Are You with Us or with Them? Nov 6, 2009
Michael Ledeen, of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, reports that demonstrations also erupted in Shiraz, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Zahedan, Arak, Mazandaran, Tabriz, and Rasht. As before, the regime used paramilitary goons on motorcycles to beat, teargas, and bludgeon protestors. (Townhall.com)
Iranian president warned to obey the ayatollah Aug 9, 2009
Amateur videotape posted on the Internet showed hundreds chanting slogans as they marched through the western Iranian city of Kermanshah on Thursday to mark the religiously significant 40-day death commemoration of Kianoush Asa, a chemistry graduate student killed during a protest. A student news Web site said 10 mourners were arrested. (San Francisco Chronicle)
MULLAHS SQUIRM AS DEFIANT IRANIANS HONOR MARTYRS Jul 31, 2009
Demonstrations also took place in Mashhad, Rasht, Kermanshah and Ahvaz, among other provincial centers. Unconfirmed reports suggest more than 1,000 arrests during the demonstrations -- including, in Tehran, two prominent filmmakers, Jaafar Panahy and Mahnaz Muhammadi, who are making a documentary about the anti-regime insurrection. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Marze Por Gohar Party Press Release: Victorious Protestors Defied the Regime's Martial Law on the 10th Anniversary of the July 1999 Student Uprising Jul 16, 2009
On July 9th as the whole country was almost shut down by an unprecedented deployment of Revolutionary Guards, riot police, the Basseej Islamic Militia and foreign terrorists training in Iran, tens of thousands of courageous young Iranians defied and surprised the regime by staging sporadic hit and run demonstrations in numerous Iranian cities and in particular in Tehran, Esfehan, Kermanshah and other cities. These series of demonstrations succeeded in attracting the participation of hundreds of... (PR Newswire)
In a Month of Turmoil, Iran Death Toll Still Unknown Jul 15, 2009
Also on the list were protesters killed in other cities, including Kermanshah, Shiraz and Isfahan, which would not be included in the figure given by the Tehran police. About a third of the names were confirmed by family members as dead, the rest by friends or activists on the ground, said Farshad Hoseini, the group's Netherlands-based director. (Fox News)
Freed Iranians highlight US-Iraq conflict Jul 14, 2009
Kurdish officials acknowledged Farhadi's IRGC affiliation, but Jalal Talabani, the Kurdish president of Iraq, publicly confirmed that Farhadi was a civilian official of the neighboring Iranian province of Kermanshah on a "commercial mission with the knowledge of the federal government in Baghdad and the government of Kurdistan". Although Farhadi had indeed been a military commander at one time, the Kurds pointed out that he was now carrying out only civilian functions. (Asia Times Online)
Divine assessment vs people power Jun 19, 2009
The Fars News Agency, talking about the recounting now underway, points out that in Kermanshah, a Kurdish province, there was "no irregularity". Ahmadinejad is as popular with Kurds as Palestinians are with Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu. (Asia Times Online)
US and Iran stuck at pre-dialogue Apr 29, 2009
Some 54 Iranian pilgrims were massacred by suicide bombers in Iraq, 20 or so Iranian policemen were killed near Kermanshah by the Kurdish terrorist group PJAK - Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan - and Iran apprehended a terror group that had planned bomb attacks ahead of the June presidential elections. Meanwhile, Egypt has criticized Iran for allegedly using its Hezbollah proxies to gain influence inside Egypt, a charge flatly denied by Iran. (Asia Times Online)
