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2115 GMT: A slow evening, probably the slowest since the start of the crisis. There are still reports of "God is Great" from the Tehran rooftops but no evidence of significant public or private shifts.

Some activists are talking of a mass release of green balloons at 1 p.m. local time on Friday, which would be soon after the Supreme Leader has led the prayer service at Tehran University. The Iranian Government, however, continues to throw bureaucracy at the opposition; the Ministry of Interior has informed Mir Hossein Mousavi that a permit for a march will only be issued if one week's notice, in person, is given.

2000 GMT: The BBC has posted the video of its interview with the doctor who tried to save the life of Neda Agha Soltan.

1755 GMT: Presidential candidate Mohsen Rezaei, who apparently had switched sides in the battle with the withdrawal of his complaint over vote fraud, has tacked back today. He has said that the withdrawal of his petition to the Guardian Council is not a withdrawal of people's concerns about the Iranian system. He will pursue the issue of the system's cruelty to people until he "gets results".

1735 GMT: Self-proclaimed geopolitical wizard Thomas Barnett, who conjured an "arc of instability" to help rationalise the 2003 war in Iraq, comes out with this defense of "the devil you know" today: "Ahmadinejad, with his record — again, in Nixon-esque fashion — for doggedly hating the regime's avowed enemies (Israel and America), could likewise employ a Nixonian reversal under the right conditions."

So let me get this straight: instead of working with the Presidential candidate (Mousavi) who said just before the election that he thought the Iranian rhetoric on Israel had been too harsh and that he welcomed international negotiations over any Iranian consideration of a nuclear weapons programme, Barnett prefers that the US work with a President (Ahmadinejad) who has been unremittingly hostile on Israel, who has frustrated his own diplomats, and who has put forth the notion of "Western interference" to deal with issues over his re-election? Idiot.

Sorry, that is inappropriate.

Amoral idiot.

1725 GMT: Report that large number of anti-riot police and paramilitary Basiji are preventing people from stopping at the grave of Neda Agha Soltan.

1720 GMT: Correction: contrary to earlier report (1410 GMT), Seyed Alireza Beheshti, editor-in-chief of pro-Mousavi newspaper Kamaleh, has not been released from detention.

1635 GMT: Who Killed Neda? Javan newspaper, associated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard, has declared that the expelled BBC correspondent, Jon Leyne, hired a "member of the rabble" to shoot Neda Agha Soltan.

1615 GMT: Hezbollah towing the line. Agence France Press reports, "Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on Thursday accused the West of fomenting protests in Iran over this month's presidential election but added that it had no worries about the stability of its main foreign backer."

1525 GMT: We've received reliable information that prominent reformist politicians such as Abdollah Ramezanzadeh, a spokesperson for the Khatami Government, and Mostafa Tajzadeh, Deputy Interior Minister under Khatami, are under mounting pressure "to sign confessions and to appear on state controlled TV programs confessing to spectacular conspiracies against the national interests of Iran, in collaboration with foreign governments". Ramezanzadeh's wife yesterday conveyed her husband's message to the public to disregard any televised confessions that may be extracted from him or other leaders of reform in Iran.

1410 GMT: Report that Seyed Alireza Beheshti, the editor-in-chief of the pro-Mousavi newspaper Kalameh Sabz and the son of the late Ayatollah Beheshti (a key figure in the 1979 Revolution), has been released from detention. Also reported that 66 of the 70 faculty detained after their meeting with Mir Hossein Mousavi yesterday have been freed.

1330 GMT: Reports continue of clashes at Enqelab Square, with protesters setting a bus on fire and trying to push back riot police. Claims that tear gas has been used.

1215 GMT: Some demonstrators have tried to reach the site for today's protest, Vali-e Asr Street at Enqelab Square, but Iranian security forces are trying to block any assembly. Army helicopters are flying overhead.

1145 GMT: Fifteen minutes before today's demonstration was supposed to begin. Both CNN and Al Jazeera are now featuring the statement of Mehdi Karroubi's Etemad Melli Party calling off the memorial march: "Despite all the efforts exerted by the sheikh of reforms [Karroubi] to prepare a site for the mourning ceremony, the ceremony will not take place on Thursday."

