increasing internet filtering and throttling in an attempt to silence their people. Anonymous info shows that many in Iran are looking for proxy and Tor information in Tehran and all around the country. Please donate your bandwidth to help bring down the Iran Curtain. Here are links on how to help and get help on this:

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    Helpers with expertise in the field of medecine, translation and such:

    “Medici Cu Internet is a collaboration between piratbyran.org, HackersWithoutBorders and werebuild.eu trying to organize contacts with medical expertise online since there are problems in Iran with hospitals being monitored by the government. Join the IRC-channel at #mci-ir - WebIRC - AnonNet or send an email to us at embassy [at] piratbyran.org for more info. Medical experts, Farsi-translators and people who know the medical situation in iran are welcome to join and collaboratively set up an index with common injuries and their best treatments.”

    People Outside Iran: This is as clear and concise as I can be. I have not included ANYTHING that I have sensed to be remotely fishy, but humans always err.

    People Inside Iran: Don't believe a WORD of what I am telling you. Do what you think is best, keeping everything in mind. I know LITTLE of what you know so make your decisions based on your OWN judgment.

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    Cyber War round II, 05.27.09


    Iran's Web Spying Aided By Western Technology


    The Iranian regime has developed, with the assistance of European telecommunications companies, one of the world's most sophisticated mechanisms for controlling and censoring the Internet, allowing it to examine the content of individual online communications on a massive scale.

    Instead, in confronting the political turmoil that has consumed the country this past week, the Iranian government appears to be engaging in a practice often called deep packet inspection, which enables authorities to not only block communication but to monitor it to gather information about individuals, as well as alter it for disinformation purposes, according to these experts

    Deep packet inspection involves inserting equipment into a flow of online data, from emails and Internet phone calls to images and messages on social-networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Every digitized packet of online data is deconstructed, examined for keywords and reconstructed within milliseconds. In Iran's case, this is done for the entire country at a single choke point, according to networking engineers familiar with the country's system. It couldn't be determined whether the equipment from Nokia Siemens Networks is used specifically for deep packet inspection.

    All eyes have been on the Internet amid the crisis in Iran, and government attempts to crack down on information. The infiltration of Iranian online traffic could explain why the government has allowed the Internet to continue to function -- and also why it has been running at such slow speeds in the days since the results of the presidential vote spurred unrest.

    Users in the country report the Internet having slowed to less than a tenth of normal speeds. Deep packet inspection delays the transmission of online data unless it is offset by a huge increase in processing power, according to Internet experts

    Iran is "now drilling into what the population is trying to say," said Bradley Anstis, director of technical strategy with Marshal8e6 Inc., an Internet security company in Orange, Calif. He and other experts interviewed have examined Internet traffic flows in and out of Iran that show characteristics of content inspection, among other measures. "This looks like a step beyond what any other country is doing, including China."

    Iran, which has an estimated 23 million users, can track all online communication through a single location called the Telecommunication Infrastructure Co., part of the government's telecom monopoly. All of the country's international links run through the company.

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    Civilian cyber war effort is now scrambling to counter the possibility of deep packet scanning.

    They are looking to encrypt the communication link from start to end, so the packet Scan see gibberish.

    And methods to encrypt the Iranian hard drives.

    Leaving the regime without any proofs just gibberish.

    The Iranian Intelligence agencys also have a tremendous problem how to deal with all the data,

    They can use key word mining software, but as the protesters also use secret words

    it tends to nullify the deep packet scanning.

    They have piles of stuff, maybe an encyclopedia of material a day,

    unfiltered and maybe a book of key word phrases that have to be checked by humans.

    Another option for the protesters is to shut down Iran's WWW completely.

    The target is clear the choke point., where all the data goes thru.

    there would several other targets to bring down all Gov communication,

    banks, ATM's bring the country to a halt.


    The protesters still hold the Winning card regarding the use of the Internet.

    The paradigm is changing daily, and the Civilian Genius sector, has managed

    to keep pace against a huge Government Intelligence combine in Iran.


