Iran: controversial

Newspaper Hamshari is banned after publishing an advertisement with a photograph of a Bahaitemple.
Hamshari belongs to the Tehran municipality and is Iran's highest-circulation newspaper.
The newspaper Etemad wrote that Khabar,a newspaper led by a conservative rival of Ahmadinejad decided to stop publication due to unspecified pressure.
source: Reuters


November 21st, 3 agents of Ministry of Information entered the house of Vahid Ismailzadegan where a Baha’i Nineteen Day Feast was held.
The agents cursed and beat Ismailzadegan. They handcuffed and took Soroosh Garshasbi who chaired the Feast. They forced the other Bahai to sit on the floor and they said that the Baha’is had no rights to hold a Feast.
After this they searched the house and took all the Baha’i books and a computer.
Then, they went to the house of another Bahai, Mokhtari , searched the house and arrested him.
Mokhtari was later released.
source: hra-iran.net


Last Thursday were Mohammad Nik-Khah and Hamid Ghahvehchian,two students of Shaid Beheshti and Allameh University, arrested by agents of the Ministry of Information.
Since then, there is still no information about them.
The number of arrests among University students as well as the fact that none of those arrested have contacted their lawyers and relatives has become the cause of growing concern about their fates.
source: hra-iran.net



New York Times reports that months before Ahmadinejad made a controversial appearance at Columbia University in 2007, the Alavi Foundation, (a nonprofit organization that had long supported educational programs related to Islamic and Iranian culture at schools and universities) donated $100,000 to Columbia.
Since federal prosecutors accuse the foundation of illegally providing money and services to Iran, this donation became a matter of interest.
The foundation donated a total of about $332,000 to Columbia over about 25 years for classes in Persian language and culture.
The $100,000 was for a course in classical Persian language, which received an additional $50,000 from the foundation the following year.
A spokesman from Columbia University said there is no connection between the donationd and the invitation to Mr. Ahmadinejad.
Other universities, including Rutgers, Harvard and Portland State, also received regular donations from the foundation.
source: nytimes.com

In the month October exported Iran 1,646,000 tons of crude oil to China.
By this it ranks third of oil suppliers to China, after Angola and Saudi-Arabia.
China imported in October 19,300,000 tons of crude oil.
Last year Iran exported 20,215,713 tons of crude oil to China.
source: tehrantimes.com



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