1130 GMT: News services are picking up on the latest statement of Mir Hossein Mousavi, posted on his website. He calls on supporters to continue demonstrating but to show restraint. He blames those who rigged the election for the violence and bloodshed. Perhaps most significantly, in looking for clues to future political manoeuvres, Mousavi says his access to others is "highly restricted" and he is under pressure to abandon his demand for an annulment of the election.

1100 GMT: The Effects of the Crisis. Iran's position in Afghanistan may be one of the casualties of the current conflict. CNN's Atia Abawi reports, "Drove by a big poster of Neda in Kabul, across from Iranian Embassy. Pic[ture] of her death and Afghan TV crews interviewing people. Poster of Neda was larger than most presidential campaign posters in the city."

0950 GMT: Tantalising (unconfirmed) story of the morning: "Ali Larijani was threatened [with] impeachment by Ahmadinejad supporters in parliament. Hoseinian,Tehrani, and Resai threatened Larijani [with] censure. Previously Larijani said that its not fair the GC [Guardian Council] supports a candidate [Ahmadinejad]."

0830 GMT: The story, which we noted yesterday, that 70 faculty members were detained after meeting Presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is now circulating in the mainstream press.

0825 GMT: Ayatollah Montazeri, the one-time successor to Ayatollah Khomeini, has sent a fax to Agence France Presse, warning, "If Iranians cannot talk about their legitimate rights at peaceful gatherings and are instead suppressed, complexities will build up which could possibly uproot the foundations of the government, no matter how powerful." He urged the Iranian Government to set up an "impartial" committee with full power to find a solution to the election crisis.

0815 GMT: He Speaks. Via Fars News Agency, President Ahmadinejad has put himself back in the political arena, blasting Barack Obama for interference in Iranian affairs.

0700 GMT: On the BBC' flagship radio programme, Today, Jeremy Bowen has focused on the news --- which we noted yesterday --- that more than 180 of the 290 members of Parliament invited to President Ahmadinejad's "victory party" did not attend.

0600 GMT: A message on Presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi's website clarifies the postponement of today's march (see 0500 GMT). A spokesman says the memorial to those killed has been delayed by a week.

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At the request of our readers, we're starting this feature as a quick guide to the day's event. For rolling updates through the day, go to The Latest from Iran.

After yesterday afternoon’s surge in tension and uncertainty, particularly at the rally in front of the Iranian Parliament, a strange, almost eerie quiet in news and chatter. There is little coming in from sources and Twitter.

CNN’s website, which went on Red Alert over reports of beatings of protesters, particular in a dramatic phone call (see Latest Video) from an eyewitness to its studio and its correspondent’s general assertion of Iranian paramilitary Basiji “acting like animals”, has fallen back with a peripheral statement from Iran’s Ambassador to Mexico and the official Iran line of the Supreme Leader’s call for tolerance. (It should be noted, however, that CNN TV — back in its vacuum of news — is running heavily with criticism of the Iranian regime from its reporters, Nobel Prize Winner Shirin Ebadi, author Azadeh Moaveni, and Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi.)

Press TV, after suddenly breaking its blackout to give attention to the general political situation (though not to the specific demonstration at the Parliament). The BBC (English service) isn’t even sure that anything took place yesterday: their website headline uses cautionary quote marks, “Protesters ‘in new Iran clashes’”.

The lull in information leaves questions on both the public and private fronts. Publicly, there are conflicting reports over whether this afternoon’s demonstration (4:30 p.m. local time; 1200 GMT) proceeds; there is a claim that Presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi has “cancelled” the memorial to those who have died in post-election violence.

Privately, there is a suspension of news on the manoeuvres within the Government and between the Government and the opposition. There is no follow-up to last night’s intriguing report of a meeting between a key official, the head of the National Security Council, with former President Rafsanjani and candidates Mousavi and Rezaei.

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On Tuesday, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran released a list of those confirmed dead and arrested in the post-election conflict. As the Campaign notes, this should be treated as a partial list, as it is difficult to get information from many parts of the country.

Killed by Government Forces:

The government has admitted to at least 27 fatalities in Tehran but the true numbers are most probably much higher. The Campaign has been able to identify only the names of four persons killed in Tehran during recent protests because of the extreme restrictions imposed by the government. There are also reports of fatalities in other cities but the Campaign has not been able to collect any reliable information.

