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2. Kordestan province and many other Kurdish areas in Iran’s northwest observed a strike today. The strike was held in rememberance of Kurdish political activist, Dr. Abdorrahman Ghasimlo and in protest of the elections. All shops were closed in Saqez, Mahabad, Bokan and Sardasht as well as a few areas in Urumieh. The general strike was so wide-spread in Saqez that even rural areas around that city closed all shops in a show of solidarity. Transportation was completely jammed. No taxis could be seen on the streets of Saqez.
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Cool, nice to see huge strikes and protesting in other parts of Iran, even if some of it is slightly unrelated.
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5. It has now been confirmed that Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahdi Karoubi and Mohammad Khatami will be attending this week’s Friday prayers which will be lead by Hashemi Rafsanjani. In the past three weeks, Rafsanjani didn’t lead prayers in Tehran’s Friday Prayers mosque even though he is one of the four Imams of the mosque who lead prayers there in turns. There are reports that the Sea of Green might use the opportunity to conduct protests, but they remain unconfirmed as of yet.
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Really, where was it confirmed?
I'm not disagreeing, but I thought everyone's been saying on here that nothing but Rafsanjani's appearance had been confirmed.
Just wondering if this is new info.
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7. Iranian President-select Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today called upon the United Nations to impose sanctions on Germany. He said that the German government should be punished for the death of the Egyptian woman who was killed there a few days ago.
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He's got some nerve.
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15. Mohsen Namjo was sentenced to five years imprisonment today. He was accused of insulting Koranic verses. Namjo had reportedly recorded songs, using Koranic verses as lyrics. It is worth mentioning that the songs were of comedic nature.
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Yikes.
Thanks for the updates! Very much appreciated.