    Now its about simple instructions for average users to work encrypted

    and around the Iranian Government filters and programs.

    The Genius civilian sector again rises to the challenge.


    In this paradigm we see world changing events

    and the power of the people of the world pitted against

    a tyrannical regime killing its own people.


    While the worlds Military powers sit helpless.

    US military decided yesterday to form a "Cyber

    command" to be active in a year.

    Humanity is gaining a Global voice.

    Becoming a global power.


    And the civilian sector cannot be blackmailed

    by nukes or threatened military.


    And has shown the POWER to take on

    a dictator ship and go toe to toe with them.

    coup d'état in Iran, is a success

    http://warintel.blogspot.com/2009/06/coup-detat-in-iran-sucess.html


    The winners remain to be seen I'm betting on the Iranian people.


    Gerald

    Anthropologist.




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    Crowd sourcing Basij Activities



    Crowd sourcing Basij Activities;

    Iranians can report Basij movements while all the protesters can
    see it on their cell phones, or PCs. G

    As the protests in Iran continue for the second week, a Google user named Xárene Eskandar is following the activity on a Google Maps page, logging the events each day as they’re reported.

    The latest map from Wednesday << CLICK ) tracks events by the hour and shows the movement of special forces vans and military helicopters as they close in on protesters, as well as the location where protesters have reported seeing or hearing gunshots.

    The maps are similar to ones created last year to crowdsource information from citizen journalists about violence in Kenya following a disputed election. In the Kenya case, an activist developed software called Ushahidi (”testimony” in Swahili) that allowed anyone to contribute information by e-mail and text messages. That info could be coordinated by an administrator who sent out instant alerts to protesters and other citizen journalists and posted data to Google Maps.


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    Green Brief #10 (June 26)




    Green Brief #10 (June 26)

    (Fresh News from Iran)

    I'm NiteOwl AKA Josh Shahryar - twitter.com/iran_translator on twitter - and I've been immersed in tweets from Iran for the past several hours. I have tried to be extremely careful in choosing my tweet sources. What I have compiled below is what I can confirm through my reliable twitter sources. Remember, this is all from tweets. No news media outlets have been used. (All my work is released under Creative Commons (CC). You can freely use it and repost it wherever you'd like to. Just provide a link to the original source at the bottom.)

    These are the important happenings that I can positively confirm from Friday, June 26 in Iran.

    1. No large rallies or prsotests were held today. There were unconfirmed reports of small gatherings in isolated areas of the city, but for the most part, Tehran didn't seem to witness the same as it has been for the past two weeks. Sources indicated that it was in no way a sign of giving up, but rather a brief interval in more protests that are to come. They added that currently, the Sea of Green is organizing and regrouping as well as coming up with new ways to defy the authorities and also know of the fate of their leaders in order to progress.

    2. At 1 PM, however, a large number of people in Tehran took to roofs and released green balloons to show solidarity with the Sea of Green and to commemorate protesters who've died so far. (Link showing the balloons: YouTube - IRAN RIGGED ELECTIONS: Green balloons were used as a form of protest all over Iran 6/26/2009 ) At night, the people again took to the roofs and chanted "Allah o Akbar" and "Death to the Dictator". They also burned candles and held vigils. There was confirmation of the death of one protester who was fired upon by security forces as he chanted from his rooftop. Reports of vigils also came from Mashhad.

    3. Khamenei was supposed to lead Friday prayers in Tehran and give a speech; however, he was a no show. Ayatollah Sayyid Ahmad Khatami a hard-line cleric and a member of the Assembly of Experts who has strong ties with Khamenei and Ahmadinejad lead the prayers in his stead. He claimed that the protesters were acting against Allah, branded them 'rioters' and called for their suppression through any means possible. He also added that the government will not bend against pressure and that Neda was killed by protesters. This is backtrack from the government's earlier statements that Neda had been ordered to be killed by a BBC correspondent.