1)  Neda Aghasoltan, student, was murdered at the demonstration in Tehran on 20 June 2009

2)  Naser Amirnejad, Aerospace PhD student, was murdered during the attack on the Tehran University dormitories on the night of Wednesday, 14 June 2009. His body was buried in his home town, one of the villages in the city of Yasouj on 19 June 2009.

3)  Mostafa Ghanian, graduate student at Tehran University, was murdered during the attack on the  Tehran University Dormitories on the night of Monday , 14 June 2009. His body was buried in his home town in Mashad on 21 June 2009.

4)  Mehdi Karami, killed in Jonat Abad Street, Tehran, 15 June  2009

5)  Eight people were killed during the attack to the peaceful demonstration in Tehran on 15 June 2009, according to the government report

6)  At least nineteen people were killed during the attack on the peaceful  demonstration in Tehran on 20 June 2009, according to the government report

There are also several hundred injuries about which there is no available information. Some of the injuries could be life threatening. The Campaign has been informed that Ashkan Zahabian, a member of the Modern Faction of the Islamic Students Association of Ferdowsi University has been severely injured after attacks by members of Basiji Militia and is currently in a coma.

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Arrested and in Detention as of 23 June 2009:

 

Government officials have announced a total of 645 arrests in Tehran since 13 June 2009. The Campaign has received information that about 70 people detained in Shiraz have been released as of 21 June. The Campaign believes several hundred more people could be in detention throughout the country. The following is a list of prominent political personalities, journalists, and students that the Campaign has received.

I. Political personalities  and members of the reformist presidential candidates’ campaigns:

 

1)  Mostafa Tajzadeh,  a member of the  Mojahedin  of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization and  deputy of the Interior Ministry during Khatami’s presidency,  was arrested on 13 June

2)  Behzad Nabavi, a founding member of the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization and former minister and parliamentarian, was arrested on 13 June and released the day after.  He was arrested on 16 June for the second time

3)  Mohsen Mirdamadi, General Secretary of  the Iranian Participation Front and former parliamentarian, was first arrested on 13 June and released the day after, but was  disappeared on 17 June

4)  Saeed Hajarian,  a senior adviser to reformists,  a journalist, member of the Central Council of the Iran Front Participation, member of the first City Council in Tehran,   the victim of an assassination attempt in 2000, was arrested on 15 June, is paralyzed and suffers serious brain and spinal cord injuries

5)  Abdollah Ramezanzadeh, Vice president of the Iran Front Participation, coordinator of  the reformist campaign in Kurdistan and former government spokes person during Khatami’s presidency, was arrested on 16 June

6)  Ali Abtahi, a senior adviser to Karroubi’s Campaign, former Deputy of  Parliament Office of President Khatami, and a vice president under Khatami, was arrested on 16 June

7)  Abdolfatah Soltani, a human rights lawyer and one of the founding members of the Human Rights Defenders Center as well as a member of Executive Board of the Bar Association, was arrested on 16 June

8)  Javad Emam, a member of Tehran branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization

9)  Hojat Esmaieli, a member of the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization

10) Mohsen Safaiee Farahani, member of the Iran Front Participation and the head  of its Implementation Board,  and former president of the Football Federation,

11) Ali Tajernia, a member of the Central Committee of the Iran Participation Front and former parliamentarian

12) Baghier Oskouiee, leading official in Karroubi’s campaign, was arrested on 16 June

13) Saeed Laylaz, prominent economist and Journalist, was arrested on June 17

14) Kuroush Zaieem, a member of the Central Council of the Iran National Front, was arrested on 21 June

15) Davoud Solaymani, a member of the Central Committee of the Iran Participation Front  and former parliamentarian

16) Mohammad Tavasoli,  director of the political office of the Freedom Movement in Iran and first  Mayor of Tehran after the  1979 Revolution, was arrested on 16 June

17) Hossein Zaman, a  well-known pop singer whose works have been banned from State controlled Radio and Television because of his support for the reformist movement

18) Mohsen Aminzadeh, a founding member of the Iran Participation Front and former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in Khatami’s  cabinet, on June 16

19) Saeed Shirkvand, member of Central Council of Iran Participation Front and former Deputy of Treasury in Khatami’s cabinet

