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	<title>City Boy blog - No to War. No to Mullahs.</title>
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		<title>19th anniversary of the 1988 massacre</title>
		<link>http://cityboyblog.com/2007/08/28/19th-anniversary-of-the-1988-massacre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>City boy</dc:creator>
		
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Khavaran - a graveyard where thousands are buried,
in unmarked mass graves.
In the summer of 1988, 7 years after the last mass execution, an unknown number of Iranian political prisoners were martyred by the direct order of the Supreme leader Khomeini.
The estimates are as high as 30,000.
The young girls were raped before execution,
so they would not [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center"><strong>Khavaran - a graveyard where thousands are buried,<br />
in unmarked mass graves.</strong></p>
<p>In the summer of 1988, 7 years after the last mass execution, an unknown number of Iranian political prisoners were <a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2004/09/the_1988_iran_massacre_crimes.html">martyred</a> by the direct order of the Supreme leader Khomeini.</p>
<p align="center">The estimates are as high as 30,000.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><strong>The young girls were raped before execution,<br />
so they would not go to heaven.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center">A crime against humanity</p>
<p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center">Not martyrs of Islam</p>
<p style="text-align: center">Not martyrs of Imam Hossein</p>
<p style="text-align: center">Not martyrs of Khomeini</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><strong>Martyrs of freedom</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center">We shall never forget.</p>
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		<title>Mohamad Navab, no longer CASMII director, apparently</title>
		<link>http://cityboyblog.com/2007/08/24/mohamad-navab-no-longer-casmii-director-apparently/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>City boy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Islamic Republic apologist Mohammad Navab, currently on board of directors of NIAC (National Iranian-American Council) - well known apologists for the fundamentalist regime, has apparently resigned from CASMII where he was serving as a director!
In fact, he has denied even being a member!!
Do these regime apologists think that their crimes will not be exposed? Do [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://cityboyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/mohammad_navvab.jpg" alt="Mohamad Navab" class="left" />Islamic Republic apologist <strong>Mohammad Navab</strong>, currently on <a href="http://www.niacouncil.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=320&amp;Itemid=87">board of directors of NIAC</a> (National Iranian-American Council) - well known apologists for the fundamentalist regime, has apparently <a href="http://www.vigilantfreedom.org/910blog/2007/08/23/congratulations-to-mr-mohammad-navab-on-leaving-casmii">resigned from CASMII</a> where he was <a href="http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:lznhLmQ8nxsJ:www.campaigniran.org/casmii/index.php%3Fq%3Dnode/269%26size%3Dthumbnail+Navab&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=1&amp;gl=us">serving</a> as a director!</p>
<p>In fact, he has <a href="http://www.vigilantfreedom.org/910blog/2007/08/23/congratulations-to-mr-mohammad-navab-on-leaving-casmii/">denied</a> even being a member!!</p>
<p>Do these regime apologists think that their crimes will not be exposed? Do they think that once the revolution succeeds and the Mullahs are out of the governmental palaces, we are simply going to forget that they <strong>stood up and defended this criminal regime</strong>?!</p>
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		<title>Iranian lesbian to be deported from UK</title>
		<link>http://cityboyblog.com/2007/08/21/iranian-lesbian-to-be-deported-from-uk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>City boy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Homosexuality in Iran]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights in Iran]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[  An Iranian lesbian, Pegah Emambakhsh, is to be deported from UK even though it is well known that her life will be in danger if she returns to the theocratic state.
The local MP, Richard Caborn (office: 0114 273 7947), should be ashamed of himself for not supporting her in this clear case of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://cityboyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/pegah_emambakhsh.jpg" alt="Pegah Emambakhsh" class="right" height="257" width="229" />  An Iranian lesbian, <strong>Pegah Emambakhsh</strong>, is to be deported from UK even though it is well known that her life will be in danger if she returns to the theocratic state.</p>
<p>The local MP, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Caborn"><strong>Richard Caborn</strong></a> (office: 0114 273 7947), should be ashamed of himself for not supporting her in this clear case of human rights violation.</p>
<p>She is to be returned to Iran on August 23rd where it is very likely that she will be imprisoned immediately and face execution.</p>
<p>More info <a href="http://www.irqo.net/IRQO/English/pages/083.htm">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Terrorists united</title>
		<link>http://cityboyblog.com/2007/08/18/terrorists-united/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>City boy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Exporting Islamic Revolution]]></category>

