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<http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=267942&id=139858942745772> Iranian Students Issue Statements in Support of Calls for Demonstrations on February 14thFebruary 11, 2011 Human Rights <http://persian2english.com/?cat=2887> | Letters<http://persian2english.com/?cat=3243>| Opposition <http://persian2english.com/?cat=836> | Protests<http://persian2english.com/?cat=2882>| Students <http://persian2english.com/?cat=841> * <http://persian2english.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/25-bahman-141.jpg>English summaries provided by Mousavi Facebook Page<http://www.facebook.com/#!/mousavi> * *Iranian university students, activists, and political prisoners have issued statements in support for call to public demonstrations by opposition leaders on February 14th in solidarity with the popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.* *Green Students of the Azad University of Qazvin (Central Iran) issued a statement in support for this call and invited the people to participate in this demonstration.* *تا ۲۵ بهمن / بیانیۀ دانشجویان دانشگاه آزاد قزوین در حمایت از راهپیمایی<http://irangreenvoice.com/article/2011/feb/08/10659> * *Green Students of the Azad University of Khorramabaad (west of Iran) issued a statement in support for this call and invited the people of the city of Khorramabaad to participate in this demonstration.* *بیانیه دانشجویان دانشگاه آزاد خرم آباد در حمایت تظاهرات روز ۲۵ بهمن<http://daneshjoonews.com/news/student/5656-1389-11-18-23-35-34.html> * *Green Students of the Azad University of Rodehen (Central Iran) issued a statement in support for this call and invited the people to participate in this demonstration.* *تا ۲۵ بهمن / بیانیۀ دانشجویان دانشگاه آزاد رودهن در حمایت از راهپیمایی<http://irangreenvoice.com/article/2011/feb/09/10670> * *Islamic Association of Students of ShahreKord University (West of Iran) issued a statement in support for this call and invited people to participate in this demonstration.* *دانشجویان شهرکرد: عجیب است که مردم مصر مسلمانانی شریف هستند و مردم ایران مشتی اغتشاش گر؟<http://daneshjoonews.com/news/student/5676-1389-11-20-12-06-20.html> * *Green students of Azad University of Karaj (Central Iran) issued a statement in support for this call and invited people to participate in this demonstration.* *بیانیه دانشجویان دانشگاه آزاد کرج در حمایت از راهپیمایی ۲۵ بهمن <http://www.emruznews.com/2011/02/post-5766.php>* *Green Students of the Azad and Mehregan Universities of Mahallat (Central Iran) issued a statement in support for this call and invited the people to participate in this demonstration.* *بیانیه دانشجویان اصلاح طلب دانشگاه آزاد و مهرگان شهرستان محلات در حمایت از راهپیمایی در روز 25 بهمن<http://irangreenvoice.com/article/2011/feb/09/10690> * *Green students of Ashrafi-Esfehani University (Tehran), Azad University (Tehran-East) and the RASA group in a statement supported the call by Mousavi and Karroubi to hold public demonstration on Feb 14 in solidarity with democratic uprisings in region and called Feb 14 “the day of people’s voice”. They invited their companions of the Green Movement to “call out their common pain” the nights before from rooftops.* *فراخوان سه گروه دانشجویی برای استقبال از روز صدای مردم<http://daneshjoonews.com/news/student/5651-1389-11-18-22-29-11.html> * *Green student organizations in Tehran, Garmsaar (Central Iran) and Shiraz (South of Iran) also announced their support for this call and invited their fellow companions to participate in this public demonstration.* *اعلام حمایت گروهی دیگر از تشکل های دانشجویی از تظاهرات ۲۵ بهمن<http://www.rahesabz.net/story/32239/> * *Green students and activists of the city of Mashhad (East of Iran) issued a statement in support for this call and invited the people to participate in this demonstration.* *حمایت دانشجویان و فعالین سیاسی مشهد از فراخوان 25 بهمن + اعلام مسیرهای راهپیمایی <http://irangreenvoice.com/article/2011/feb/10/10717>* *Green activists of Babol (North Iran) issued a statement in support for this call and invited the people to participate in this demonstration.* *حمایت فعالان سبز بابل از درخواست موسوی و کروبی و اعلام حضور در تظاهرات ٢۵ بهمن <http://www.rahesabz.net/story/32203/>* *Political prisoners in Rajai Shahr prison published an open letter in support of February 14th demonstrations in solidarity with uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. * Report: Karroubi under House Arrest, Visitors Barred, Advisers Jailed 10 Feb 2011 16:462 Comments<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2011/02/report-karroubi-under-house-arrest-visitors-barred.html#disqus_thread> *Press Roundup provides selected excerpts of news and opinion pieces from the Iranian and international media. Click on the link to the story to read it in full. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. The inclusion of various opinions in no way implies their endorsement by Tehran Bureau. Please refer to the* Media Guide<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2009/12/media-guide.html> *to help put the stories in perspective. You can follow other news items through our* Twitter <http://twitter.com/TehranBureau> *feed.* [image: KarroubiPosterFars.jpg] *Mehdi Karroubi 'House Arrest' after Protest Call* BBC News <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12416708> | *Feb 10* Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi has been put under house arrest, his official website says. Security officials at the premises say the measures will last until next week, it adds. No one is being allowed to enter the house except his wife. Mr Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi, another opposition leader, had called for a rally on Monday to support the popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. *Family of Opposition Leader Barred from Entering Home, Meeting with Father* Green Voice of Freedom<http://en.irangreenvoice.com/article/2011/feb/10/2742>| *Feb 10* The sons of 2009 presidential candidate Mahdi Karroubi have been barred from entering their father's home. According to Saham News, the official website of Karroubi's National Trust Party, security forces deployed outside the Karroubi home have prevented his children from entering their father's house saying that they would not be allowed to enter the house until 14 February when the opposition's plans to hold mass demonstrations in support of the recent Arab uprisings. The security forces have announced that with the exception of Karroubi's wife Fatemeh, "none of his sons, daughter-in-laws and relatives" have the right to enter the Karroubi home and to meet the outspoken opposition leader. *Iranian Opposition Leader Mehdi Karroubi Placed under House Arrest* Washington Post<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/10/AR2011021003525.html>| *Feb 10* The measure also appeared clearly intended to prevent Mehdi Karroubi [...] from participating in a state-backed rally Friday to celebrate the 32nd anniversary of the country's Islamic revolution. Last year, Karroubi crashed the official celebrations, together with supporters of the grass-roots Green Movement, triggering minor skirmishes between the opposition activists and security forces. In a sign of a wider crackdown ahead of the rally and the protest, Sahamnews reported the arrest since Wednesday night of two Karroubi allies, Taghi Rahmani and Mostafa Mirahmadizadeh. Also Thursday, Mousavi's Web site, Kaleme.org, reported the detention of a close Mousavi ally, Mohammad Hossein Sharifzadegan. [image: TaghiRahmaniFeb.jpg] *Taghi Rahmani, Iranian Political Activist, Arrested Again* Radio Zamaneh<http://www.radiozamaneh.com/english/content/taghi-rahmani-iranian-political-activists-arrested-again>| *Feb 10* Taghi Rahmani, a senior campaign official for opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, was arrested today, the latest in a long string of arrests. Karroubi's Saham News website reports that Rahmani was arrested in his home. He was last arrested in the wake of the 2009 presidential elections, along with political activists Hoda Saber and Reza Alijani. Rahmani was first arrested in 1982 and sentenced to three years in prison for "membership in a group with Ali Shariati<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2009/08/shariati-on-religious-government.html>worldviews." He was arrested again in 1987 for publishing an underground newspaper and sentenced to 11 years in prison. After his release, he founded the monthly *Iran Farda* and the weekly *Omid Zanjan,* publishing extensive studies on religious modernism. His links to national religious activists led to more arrests and prison sentences. Rahmani won the Human Rights Watch Hellman/Hammett award<http://www.hrw.org/legacy/english/docs/2005/07/15/global11331_txt.htm>in 2005. *Karroubi Advisor Mostafa Mirahmadizadeh Arrested in Qom* Green Voice of Freedom<http://en.irangreenvoice.com/article/2011/feb/10/2740>| *Feb 10* Another advisor to Iranian opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi has been arrested