20) Ahmad Zaydabadi, general secretary of the Advar organization and journalist, was arrested on June 13

21) Abdolah Momeni, member of the central council of the Advar organization and  its spokesperson, was arrested on 21 June

22) Hamed Iranshahi, member of the Central Council of Advar organization, was arrested on June 16

23) Musa Saket,  a member of the Advar Tahkim Vahdat and in charge of the campaign seeking  supporters of Karroubi, was arrested on 18 June

24) Mohammad Atrianfar, a leading member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi Party and journalist, was arrested on 16 June

25) Jahanbakhsh Khanjani, a member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi Party and former spokesperson for the Internal  Affairs Ministry in Khatami’s presidency

26) Ebrahim Khoshchehreh, a political activist in Lahijan and member of National Religious Activits, was arrested on 21 June

27) Khoshchehreh, Son of Ebrahim Khoshchehreh, was arrested in Lahijan on 21 June

28) Mohsen Bastani,  member of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization in Isfahan

29) Mehrdad Balafkan,  member of the Islamic Revolutionary Political Organization in Isfahan

30) Ahmad Afjeiee,  member of the Freedom Movement of Iran

31) Emad Bahavand,  member of the Freedom Movement of Iran

32) Mojtaba Khandan,  member of the Freedom Movement of Iran

33) Saeed Zeraatkar,  member of the Freedom Movement of Iran

34) Rouholah Sahraee,  member of the Freedom Movement of Iran

35) Ali Mehrdad,  member of the Freedom Movement of Iran

36) Mohammad Reza Ahmadinia,  member of the Freedom Movement of Iran

37) Reza Arjaini,  member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan

38) Jalal Bahrami,  member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan

39) Sadegh Rasouli,  member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan

40) Ahad Rezaiee,  member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan

41) Bagher Fathali Baygi,  member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan

42) Mansour Vafa,  member of the Freedom Movement of Iran in Zanjan

43) Ali Pourkhayri,  member of the Iran Participation Front

44) Shahin Nourbakhsh, member of the Iran Participation Front

45) Ali Taghipour, member of the Iran Participation Front

46) Mohammad Shokuhi, member of the Iran Participation Front

47) Ashkan Mojaleli, member of the Iran Participation Front

48) Maysam Varahchehre, member of the Iran  Participation Front

49) Mahdian Minavi, member of the  Iran Participation Front

50) Farhad Nasrollahpour, member of the  Iran Participation Front

51) Amir Ariazand, member of the Iran Participation Front

52) Ali Taghipour, member of the Iran Participation Front

53) Adel Dehdashti, member of the Iran Participation Front

54) Mehrdad Balafkan, member of the Iran Participation Front

55) Mahmoud Ebrahimi, member of the Iran Participation Front

56) Bahram Kardan, member of the Iran Participation Front

57) Shahabobdin Tabatabaiee, the head of the Youth Supporters of  the Moussavi  Campaign

58) Mohammadreza  Jalaieepour, a student in Oxford and in charge of the website of the youth branch of the Iran Participation Front, was arrested on June 17 in Tehran Airport

59) Saeed Nourmohammadi,  member of the Iran Participation Front

60) Ali Mohaghar, a member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi party

61) Hedayatollah Aghaiee, a member of the Kargozaran Sazandegi party

62) Ali Waghfi, member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran

63) Hamzeh Ghalebi, member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran

64) Saeed (Hassan) Nikkhah, member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran

65) Hesam Nasiri, member of the Moussavi’s Campaign in Tehran

66) Ehsan Bagheri, member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran

