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Reporters arrested, news sites shut down in Iran
Daniel Tencer
Raw Story
Monday, June 15, 2009
International press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders is calling on the international community not to recognize the results of Friday’s presidential election in Iran “because censorship and a crackdown on journalists are preventing a democratic electoral process.”
“Arrests of journalists and media censorship measures are growing as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s ‘victory’ continues to be disputed,” the organization said in a statement.
The group cited a litany of apparent censorship measures taken since protests and riots gripped Teheran and other parts of the country in the wake of a surprising — and now doubtful — landslide victory for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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From the Reporters Without Borders statement:
In addition to the 10 or so pro-opposition websites already censored, two Farsi-language TV stations were partially jammed yesterday and the mobile phone network was disrupted. Ahmadinejad supporters continued to pressure Iranian news media not to carry reports about election fraud. Four of the main pro-reform newspapers have been closed or prevented from criticising the official election results.
Reporters Without Borders has been able to confirm that journalists Reza Alijani (winner of the 2001 Reporters Without Borders-Fondation de France press freedom prize), Hoda Sabaer, Ahamad Zeydabadi and Taghi Rahmani have been arrested. There is no word of about 10 other journalists who have either been arrested or gone into hiding.
The group listed a number of news organizations whose websites or broadcasts have been shut down, including the Farsi-language services of the BBC and Voice of America. The Arabic-language news network Al-Arabiya says its Teheran office has been forced to shut down.
Reuters news service reports that more than 100 reformists have been detained by Iranian authorities, including Mohammad Reza Khatami, the brother of the former president Khatami. Mohammad Ali Abtahi, a former vice-president, told the news service the reformist politicians were “taken from their homes” on Saturday evening.
Meanwhile, defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is reported to have appealed the results of Friday’s election to the Guardian Council, Iran’s legislative body. Mousavi is seeking to have the results cancelled.
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June 15th, 2009 at 6:02 am
Just testing… and soon to be applied globally…
June 15th, 2009 at 6:18 am
Tarpley thinks that the opposition is a color revolution stooge hired by the CIA.
Dave Reply:
June 15th, 2009 at 8:14 am
He’s probably right. At least he gets it. Although it’s probably as much the Mossad as the CIA if not more.
Ray Reply:
June 15th, 2009 at 9:10 am
It is more like the MSM is pushing hard on this false opposition reaction. Like in every election, there are always people that will not be happy with the results and will protest. Only, this time, the MSM is pushing the story out to make it seem like it is bigger than it really is.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:22 am
Remember the yellow Ukrainian thingy?
June 15th, 2009 at 6:30 am
Here we go again.
Just more propaganda to try and undermind democratic elections in Iran.
Ahmadinejad was re-elected fair and square, the only real opposition to
these elections is comming from Israel and the USA with big banks pulling
the strings.
Can’t let the world know that Ahmadinejad was re-elected by his people.
Iran is a better democraty than most ountries controled by external influence.
Templibeholder Reply:
June 15th, 2009 at 8:21 am
I don’t believe any of it either. The Queen can buy lots of protests. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were legit protests but who could tell how many are CIA/Queen assets.
All the refugees that I have met from persia have been fucking assholes, so imagine what the matrix/establishment ones must be like, I would protest too. But mostly against how much it sucks to be a persian.
GWBUSHPIG Reply:
June 15th, 2009 at 9:26 am
Right on. Besides, we all know Bush won his reelection by manipulating the electronic voting system.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:55 am
Neocon AIPAC using Iran election to push for WAR.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:21 am
No offense, but do you really have to post this message after every single article?
June 15th, 2009 at 8:14 am
Why does this site continually post war propaganda?
June 15th, 2009 at 8:16 am
I bet the “Hustler” site wasn’t shut down.
June 15th, 2009 at 8:51 am
i have noticed with all the recent news coverage that Iran has some really really sexy girls ……damn talk about the princess of Persia
June 15th, 2009 at 8:56 am
The U.S. is even worse than overt Iran. Our vote fraud is so common that here is a web site that tracks it:
http://www.bradblog.com/?cat=6
June 15th, 2009 at 9:08 am
Why does PP post this crap?
Does PP know that the Lebanese telecommunication minister accused Israel of shutting down text messaging, cell phones etc. during/after the Lebanese elections?
Who shut down the media/communication outlets in Iran?
June 15th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Who the hell is reporters without border? Why should Iran subject their sovereign state to these political whoring spies? Where were they when the supreme court give georgie porgie the election? Iran shut them out and keep them out. Good!
June 15th, 2009 at 9:57 am
The Zionists are clearly behind all the protests in Iran. They have the most to gain from a Ahmedinajad loss. The reform candidates are all crypto-Jews.
June 15th, 2009 at 10:23 am
WHATS WRONG WITH YOU GUYS. DON’T YOU WANT OBAMA’S FRIEND TO BE RE-ELECTED. OF COURSE IT WAS A FAIR ELECTION. NOW WWIII IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS ASSURED BY 2012, AND COMRAD OBAMA CAN SUSPEND THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TO BECOME LIFETIME DICTATOR. HE HAS ALREADY SAVED THE AUTO INDUSTRY, THE BANKING INDUSTRY, AND NOW THE HEALTH INDUSTRY. IT IS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD YOU NON BELIEVERS. THESE ARE DO GOODERS SAVING OUR GREAT COUNTRY. B GROUP WANTS DISORDER AND REVOLUTION AS WELL AS SEPERATION OF STATES IN AMERICA. GUESS WHAT IS COMING NEXT? OBAMA WILL PROPABLY TAKE CONTROL OF FOOD PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, AND PRICING FOR OUR OWN GOOD. WE AMERCANS DONT HAVE ENOUGH INTELLIGENCE TO EAT THE RIGHT FOODS SO OUR GOVERNMENT UNDER COMMUNIST OBAMA WILL DECIDE WHAT WE EAT AND HOW MUCH WE ARE ALLOWED. IT IS ONLY FAIR THAT EVERYONE IS TREATED THE SAME. NWO IS FAILING SO THESE GUYS DECIDED TO ACCELERATE THE MARXIST RAMP UP. LOOK FOR DJIA AROUND 4,500 LEVEL BY AUGUST.
