Shutting down the opposition
The gradual removal of any opposition to the military-religious complex that rules Iran continues.Iran says it bans key opposition party
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s hard-line government said yesterday it has banned Iran’s largest pro-reform political party in a new strike against an opposition movement that has largely been swept from the streets since last year’s postelection turmoil…
Deputy Interior Minister Solat Mortazavi said the judiciary has stripped the party of its authorization to conduct political activity, the semiofficial ISNA news agency reported. The party disputed that, saying there was no such court ruling, though it was forced to cancel its annual meeting on March 11.
Iran Plans to Execute 6 Arrested in Protests
Six people arrested in December protests will be put to death, Iranian authorities announced Monday, in what appeared to be strong warning to the opposition ahead of a traditional annual celebration…
The six people whose sentences were announced Monday were among nine convicted of waging war against God by demonstrating during the commemoration...
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