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Remarks by ElBaradei encourage Iran to pursue nuclear ambitions

Nima Sharif
Mr. ElBaradei, in a surprising remark, has invited the international community to accept the fact that Iran has now achieved nuclear know-how and can produce enriched uranium at industrial levels.  Such remarks, from someone at ElBaradei’s position, are unconstructive and can not help in any way but to embolden the Iranian regime to continue its defiance.

The International Atomic Energy Organization (IAEA) recently-published report stresses that not only has the Iranian regime defied the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1696, 1737 and 1747 calling for the immediate suspension of its uranium enrichment program, it has also started up and expanded the production of its centrifuges. The Iranian mullahs have utilized at least 1,300 centrifuges to enrich uranium on a much larger scale.
 

Iran: 10-year-old girl makes thousands cry

Mohammad Amin
Iran freedom“Hello. I am Alireza Akbari’s daughter. My father is a teacher who is in jail right now. I used to think that jail was a place for bad people, now I know that jail is a place for teachers. I have not seen my father for 20 days. I haven’t even heard his voice. I have not heard from him for 20 days and I don’t know what he is doing. What is he thinking about? I only want to have a short conversation with him and hear him say that he is well. That is all… just, only that,” said Elahe Akbari to a crowed of teachers in Tehran.

On May 2nd when 10 year-old Elahe made those statements at a gathering of teachers, thousands cried. They cried because of her innocent voice, because of the brutality of the mullahs and Revolutionary Guards, and because of the countless unwarranted expulsions and detentions.
 
Teachers are protesting and demanding the immediate release of their imprisoned colleagues. The protests began as a battle against low wages and discrimination against teachers compared to other government employees. 

Persepolis: Growing up in Iran draws attention at Cannes Film Festival

Nima Sharif
Amid rising tensions between Iran and the international community over this country’s nuclear ambitions and its involvement in Iraq, Iranian dissidents are making headways in Europe and the United States, distancing themselves from the ruling fanatic mullahs’ in Tehran.

This year’s debut of an Iranian born film maker, Marjane Satrapi, and her creative animation about a child girl growing up in Iran, at the Cannes Film Festival is one of such instances.

Even before the screening of the movie, the Iranian censor machine started screaming at the Festival organizers and the French government for allowing this movie to enter the competition.

Iran arrests student publication editors

Tensions are rising in various Iranian Universities and sporadic clashes between students and Iranian security forces have been reported during the past few days.

A report indicates numerous arrests at Amir-Kabir University in Tehran.

Arrested students are Meghdad Khalilpour, Pouyan Mahmoudian, Majid sheikhpour, and one other student whose name is not known at this time.  The five are all chief editors of five main student publications at the university.