67) Homaiee, member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran

68) Fatahi, member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran

69) Zakeri, member of the Moussavi Campaign in Tehran

70) Rouholah Shahsavar, member of Moussavi  Campaign in Khorasan

71) Mohsen Rouzbehan, member of Moussavi Campaign  in Khorasan

72) Kaveh Servati, member of Moussavi Campaign, was arrested on 20 June

73) Maryam Ameri, member of Karroubi’s Campaign

74) Naseh Faridi, member of Karroubi’s Campaign

75) Morteza Khani, member of Karroubi’s Campaign

76) Bagher Oskouiee, member of Karroubi’s Campaign

77) Siamand Ghiyasi, member of Karroubi’s Campaign in Kermanshah

78) Mohammad Jafari, member of Karroubi’s Campaign in Kermanshah

79) Dr. Jalil Sharabianlu, a prominent MD and surgeon in Tabriz

80) Dr Ghafar Farzadi, in Tabriz

81) Majid Jabari, in Tabriz

82) Rahim Yawari, In Tabriz

83) Abbas Pourazhari, in Tabriz

84) Dr. Laya Farzadi, in Tabriz

85) Shabeti, in Tabriz

86) Shamlu, in Tabriz

87) Dr. Ghafarzadeh, in Tabriz

88) Dr. Soltaniazad, in Tabriz

89) Dr. Panahi, in Tabriz

90) Dr. Seyflou, in Tabriz

91) Dr. Dadizadeh, in Tabriz

92) Mehdi Yarbahrami, in Tabriz

93) Mansour Ghafari, in Tabriz

94) Hojatollah Amiri, in Tabriz

95) Amir Hossein Jahani, in Tabriz

96) Rhdah Rahimipour, in Tabriz

97) Mehdi Khodadadi, in Tabriz

98) Payam Haydar Ghazvini, student in Gazvin

99) Nasim Riahi, student in Gazvin

100)  Mojtaba Rajabi, student in Gazvin

101)   Atar Rashidi, student in Gazvin

102)  Hanieh Yousefian

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II) Journalists:

Some of the journalists who were also political personalities are listed above under the political personalities. The list of detained journalists has also been independently verified by Reporters without Borders.

 

1)  Mohammad Ghouchani, journalist and editor in charge of daily Etemad e Meli, was arrested on 18 June

2)  Rajabali Mazrouiee, head of the Journalists Association, was arrested on 20 June

3)  Karim Arghandehpour,  a blogger (http://www.futurama.ir/) and reporter for
pro-reform newspapers Salam, Vaghieh and Afaghieh, was arrested on 14 June

4)  Maziyar Bahari, an Iranian-Canadian dual national, journalist and the representative of Newsweek in Iran, was arrested on 22 June

5)  Kayvan Samimi Behbahani, editor in chief of the closed monthly Nameh and human rights activist, was arrested on 14 June

6)  Zhila Baniyaghoub,  journalist and editor in charge of the Iranian Women’s Center website, was arrested on 20 June

7)  Bahman Ahmadi Amoui,   journalist, was arrested on 21 June

8)  Mojtaba Pourmohsen, journalist and  Radio Zamaneh’s representative in Rasht, was arrested on 15 June

9)  Mahsa Amraiee, Journalist , was arrested on 14 June

10) Behzad Bashou,  Cartoonist,  was arrested on 14 June

11) Sayed Khalil Mirashrafi, TV producer was arrested on 14 June

12) Abdolreza Tajik,  journalist was arrested on 14 June

13) Rohollah Shahsavar,  journalist was arrested in Mashhad, was arrested on 17 June

14) Mashallah Haydarzadeh,   journalist in Boushehr,  was arrested on 14 June

15) Hamideh  Mahouri,  journalist in Bushehr, was arrested on 14 June

16) Amanolah Shojaiee,  journalist in Bushehr, was arrested on 14 June

17) Hossein Shokouhi,a journalist in Bushehr, was arrested on 14 June

18) Somayeh Touhidlou,  sociologist and blogger  in the Road of Health

19) Shiva Nazarahari, a member of the Reporters of Human Rights Committee and a journalist was arrested on 13 June

20) Alireza Beheshti Shirazi, editor in charge of banned daily Kalameh and the website Kalameh Sabz, former director of the Iran Participation Front, was arrested on 23 June during the attack to the newspaper property. Beheshti’s son, Sadra, was arrested while he was visiting his father.

