Hojjat al-Islam Gholam-Reza Mesbahi-Moghaddam, head of the parliament's Economics and Finance Committee under the current Iranian regime, says: "Iranians should feel the pain caused by the international reduction in oil prices."

  

 

Mcgill Tribune: "Bahá'ís in Iran have been the target of very widespread persecution and prosecution since the revolution," said Hadi Ghaemi, coordinator of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. "There's great sensitivity towards Bahá'ísm [in Iran], and there is much cultural bias and attempts [by the regime] to portray them in a wrong light for the general population."

  

 

The UN General Assembly’s plenary resolution has criticized Iran’s use of torture, the high incidence of executions, the violent repression of women, and increasing discrimination against Bahá’ís, Christians, Jews, Sufis, Sunni Muslims, and other minorities. Looking at the countries that have voted Yes or No tell us where these governments stand on the issue of Human Rights!

  

 

Hossein Derakhshan’s position regarding a number of prisoners of conscience in Iran has been a source of contention among the blogging community and has caused many to distance themselves from him. This, however, doesn’t change the fact that the freedom of expression is sacred for all not just the ones with whom we agree. Any blogger who wishes to add his or her name in support of this letter, please sign here.

  

 

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I received this document in a mass e-mail. It shows in the case of IRI’s revolutionary guards they didn’t receive blood transfusion from the blood bank. The political prisoners who were to be executed had to undergo the blood collection. A catheter would be inserted into their vein and their blood was collected for transfusion.

  

 

Five years has passed mother. I miss you every day.

  

 

Theglobeandmail: "Through Toronto-based blogger and family friend Nazli Kamvari, Mr. Derakhshan's family said he had been arrested at his residence in Iran on Nov. 1. The family has spoken to him four times since then, each time in a phone call lasting less than one minute, Ms. Kamvari said. But family members haven't heard from Mr. Derakhshan for 13 days, and are now becoming worried."

  

 

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Two Iranian women have been sentenced to death in the past week. 14 more women currently face execution by stoning in Iran.

  

 

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Logic says something is either true or false. Something is either a member of a set or not. Fuzzy logic says one can be member of a set with different degrees ranging from zero (not a member) to one (full member). Some people suggest that the probability theory provides the only proper framework to address the problems of uncertainty. Others claim that fuzzy logic provides the best framework to deal with perception-based processing of uncertainty. However we like to look at a problem there has been the news of a fellow blogger being arrested in Iran, a country where human rights crimes are committed on a daily basis. It is my understanding that Hossein Derakshan hasn't been an active participant in the ruling regime but many of us chose to stand firm for Ganji's right to freedom. Human Rights is not selective even if Derakshan comes out mocking those who are concerned for his safety at this time.