in the holy city of Qom. According to the Green Voice of Freedom's Persian service, cleric and law professor Mostafa Mirahmadizadeh was arrested by security forces on Wednesday afternoon. Mirahmadizadeh was a student of [the] late Grand Ayatollah Montazeri<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2009/12/grand-ayatollah-hossein-ali-montazeri-1922-2009.html>and is currently a member of the Baran foundation established by former president Mohammad Khatami. Following his arrest, he was taken to a prison run by the Intelligence Bureau of Qom. Mirahmadizadeh was arrested once more in late February 2010 after which he was held in custody for eighteen days. According to a verdict by a special clerical court, Mirahmadizadeh was sentenced to ten years of exile outside Qom and was barred from appearing in public in the special robe and turban reserved for Shiite clergymen. Pro-government websites reported that the reason for Mirahmadizadeh's arrested was his alleged involvement in directing the Ashura protests on 27 December 2009, signing a petition in support of Grand Ayatollah Montazeri along with 380 other figures, a letter to the "president" and conducting meetings with the leaders of the Green Movement. Other reports suggest that Mirahmadizadeh's arrest was related to his critical viewpoints towards the political system and a heated debate he had had with a student at Qom's Mofid University who had insulted Grand Ayatollah Montazeri in class. *Iranian Judiciary Says Confrontation Would Turn Opposition Leaders into 'Saints'* Radio Zamaneh<http://www.radiozamaneh.com/english/content/iranian-judiciary-says-confrontation-would-turn-opposition-leaders-saints>| *Feb 9* The head of Iran's judiciary, Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, says the Iranian opposition leaders have not been arrested, despite their alleged seditous aims, in order to avoid turning them into "saints." "It is unfair to say that the judiciary has been indulging the seditionists," Ayatollah Larijani was quoted as saying by Iranian media. "We have processed more than 1,000 files, and several people linked to the seditious movement have been sentenced and are currently serving their prison terms." Iranian authorities refer to the mass protests that sprang up against alleged fraud in the 2009 presidential elections as "sedition." Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi, who ran against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the elections and have disputed the outcome, have been branded "leaders of the sedition" by the Islamic Republic establishment. "In terms of the sedition leaders, it is essential to focus on the interests of the regime," Iran's judicial chief said. "Furthermore, the decision regarding this matter does not rest with me. The Vali Faqih (Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei) determines the interests of the regime, so this is an issue that is beyond the authority of the judiciary." Ayatollah Larijiani said he agrees with the government's restraint in dealing with the opposition leaders, "because if we had confronted the leaders of the sedition, they would have been turned into saints." *** *The Wife of Opposition Leader Karroubi Talks about New Restrictions on Her Husband (Persian-language report)* Lenziran<http://www.lenziran.com/2011/02/10/the-wife-of-opposition-leadrer-karoubi-talk-about-new-restrictions-on-her-husband/>| *Feb 10* ** Report: Iran blocks reformist sites, detains opposition figures >From *Reza Sayah*, CNN February 10, 2011 -- Updated 1943 GMT (0343 HKT) [image: Opposition leaders have asked to hold a rally next week in Tehran's Azadi Square, site of protests after the 2009 vote.] Opposition leaders have asked to hold a rally next week in Tehran's Azadi Square, site of protests after the 2009 vote. *STORY HIGHLIGHTS* - Arrests come days before a requested opposition rally next Monday - The report does not say what reformist sites are blocked - The government has warned against holding the rally - Opposition leader Mehdi Karrubi says it will be a test for Green Movement *RELATED TOPICS* - Iran <http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/Iran> - Iranian Politics<http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/Iranian_Politics> - Tehran <http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/Tehran> - Ayatollah Ali Khameni<http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/Ayatollah_Ali_Khameni> - Egypt <http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/Egypt> *(CNN)* -- Iranian