21) Hassan Maadikhah, director of the Zareh Publication and son of Abdolmajid Maadikhah the former Cultural and Guardiance Minister,

22) Mostafa Ghavanloo Ghajar, was arrested on 22 June

23) Fariborz Soroush, arrested in Karaj

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III) University Students and professors: [The names of students who were arrested during the attack on  the Tehran University Dormitories are based on  information released by the Reports of Human Rights Committee]

1)  Marjan Fayazi, student at  Mazandaran University, was arrested on June 22  

2)  Sogan Alikhah, student at Mazandaran university, was arrested on June 22

3)  Alireza Kiani, student at Mazandaran university

4)  Milad Hosseini Koshtan, student at Mazandaran university

5)  Ali Nazari, student at Mazandaran university

6)  Siavoush Safavi, student at Mazandaran university

7)  Ashkan Zahabian, student at Mazandaran university

8)  Ali Dinavari, student at Mazandaran university

9)  Rahman Yaghoubi, student at Mazandaran university

10)  Maziar Yazdani, student at Mazandaran university

11)  Ali Abbasi, student at Mazandaran university

12)  Shouaneh Merikhi, student at Mazandaran university

13)  Majid Dari, an expelled student at Alameh Tabatabaiee University in Tehran, was violently arrested on 21 June in his home

14)  Esmaiel Jalilvand, a student activist in Shiraz University, was arrested on 21 June 

15)  Hamdollah Namjou, a student activist in Shiraz University, was arrested on 21 June 

16)  Hossein Reisian, university professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin, was arrested on June 21 

17)  Fazli, university professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin 

18)  Imani, university professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin 

19)  Alborzi, university professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin 

20)  Darvish, university professor at International Emamkhomaini University in Ghazvin 

21)  Mohsen Barzegar, student at Babol Engineering Univeristy, was arrested on June 18 

22)  Iman Sedighi, student at Babol Engineering Univeristy, was arrested on June 18

23)  Hesam oldin Bagheri, student at Babol Engineering Univeristy, was arrested on June 18

24)  Siavash Saliminejad, student at Babol Engineering Univeristy, was arrested on June 20

25)  Alireza Khoshbakht, an expelled graduate student, was arrested on June 17

26)  Zahra Tohidi, an expelled graduate student, was arrested on June 17

27)  Ziaoldin Nabavi, secretary of the Education Rights Council, was arrested on 16 June

28)  Sohrab Ahadian, student at Tehran University, was arrested on June 17 when the Tehran University Dormitories were violently attacked

29)  Reza Arkouzi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

30)  Karim Emami, student, was arrested during the attack on the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14

31)  Mohammad Hossein Emami, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

32)  Elaheh Imanian, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

33)  Rouholah Bagheri, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

34)  Farhad Binazadeh, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

35)  Iman Pourtahmasb, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

36)  Ezat Torbati, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories midnight on June 14

37)  Somayeh tohidlou, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

38)  Milad Chegini, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

39)  Mohammadreza Hohabadi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

40)  Seyed Javad hosseini, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

41)  Farshid Heydari Zamin, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

42)  Behnam Khodabandeh lou, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

43)  Mohammad Khansari, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

44)  Mohammad Davoudian, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

45)  Mahmoud Delbari, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

46)  Ali Raiee, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

47)  Omid Rezaiee, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

48)  Ali Refahi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

49)  Seifolah Rmezani, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

50)  Ebrahim Raidian, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

51)  Naser Zamani, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

52)  Majid Selahvand, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

53)  Hanif Salimi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

54)  Mohammad Bagher Shabanpour, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

55)  Hamed Shaykh alishahi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

56)  Iman Shaydaieezaban, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

57)  Farhad Shirahmad, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

58)  Saman Sahebjalali, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

59)  Farhan Sadeghpour, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

60)  Farshad Taheri, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

61)  Ghamdideh Olum, student, was arrested during the attack to the TehranUuniversity Dormitories at midnight on June 14

62)  Esmaieel Ghorbani, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

63)  Mohammad Karimi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

64)  Erfan Mohammadi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14

65)  Naseh Faridi, student at Teacher Training Universtiy, was arrested on June 17

66)  Izadi, Professor of Bualisina University in hamedan, was arrested on June 16

67)  Majzoubi, University Professor at Bualisina University in Hamedan, was arrested June 13

68)  Amin Nazari, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

69)  Siavash Hatam, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

70)  Pouria Sharifian, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

71)  Mehdi Mosafer, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

72)  Reza Jafarian, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

73)  Hojat Bakhtiari, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

74)  Mostafa Mehdizadeh, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

75)  Omid Sohravi, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

76)  Vahid Amirian, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

77)  Fazolah Joukar, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

78)  Mehdi Torkaman, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

79)  Nastaran Khodarahimi, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

80)  Ali Ahmadi, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

81)  Mosaab Ebrahimi, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

82)  Saeed Parvizi, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

83)  Bahareh Hosseini, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

84)  Hadis Zamani, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

85)  Nahid Siahvand, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

86)  Imani, student at Bualisina University in Hamedan

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Arrested and Released:



1)  Mohammad Reza  Khatami, member of the Central Committee of Iran Participation Front, brother of former president Khatami, was arrested on 13 June and released on  14 June

2)  Zahra Mojaradi, a member of the Iran Participation Front, was arrested on 13 June and released on 14 June

3)  Saeed Shariati,  a member of the Iranian Participation Front, was arrested on 13 June and released on 14 June

4)  Taghi Rahmani,  political figure and journalist, was arrested on 14 June and released the day after

5)  Reza Alijani,  political figure, was arrested on 14 June and released the day after

6)  Hoda Saberi,  journalist, was arrested on 14 June and released the day after

7)  Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, and her daughter and two other members of Rafsanjani’s Family  were arrested on 20 June and released after 30 hours

8)  Ebrahim Yazdi, General Secretary of the Iran Liberation Movement, was arrested on June 14 from the Pars Hospital in Tehran and was taken back to the hospital on June 15 for further surgery

9)  Ahmad Ahmadian, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later

10)  Eskandari, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later

11)  Amin Afzali, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories midnight on June 14 and released later

12)  Vahid Anari, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later

13)  Mohammad Bolourdi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later

14)  Hossein Hamedi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later

15)  Mohsen Habibi, Mazaheri, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later

16)  Navid Haghdadi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later

17)  Mohammad reza Hokmi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later

18)  Kazem Rahimi Olume, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later

19)  Morteza Rezakhani, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at  midnight on June 14 and released later

20)  Maysam Zareiee, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later

21)  Amin Samiee, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later

22)  Bahram Shaabani, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories at midnight on June 14 and released later

23)  Alireza Shaykhi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later

24)  Ebrahim Azizi, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later

25)  Siavash Fiaz, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later

26)  Sayed Hossein Mirzadeh, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran University Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later

27)  Hossein Noubakht, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later

28)  Javad Yazdanfar, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later

29)  Habib Khadangi, student, student, was arrested during the attack to the Tehran university Dormitories mid night on June 14 and released later

[This was added in comments on the list: "Dr. Ali Reza Aaghaei Raad, a journalist, poet, and university professor was arrested at his home on June 20, at 2AM (Iran time zone) by plain cloth security personnel without warrant. His family does not know where is he been taken. He is pro reform and pro Mr. Mosavi."]

Iran: An Iranian Blogger on "The Beginning of the End"

The Latest from Iran (25 June): The Sounds of Silence

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This morning I learned of the latest blog of Keyvan Nayyeri, "Yet There is an Iran". Nayyeri posted this on Monday before the latest political developments and yesterday's confrontation at Baharestan Square, but I think his projection is important: the events of the last few weeks are only the "beginning of the end", the start of a long-term process for political and social change in Iran. Equally significant, I think, is the sentiment in this post: whatever happens, the connections made between Iran and the "outside" via media have replaced ignorance with knowledge and stereotype with dialogue:

Yet There is an Iran

I’m going to celebrate the fourth birthday anniversary of my blog shortly but for the first time in this long while I really don’t know what to write. Sometimes you have many things to say and don’t know which one to write first, but you suddenly realize that no one has the time to read everything that you write!

I don’t think there is anyone who doesn’t know about the events happened in Iran during the past couple of weeks that put us on top news on almost all news websites and media. From the unique campaigning of presidential candidates to the huge contribution of people to vote, the long story of frauds in the election, and the protests that happened in response to them. Less or more, you know many things and of course, most of you don’t have a 100% correct perspective on the situation here as the overall media coverage had some serious weaknesses.

I’m not going to go over the description of events or my personal analysis of these phenomena because I’m deeply sad and don’t want to review whatever happened. Honestly, life has become very difficult here for many people including myself and it has led to a national depression in our society.