    4. Reports indicate that the reason why Khamenei did not attend the prayers was Ayatollah Montazeri's statements yesterday that denounced the government's suppression of the protesters' 'legitimate demands'. This, according to sources, creates a divide between the powerful clergy which has pressured Khamenei just enough to stop him from giving out another speech of the caliber he gave last week. 4. Whether Montazeri's current stance will develop into something of a bigger boost to protesters remains to be seen.
    5. (For those who don't know, Montazeri was Khomeini's designated successor until just a few months before Khomeini's death; he openly criticized the Islamic regime and was sidelined in favor of Khamenei. He still wields enough considerable support among the more moderate clergy and is popular among liberal Muslims in Iran.)


    6. Meanwhile, on the government's official English News channel, Press TV, George Galloway, a British MP representing the constituency of Bethnal Green and Bow, spent several hours denouncing the protests, Israel and Zionism. He called upon the world to accept Ahmadinejad's re-election and called on the protesters to go home and accept the will of the people. He did not indicate which people he meant when he made that statement.

    7. A reliable source indicated that Khomeini's family has thrown its lot behind the protesters. Although they denied calling out for a protest tomorrow, they indicated that they were with the protesters and claimed to be supporting the protesters lawful demands and don't consider Ahmadinejad's government legitimate anymore. This, coupled with Montazeri's statements and Larijani's lethargy, is a strong indication that the clergy are divided in what to do with the protesters and that there is a considerable level of public support now for the protesters among the religious elite.

    8. The spokesperson of the Guardian Council announced today that a commission had been formed to recount 10% of the ballots cast with representatives of the candidates present. The commission includes Ali Akbar Velayati, Hadad Adel, Eftekhar Jahromi, Aboutorabi Fard, Dari Najafabadi and Hossein Rahimian. He also gave candidates 24 hours to appoint representatives that would join the commission in the recount.

    9. As reported before, the government is heavily charging people for the return of their dead family members' bodies who were killed during the protests. Families are being charged thousands of dollars and are also required to sign a waiver that states they won't sue the police and that Mousavi is the reason behind the death of their loved ones. More people were arrested today including Mohammad Mostafaie, who is a prominent lawyer and important reformist.

    10. . The Iranian Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden was attacked today by angry Swedish-Iranians after a peaceful protest. It has been reported that as the protesters neared the gate, one of the guards tried to force the protesters away which enraged them and they tried to take over the Embassy. The police were forced to call for back up to control the protesters. There was also a report of a molotov bomb thrown by pro-Sea of Green protesters at the Iranian Embassy in Bern, Switzerland. It caused little damage to one of the walls.

    11. The government is continuously attacking and arresting Iranians who are using twitter to get the message out to the world. Several of our sources have so far been arrested or have stopped using twitter altogether, yet the remainder have pledged to continue until the last minute. Amidst the somber mood, some emotional moments can also be seen. One Iranian tweeted: "I would rather our Iranian youth were tweeting about Michael Jackson than having 2 face this death & horror. Lets set them free to do so."


    (There is simply too much on the tweets about where Mousavi is at this point. According to last reports, he was being sternly watched by the government and his movement is restricted, but it's an ever evolving situation.)


    Read this if you want to help or get help!

    The government in Iran is still increasing internet filtering and throttling in an attempt to silence their people. Anonymous info shows that many in Iran are looking for proxy and Tor information in Tehran and all around the country. Please donate your bandwidth to help bring down the Iran Curtain. Here are links on how to help and get help on this:

    English: Tor and the Iranian Election - Bring down the Iran Curtain | Ian's Brain

    Farsi: Tor: ?????? Tor

    Images and vids and instructions on how to send them to us:

    Helpers with expertise in the field of medecine, translation and such:

    “Medici Cu Internet is a collaboration between piratbyran.org, HackersWithoutBorders and werebuild.eu trying to organize contacts with medical expertise online since there are problems in Iran with hospitals being monitored by the government. Join the IRC-channel at #mci-ir - WebIRC - AnonNet or send an email to us at embassy [at] piratbyran.org for more info. Medical experts, Farsi-translators and people who know the medical situation in iran are welcome to join and collaboratively set up an index with common injuries and their best treatments.”