authorities have blocked reformist websites and detained several opposition supporters and activists, opposition website Saham News reported Thursday. The arrests come days after Iran's two leading opposition figures called for a rally next Monday in support of the uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East. Iranian authorities on Wednesday warned against any attempt by the opposition movement to hold the rally, according to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency. "We definitely see them as enemies of the revolution and spies, and we will confront them with force," Revolutionary Guard Cmdr. Hossein Hamedani told IRNA. Opposition leaders and former presidential candidates Mir Hossein Moussavi and Mehdhi Karrubi requested permission to hold the rally earlier this week, according to Saham News, Karrubi's website. It was unclear whether the government has denied the request. Those detained, according to the Thursday report on Saham News, include Saleh Noghrekar, the former head of Moussavi's election campaign and the nephew of Karrubi's wife. Agents detained Noghrekar early Thursday and spent four hours searching his home, the website said. Also detained were journalists Omid Mohaddess and Maysam Mohammadi, both arrested Wednesday night; Tahgi Rahmani, Karrubi's assistant, also arrested Wednesday night; and Dr. Mohammad Hossein Sharif-Zadegan, former minister of welfare under former reformist President Mohammad Khatami. The Saham News report didn't specify what reformist websites authorities had blocked. On Wednesday, Iran's top prosecutor dismissed the call for the rally as a ploy by the opposition movement to undermine the regime, according to the semiofficial Iranian Student's News Agency, or ISNA. Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei said that if Iranians want to support the people of Egypt and Tunisia, they will attend the government-sanctioned rally on Friday to commemorate the 32nd anniversary of the Islamic revolution. Members of Iran's government have expressed strong support for the uprising in Egypt. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called it an "Islamic awakening" against a U.S.-backed dictatorship. "If they are not going to allow their own people to protest, it goes against everything they are saying, and all they are doing to welcome the protests in Egypt is fake," Karrubi told The New York Times on Tuesday. Moussavi and Karrubi asked that the rally take place in Tehran's Azadi Square, the site of mass protests by Iran's opposition movement after the disputed 2009 presidential elections. For nearly eight months, supporters of Iran's so-called Green Movement chose major calendar days to protest in cities throughout the country. Many of the movement's grievances were identical to those now being expressed in the streets of Cairo. Protesters condemned what they called an oppressive regime, demanded political and social freedom and called for a more representative government. Iran eventually quelled the demonstrations with a brutal crackdown against the peaceful street protests and the arrests of hundreds of activists, reformists and opposition figures, some of whom remain behind bars. Since the unrest, Iranian authorities have rejected all requests by Iran's opposition movement for peaceful demonstrations. On Tuesday, Karrubi told The New York Times the protest will be a test for the opposition Green Movement. "If the government issues a permit, there will be a huge demonstration and it will show how alive the Green Movement is," he said. While public activism took a hit after the crackdown, he said, members of the movement are still working toward rights such as free elections, freedom of assembly and freedom of speech. In September, Karrubi's website reported a group of attackers entered the opposition leader's apartment building and beat the head of a security team protecting Karrubi. The attackers shot at the building, cut water pipes to the apartment and tried to cut power on the street, the website said. It identified the attackers as members of the Basij, militia who support Khamenei, and said Karrubi's apartment had been attacked on four consecutive nights. Karrubi's son, Mohammad Taghi Karrubi, told CNN he was inside the apartment when about 20 Basij broke into the courtyard of the complex and fired shots, set small fires in the courtyard and the lobby and vandalized parts of the building. "They called the police; nobody came," he said. 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