This green wave that relied heavily on technology and internet during the campaigning, voting, counting, and protesting is now known to many of you around this small world. You saw that how we, with the help of other people in the outside world, spread the word on Twitter, Facebook and other internet websites to directly talk to the world after almost 30 years of silence. For these 30 years our leaders and your leaders, our media and your media, didn’t allow us to have direct talks and let you know about our country and community. One of the best friends of the United States, UK, European countries, and many other countries turned out to be one of the few states that supports terrorism and those Iranians who were welcomed to any country became the biggest enemies and threats of the world in a few years. I’m still surprised by the power of media, and how they could turn a nation of millions of supposedly good people to the nation of supposedly bad people in a few years!

With this green wave we tried hard to talk to you and say that we’re not what you think, we’re not those who support terrorism, and we’re not those who hate you and your countries. We tried to tell you that there is a huge difference between our government and our people. We sacrificed blood to say that we don’t support our government for what they express. We tried to make a change for a better world, but unfortunately they didn’t let us to end that in peace.

In the best and worst days of these events I always was thinking about a way to thank all free people of the world for their support and keeping our back. Despite the bad coverage of western media (for several reasons that are beyond the scope of this post), most of the free people in the world kept our back and encouraged us to try for our freedom. After all, I don’t know any way to thank millions of people in the world with an action or at least I don’t have that power, but I’m sure that the future actions of Iranians all over the world can express our thanksgiving appropriately.

I should apologize if I’m not listing the name of my friends and followers even those who didn’t know me but found me on the web and made any kind of contribution to this green wave of Iranians. Fortunately or unfortunately the number of contact names is bigger than something that I can include here and name them one by one because most likely I’ll miss many names. But I must thank you all no matter where you live, what you do, and what you contributed to our green wave, for your support and the courage that you gave to our people. Seeing many famous leaders on the .NET community supporting our people was something that I never forget in my life.

There may be a question mark in your mind about the next steps in Iran, but I’m sure that no one can answer this question for you. Many protesters and reformists are boycotted, so things have calmed down in the past couple of days, but there is no doubt that this won’t be the end. Obviously, it takes longer time and more effort, even more blood, to make the real change in Iran, but soon or late it happens, and the good news is that these events brought us an important accomplishment and that was dropping the fear from people’s face.

Doubtlessly, these events had another big victory for our people and that was the possibility to talk to the world and exhibit their real face, demands, and goals. Surprisingly, technology had a great influence and usage in this process and you saw the wide use of Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, blogs, and other social networking services in getting our voice out to you. Many of the foreigners were surprised by seeing the wide use of English signs and slogans by marchers, but they were there to assure that no translator by our local TV and/or western media is required to change our words for you.

Having these said and despite the sad days we have, I’m glad to see that my attempts in the past few years have had a good result to have a very small contribution to a progress that I call it internationalization which happened quickly in the past few years in Iran. There were some people like me who took serious steps toward the use of world-wide English language in communication and applying modern technology to express their opinions, skills, and daily experiences and share them with the world. As one of those vanguards, I’ve been witnessing this good progress to this point which had a huge impact on the success of green wave to make these events public. I hope that our youth keep this line and follow our footsteps even better than us to help themselves and their homeland stay out of the darkness that media is imposing on them.

In the end I wish a world in peace, liberty, and justice for all the nations in the world including Iranians. We begin our works by saying “In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate”, but I use it in the end because I’m sure that this is just the beginning of the end!

Today's Inside Line: Iraq's New "Surge" of Bombs and Politics

Iraq is back.

Having dropped off Page 1 --- in part because of the narrative of US surge success, in part because of George W. Bush's departure, and in part because internal politics rather than violence is so much harder to cover --- Iraq has been pushed back into the news because of a series of deadly bombings. Since Monday, more than 200 people have died in the attacks, including 65 in yesterday's motorcycle bomb in the Sadr City section of Baghdad.

The violence still isn't enough to merit Page 1 in The New York Times or Washington Post; however, Anthony Shadid has an excellent in-depth article on political manoeuvres: "In Iraq, a Different Struggle for Power - Maliki's Message on January Election Is Clear: Cooperate or Risk His Wrath". Building on interviews with council members who have faced intimidation, Shadid moves to a battle that goes beyond the old Shi'a v. Sunni storyline to highlight the tension between the national and the local, "Everyone seems to be looking for an angle, in pursuit of the coalition they think can triumph in the January elections. Everyone has a grievance no less pronounced."