    People Outside Iran: This is as clear and concise as I can be. I have not included ANYTHING that I have sensed to be remotely fishy, but humans always err.

    People Inside Iran: Don't believe a WORD of what I am telling you. Do what you think is best, keeping everything in mind. I know LITTLE of what you know so make your decisions based on your OWN judgment.

    P.S. Please post this around and tweet and retweet.

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    Friday, June 26, 2009

    coup d'état in Iran, sucess.


    coup d'état in Iran, is a sucess
    By Gerald Internet Anthropologist Think Tank
    06.26.09.



    'disrupting public opinion' by using Internet will lead to harsh punishment.

    That proves Iranian regime is not connected to reality.


    disrupting' public opinion', That just boggles the mind.


    disrupting
    1. To throw into confusion or disorder: Protesters disrupted the candidate's speech.
    2. To interrupt or impede the progress, movement, or procedure of: Our efforts in the garden were disrupted by an early frost.
    3. To break or burst; rupture.

    Public opinion.


    I just had no idea that the public opinion was so fragile.

    And how would one know in advance if something they say is going to be,
    "disrupting' public opinion

    The regime wants to control "public opinion".

    The Iranian hunt for Internet protesters reminds
    me of the Spanish Inquisition, where random
    women were burned at the stake.

    Jeeze I shouldn't have said that.
    The regime is truly MAD.
    They might start


    I'm not kidding when I say MAD, ( involving every evil def. you can think of )

    Any public speech, posting, comments, blogs, can be considered
    to disrupt public opinion, to some degree.
    They just ENDED free speech.

    Iran continues to insult the Islamic world, even the West.

    With this take over of an Islamic regime.

    The top two leaders, have just did a coup d'état and
    left themselves in charge.




    Gerald
    Anthropologist

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    Muslim Hackers CALL TO ACTION:




    Calling for truce to fight common Enemy:


    The Iranian Regime.

    Very specfic request.
    The Iranian people have had connections
    to the outside world cut way down.

    Most Iranians don't know about the MASS
    protests, or that the outside world is watching.
    The Government news isn't reporting
    the protests.
    It would be nice if the news from the outside
    world was on Iranian Government web sites.
    Some how. I'm not sure how you could do that.
    And I'm certainly not suggesting any thing illegal.

    But if you know a way to post news stories on
    Government web sites, news agencys go for it.

    KEY:
    THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT,
    IT IS THE IRANIANS FIGHT.
    PLEASE LIMIT YOURSELVES
    TO POSTING NEWS.

    MY SOURCES TELL ME THERE ARE
    OTHER HUGE OPERATIONS GOING ON,
    WHICH SHOULDN'T BE MESSED WITH.

    Iran needs an Info war,
    Real bonafide Cyber Mujahideen.
    to help the Persian Ummah get outside news.


    There are hundreds of groups,
    This is just a small list .
    Email me if you want your group
    included.

    "XP Group"

    "Ashiyane Digital Security Team"

    Shabab Al-Salafiyin

    Al-Ayyoubiyoun

    Morroco Spiders:
    Members:

    T e A m R a B a T - S a L e R a B a T - S a L e

    Mr TaRiKLaM

    Mr SaBiRanO

    X-DiAbLo

    N@bilX

    Mr TaRiKLaM

    Mr SaBiRanO

    X-DiAbLo

    N @ bilX

    Mr KoNaN

    ViRuS-T

    Mr FaRpoLiCe

    Dr Pro Mr KoNaN

    ViRuS-T

    Mr FaRpoLiCe

    Dr Pro

    WebCmd


    Azar36.eXe

    "The enemy of my Enemy is my friend"

    To be clear we are not calling for
    hacking or any thing illegal.

