Author: Maryam Namazie

Mina Ahadi has initiated a new organisation in Germany called the Central Council of Ex-Muslims. Read about it here. Viva Mina! Where can the rest of us sign up?

Today, whilst women’s rights activists were demonstrating in front of a court on behalf of other activists who were to be put on trial by the Islamic regime of Iran, the authorities attacked and demonstrators, beat them and arrested around 40 others. On Monday, there will be a demonstration at Evin prison in Tehran to…

The officials of Alamiyeh Tabatabaie University in Tehran have issued strict guidelines for women entering the university. They have banned colourful veils, make up and jewelry, and have placed guards at the front gate to report anyone transgressing the new regulations to the Islamic regime’s authorities. In protest, 8-900 women held a sit in outside…

On March 3, teachers demonstrated in Tehran in front of the Islamic Assembly. Reports say there were around 20,000 teachers there. To see a clip of the demo, click here. Teachers gave Ahmadinejad of the Islamic regime of Iran an ultimatum – either address our legitimate demands or we will be back in full force!

From Friday 2 March 2007 from Germany via France, Holland and other countries towards the European Commission Building in Brussels Speakers at the European Commission demonstration: Mina Ahadi Mahin Alipour Maryam Namazie At Wetstraat 175 Brussels From 2-5pm In commemoration of 8 March, International Women’s Day, groups of men and women from towards the European…

To see this week’s TV International programme, for Tuesday 27 February 2007, click here. In this week’s programme: Interview with Hamid Taqvaee on Hossein Derakhshan’s Guardian article entitled Stop bullying Iran. Taqvaee challenges Derakhshan’s claim that ‘The Islamic Republic is worth defending. Even at its worst, it is way better than anything the US or…

22 year old Egyptian blogger Abdel Karim Nabil Soleiman has been imprisoned for four years for insulting Islam and the president. Islamists think this is too lenient and of course want him dead. Defend him now by joining the campaign to obtain his freedom.

Delara Darabi was sentenced to death at the age of 17 for a murder she did not commit. She is now in a state of shock and can no longer speak since being told that her execution is imminent. Mina Ahadi and Nazanin Afshin-Jam have begun a campaign to save her life. Join the campaign…

TV International interview with Hamid Taqvaee Maryam Namazie: There is an escalating propaganda war between Iran and the USA reminiscent of the USA government’s propaganda campaign before the war on Iraq as a way of preparing public opinion for an attack. Hamid Taqvaee: Yes, it seems as if the US government is following in the…