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• Iranian opposition in protest call

  

  Saturday, 30 January 2010 - Iran's key opposition figures have implicitly called for a public demonstration on February 11, the anniversary of the nation's Islamic revolution.

   

• German embassy police ‘recalled from Iran’

  

  Saturday, 30 January 2010 - Two German policemen working at their country’s embassy in Tehran have been brought home after being targeted by Iranian intelligence, according to the weekly Der Spiegel.

   

• Iran puts 16 protesters on trial

  

  Saturday, 30 January 2010 - TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran put 16 opposition supporters detained during anti-government protests last month on trial Saturday on charges of rioting and conspiring against the ruling system, Iran's state media reported.

   

• Members of Committee of Human Rights Reporters Under Pressure to Make Forced Confessions

  

  Friday, 29 January 2010 - Different sources told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran today that the arrested members of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters are under pressure to deliver forced confessions about the Committee’s affiliation with the Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO).

   

• Harsh Words on Both Sides Make Bloody Showdown Likely February 11

  

  Friday, 5 February 2010 - Both the government and the opposition are looking to February 11, the 31 year anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, to bring the post-election unrest out of its current stalemate by staging massive shows of force in the streets of Iran’s cities.

   

• Italy's ENI to pull out of Iran

  

  Friday, 5 February 2010 - BRUSSELS -- ENI SpA's chief executive said Thursday that the Italian energy company will pull out of Iran after current contracts to develop two gas fields there run out, as international pressure grows to isolate the country over its disputed nuclear program.

   

• Student denies charges as Iran protest trial resumes

  

  Wednesday, 3 February 2010 - TEHRAN, Feb 3 (Reuters) - A 20-year old university student arrested for participating in anti-government street protests in Iran in December rejected charges of spreading moral corruption as the trial of 16 opposition supporters resumed on Wednesday.

   

• British woman on trial in Iran for attending protests

  

  Friday, 5 February 2010 - By Adrian Blomfield, Middle East Correspondent - The unidentified woman, who holds both British and Iranian passports, admitted that she had attended an opposition demonstration, called to coincide with the Shia religious festival of Ashura, on Dec 27.

   

• Three Americans to call home and have meetings with attorney

  

  Thursday, 4 February 2010 - Massoud Shafiee, attorney of three Americans who crossed the Iranian border by accident and were arrested six months ago told the International Campaign for Human Rights that during a meeting he had with authorities, he was promised a chance to meet with them over the coming days.  Authorities in charge of the case have also said that over the next 72 hours the three individuals will be permitted to call home.

   

• German companies pull out of Iran, slowly

  

  Tuesday, 3 February 2010 - BERLIN — German companies, long Iran’s biggest trading partners in Europe, are finding it increasingly difficult to do business there as the United States, Israel and others campaign for tougher U.N. sanctions in response to the country’s nuclear program.

   

• Iran opposition's Karroubi calls for calm anniversary

  

  Wednesday, 3 February 2010 - TEHRAN (AFP) – Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi called on his supporters on Wednesday to peacefully participate in next week's rally marking the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution, as authorities threatened to crack down on any protests.

   

• Biden: Iran leaders sow seeds of own destruction

  

  Tuesday, 2 February 2010 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that Iran's leaders were "sowing the seeds of their own destruction" through their harsh crackdown on anti-government unrest.

   

• Iran, With Opposition Protests Continuing, Executes More Prisoners

  

  Tuesday, 2 February 2010 - Every Thursday since last April, Davoud Rahmanipour traveled to the notorious Evin prison in northern Tehran for a weekly visit with his son, Arash, 19, who was being held there while his lawyer appealed his death sentence.

   

• Dictatorship exists in Iran despite revolution: Mousavi

  

  Tuesday, 2 February 2010 - TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said Tuesday the 1979 Islamic revolution had failed to achieve its goals as the "roots of tyranny and dictatorship" that marked the shah's era still exist.

   

• Mousavi Lashes Out at Iran's Rulers

  

  Tuesday, 2 February 2010 - Iran's leading opposition figure lashed out at the country's ruling class, saying that despite the Islamic revolution that toppled the shah 31 years ago, tyranny and dictatorship have survived.

   

• Iran plans crackdown on anniversary of Shah's fall

  

  Tuesday, 2 February 2010 - Nine more dissidents will be executed soon, a senior member of Iran's judiciary declared today, as the regime stepped up its efforts to deter another huge opposition rally planned for next week.