    NO ddos, Iranians are doing their
    own targeting, leave that to them.

    We are asking for an Info operation.
    Limited targeted cyber jahid.
    "Allahu Akbar"




    Gerald
    Tactical Internet Systems analyst

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    Ops and Intel update, 06.26.09





    Iraqi Daily Compares Speeches by Iran’s Shah and Iran’s Supreme Leader

    According to the Iraqi daily Al-Sabah Al-Jadid , the sermon delivered by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Friday brings to mind the last speech by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1978. The subject of both speeches was the same. Both speeches addressed broad popular demonstrations with acts of violence, the fall of victims, and the arrest of key political figures.

    To read the whole article please click here.

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    Rooz Report: IRGC Issue Strong Warning To Internet Users

    The online daily Rooz reported: "As the news about the post-election turmoil in Iran are widely disseminated through Iranian and non-Iranian websites across the globe, which paints a picture of the recent violence that is completely different from what the Iranian state-controlled radio and television network portrays, the Passdaran Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) issued a harsh warning signaling its intent to confront web users, accusing them of instigating violence on the streets..."

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    Karroubi: Ahmadinejad's Government Is Illegitimate

    In a June 23, 2009 meeting with the editorial staff of his newspaper, the reformist daily Etemad-e Meli , Mehdi Karroubi stated that he did not accept the election results and that Ahmadinejad's government was illegitimate.

    To read the whole article please click here.


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    Khamenei Warns Of Anarchy, Dictatorship If Election Results Not Honored; Ahmadinejad Supporters Threaten Larijani

    Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said yesterday at a meeting with Majlis members that the people and the state would not submit to pressure by the demonstrators, and that if the law (i.e. the election result) was not honored, there would be anarchy that would lead to dictatorship.

    To read the whole article please click here.


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    Website Affiliated With Rezai: IRNA Lied To Serve Ahmadinejad

    The Iranian website Tabnak, which is affiliated with presidential candidate Mohsen Rezai, has accused Iran's official news agency IRNA, which supports Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, of publishing false election results in the candidates' home towns so as to create the impression that Ahmadinejad's rivals had not even managed to get a majority there.

    To read the whole article please click here.



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    Ayatollah Montazeri: Iranian Regime's Actions Could Bring It Down

    In an announcement, Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri stated that the actions of the heads of the Iranian regime, who presume to rule in the name of Islam, do not reflect the religion, and are unacceptable. He stated that the regime's repression is distancing the people from it and from Islam, and warned that the use of the military to spill the people's blood is reminiscent of the actions of the deposed Shah Pahlavi, and could lead to the regime's downfall.

    To read the whole article please click here.


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    Iranian Dissident: Khamenei Is Repeating Shah's Mistakes

    Iranian dissident journalist Isa Saharkhiz has stated that the "oppressing dictator" Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is imitating Shah Pahlavi, and that like him he sent military forces to deliberately spill the blood of the people.

    To read the whole article please click here.


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    Key Difference Between Iran, Iraq Regarding Role Of Clerics

    According to the Iraqi daily Al-Sabah Al-Jadid, while the population in both Iran and Iraq are Shi'a Muslims, there is a fundamental difference in the way they view their clerics. The Iranians view their clerics as central to the political system, whereas the Iraqis think clerics should limit themselves to offering advice but should not take part in the daily political action. And these are the fundamental differences between Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the Iraqi religious authority Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani. The Iranian constitution creates velayat al-faqih (the Rule of the Jurisprudent) and grants the supreme leader enormous power. The Iraqi constitution provides no such role to the Iraqi clerics.

    To read the whole article please click here.


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    Britain Freezes $1.6 Billion in Iranian Assets

    Britain has frozen $1.6 Billion in Iranian assets as part of the U.E. and Security Council sanctions on this country.

    To read the whole article please click here.


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    Photo: Iranian Clerics Demonstrate In Support Of Mousavi

    To read the whole article please click here.


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    Ops and Intel update, 06.26.09



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