June 15th, 2009 at 10:46 am
you ignint
June 15th, 2009 at 10:55 am
They start false rumors and then try to ignite it when Iran doesnt want the lies and the dirty work published. Why dont you leave them alone. Because you cannot stand anyone who speaks straight?
They get in the way of all your false lies and under the table dirty work.
June 15th, 2009 at 10:59 am
I have a suggestion, Reporters Without Borders, don’t push a Western Agenda and insult a nation’s sovereignty then you won’t become an enemy of state and arrested.
April Revolution
Brown Revolution
Carnation Revolution
Jeans Revolution
Orange Revolution
Pink Revolution
Red Revolution
Rose Revolution
Saffron Revolution
Velvet Revolution
White Revolution
Cedar Revolution
Tulip Revolution
What are they attempting in Iran?
June 15th, 2009 at 11:20 am
i clearly doubt that Iran shut down the sites. I think The USA did.
Well, as far as reporters go, I hope they cut their heads off.
June 15th, 2009 at 11:25 am
does it all really matter anyway? jesus will come again to sort it all out. i have read the end of the book and in the end good prevails over evil. this land is a land of promise and whatsoever nation shall possess the land shall serve the god of the land which is jesus christ, or they will be swept off when the fulness of his wrath shall come upon them and the fullnest of his wrath cometh upon them when they are in the fulness of iniquity. well we are there. nobody talks of the genicide that america has brought upon its own innocent infant victums. how about 70,000,000 since roe vs wade. this will be the reason god destorys this nation. we were once a good and a moral people, but now we are sick and depraved. repent now before its everlastinly to late. there is a record of two ancient civilizations that were brought to this hemisphere by the hand of god. one 1800 bc and one 600bc. they were led by prophets who warned the people that god would remove them and give the land to another people if they became sinful. they didnt listen and were swept off. now god has given this nation to another christian people who have forgotten and sinned agianst their creator. we are now on the fast tract to our own destruction and god is giving this nation to our southern brothers. president osoma obama had proclaimed america, not a christian nation. the record states that god will not allow a king to rule over this land. a cleasning is coming upon the land and only good and righteous people will survive and many of them will seal their testimony and their faith with their own blood. if you would like to have a complimentary copy of this ancient record go to mormon.org and request a copy of the book of mormon, it is another another testament of jesus christ.
warren buffett Reply:
June 15th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
No it is not. You have been deceived friend. The Jews are not genetically related to any of your Indian friends Mr John Smith may have ran into in Utah. You have been duped and asleep for awhile.
June 15th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
Come on!
Uggh!
Come on, although ya try to discredit
Ya still never read it
The needle, I’ll thread it
Radically poetic
Standin’ with the fury that they had in ‘66
And like E-Double I’m mad
Still knee-deep in the system’s shit
Hoover, he was a body remover
I’ll give ya a dose
But it can never come close
To the rage built up inside of me
Fist in the air, in the land of hypocrisy
Movements come and movements go
Leaders speak, movements cease
When their heads are flown
‘Cause all these punks
Got bullets in their heads
Departments of police, the judges, the feds
Networks at work, keepin’ people calm
You know they went after King
When he spoke out on Vietnam
He turned the power to the have-nots
And then came the shot
Yeah!
Yeah, back in this…
Wit’ poetry, my mind I flex
Flip like Wilson, vocals never lackin’ dat finesse
Whadda I got to, whadda I got to do to wake ya up
To shake ya up, to break the structure up
‘Cause blood still flows in the gutter
I’m like takin’ photos
Mad boy kicks open the shutter
Set the groove
Then stick and move like I was Cassius
Rep the stutter step
Then bomb a left upon the fascists
Yea, the several federal men
Who pulled schemes on the dream
And put it to an end
Ya better beware
Of retribution with mind war
20/20 visions and murals with metaphors
Networks at work, keepin’ people calm
Ya know they murdered X
And tried to blame it on Islam
He turned the power to the have-nots
And then came the shot
Uggh!
What was the price on his head?
What was the price on his head!
I think I heard a shot
I think I heard a shot
I think I heard a shot
I think I heard a shot
I think I heard a shot
I think I heard, I think I heard a shot
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June 15th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
When are Reconmarine and President Christian just going to do me, us and this website a favor and put a bullet in their heads? You both are pathetic, you do nothing to change peoples view on this site. All you do is take up space and time “I’m sure much like in your normal day to day life” You both are not worth the air that you breath. Do us all a favor and DIE already. You will not be missed you pathetic trolling losers. I wish onto you both a slow and miserable death a cancer to eat away at your body till you are both skin and bones, to not be able to take care of yourself and to lose what ever little dignity you may have. As you lay there in your own filth begging for the end. I wish death and destruction on both of your lives
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June 15th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
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June 15th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
AMERIKA STFU—-LEAVE IRAN AND EVERY OTHER SOVERIGN NATIONS ALONE—YOU HAVE NO RIGHT-MORAL,LEGAL ,MILITARY OR OTHERWISE TO INTEFERE IN THEIR
‘INTERNAL AFFAIRS’.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:41 am
It’s a case of problem-reaction-solution:
(1) Mess up elections in iran
(2) Let’s help you restore the peace again
(3) Rape women and torture children.
June 20th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
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