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 The Islamic Revolutionary Guards celebrate the anniversary of their establishment, with their beloved child, Hezbollah.
 It was only this time last year when the ignorant Stop the War crowd were chanting &#8220;We are All Hezbollah!&#8221; in the streets of London. Lets hope it will not happen again. Well, unless you are a supporter of [...]]]></description>
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<p style="font-weight: bold" align="left"> The Islamic Revolutionary Guards celebrate the anniversary of their establishment, with their beloved child, Hezbollah.</p>
<p align="left"> It was only this time last year when the ignorant <span style="font-style: italic">Stop the War</span> crowd were chanting &#8220;<a href="http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/harold_evans/2006/08/we_are_all_hizbullah_now_reall.html" style="font-weight: bold">We are All Hezbollah!</a>&#8221; in the streets of London. Lets hope it will not happen again. Well, unless you are a supporter of mass executions, suicide bombings and depriving millions of Iranians from their oil money, so a few more Jews gets killed, and Middle East becomes more unstable, devastated and of course, fundamentalist.</p>
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		<title>The day of support for jailed Iranian students</title>
		<link>http://cityboyblog.com/2007/08/05/the-day-of-support-for-jailed-iranian-students/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>City boy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Activism and opposition movements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the anniversary of the 1906 Iranian constitutional revolution. However Iranian people are still struggling for democracy and student activists are still sent to jails.
This year several student activists will spend this yearâ€™s anniversary in prisons. They include: Mohammad Hashemi, Ali Nikoonesbati, Ali Vefghi, Bahareh Hedayat, Mehdi Arabshahi, Hanif Yazdani, Abodllah Momeni, Bahram Fayyazi, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today is the anniversary of the <strong>1906 Iranian constitutional revolution</strong>. However Iranian people are still struggling for democracy and student activists are still sent to jails.</p>
<p>This year several student activists will spend this yearâ€™s anniversary in prisons. They include: <strong>Mohammad Hashemi, Ali Nikoonesbati, Ali Vefghi, Bahareh Hedayat, Mehdi Arabshahi, Hanif Yazdani, Abodllah Momeni, Bahram Fayyazi, Habib Hajiheydari, Morteza Eslahchi, Mojtaba Bayat,, Arash Khandel, Ashkan Ghiasvand,  Ahmad Ghassaban, Majid Tavakoli, Ehsan Mansouri, and Amir Yaghoub-ali</strong>.</p>
<p>In support and memory of our fellow comrades, who some of them are bloggres as well, a group of Iranian bloggres will change their blog title on August the 5th to â€œAugust the 5th: The day of support for jailed Iranian studentsâ€. We invite you, even as a non-Iranian blogger, to participate in this cause. You can join by sending us e-mail to <a href="mailto:14.mordad@gmail.com">14.mordad@gmail.com</a>.<br />
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		<title>24 days on hunger strike</title>
		<link>http://cityboyblog.com/2007/08/05/24-days-on-hunger-strike/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>City boy</dc:creator>
		
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Today is the 24th day that the student activist hero Majid Tavakolli is on hunger strike.
He was arrested 90 days ago when the ISA activist body at Tehran Amir Kabir University was trying to have elections.
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<p>Today is the 24th day that the student activist hero <strong>Majid Tavakolli</strong> is on hunger strike.</p>
<p>He was arrested 90 days ago when the ISA activist body at Tehran Amir Kabir University was <a href="http://cityboyblog.com/2007/05/10/result-of-the-isa-elections-and-more-arrests-at-amir-kabir-university/">trying to have elections</a>.</p>
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		<title>Confederation of Iranian Students</title>
		<link>http://cityboyblog.com/2007/08/05/confederation-of-iranian-students/</link>
		<comments>http://cityboyblog.com/2007/08/05/confederation-of-iranian-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 18:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>City boy</dc:creator>
		
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The good news is that the international Confederation of Iranian Students is  working really hard, here is a music video from their UK federation.
The bad news is that the fundamentalist regime is hanging everyone..

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<p>The good news is that the international <strong>Confederation of Iranian Students</strong> is  working really hard, here is a music video from their UK federation.</p>
<p>The bad news is that the fundamentalist regime is <a href="http://samiramohyeddin.blogspot.com/2007/08/tehran-today.html">hanging everyone</a>..</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://cityboyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/hangings.jpg" alt="public hanging" /></p>
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		<title>UK suspends flights by Iranian airline</title>
		<link>http://cityboyblog.com/2007/07/22/mahan-airline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>City boy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ It&#8217;s only been a month since the Iranian airline Mahan increased it&#8217;s flights from Tehran to Manchester to 5 times a week but today UK suspended it&#8217;s flights on safety grounds.
Interestingly the Islamic Republic propaganda outlet Press TV which did not cover the petrol rationing crisis or the 18 tir anniversary events, has covered [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://cityboyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/mahan.jpg" alt="Mahan airline" class="right" /> It&#8217;s only been a month since the Iranian airline Mahan increased it&#8217;s flights from Tehran to Manchester to 5 times a week but today UK <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6910585.stm">suspended</a> it&#8217;s flights on safety grounds.</p>
<p>Interestingly the Islamic Republic propaganda outlet <a href="http://cityboyblog.com/2007/07/04/the-opressed-peoples-media/"><span style="font-weight: bold">Press TV</span></a> which did not cover the <a href="http://cityboyblog.com/2007/06/27/tehran-on-fire/">petrol rationing crisis</a> or the <a href="http://cityboyblog.com/2007/07/12/8th-anniversary-of-18-tir-july-9/">18 tir anniversary events</a>, has <a href="http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=17076&amp;sectionid=3510212">covered this news</a> but doesn&#8217;t even mention why the airline is suspended and only says Mahan is trying to reopen it&#8217;s flights!</p>
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		<title>Three more student activists on hunger strike</title>
		<link>http://cityboyblog.com/2007/07/21/three-more-student-activists-on-hunger-strike/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2007 23:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>City boy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights in Iran]]></category>

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Saeed Derakhshan, Keyvan Ansari and Abolfazl Jahandar have joined the other three student activists Majid Tavakoli, Ahmad Ghassaban and Ehsan Mansouri who have been on hunger strike since last Saturday after two months and a half spent in Evin with no access to a lawyer or court hearing.
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<p><strong>Saeed Derakhshan</strong>, <strong>Keyvan Ansari </strong>and <strong>Abolfazl Jahandar </strong>have joined the other three student activists Majid Tavakoli, Ahmad Ghassaban and Ehsan Mansouri who <a href="http://cityboyblog.com/2007/07/19/latest-on-the-student-activists/">have been on hunger strike since last Saturday</a> after two months and a half spent in Evin with no access to a lawyer or court hearing.</p>
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		<title>Boys are back in town!</title>
		<link>http://cityboyblog.com/2007/07/20/boys-are-back-in-town/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>City boy</dc:creator>
		
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Supreme Leader Khamenei and the boys!
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<p>Supreme Leader Khamenei and the boys!</p>
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