when restoring calm and safeguarding people’s rights.

- Imam Ali’s guidelines and his life should be used as an example for solving all political issues.

6. Ayatollah Bayat Zanjani has given a Fatwa declaring that people should use peaceful means to remove individuals who have illegitimately gained a government post from their official posts. He gave the Fatwa after being asked whether government employees should stop working because the government was illegitimate. Ayatollah Montazeri also declared in a Fatwa yesterday that anyone who uses their power illegitimately was automatically disqualified from their position of religious authority.

7. In an interview released to the media, Shirin...

when restoring calm and safeguarding people’s rights.

- Imam Ali’s guidelines and his life should be used as an example for solving all political issues.

6. Ayatollah Bayat Zanjani has given a Fatwa declaring that people should use peaceful means to remove individuals who have illegitimately gained a government post from their official posts. He gave the Fatwa after being asked whether government employees should stop working because the government was illegitimate. Ayatollah Montazeri also declared in a Fatwa yesterday that anyone who uses their power illegitimately was automatically disqualified from their position of religious authority.

7. In an interview released to the media, Shirin Ebadi has denounced the government’s wide-spread arrests of lawyers and human rights activists since the election. She also denounced a new ‘law’ being created by the justice department which gives it broader power to revoke lawyers’ permits, calling it illegal [...]

9. There are partially confirmed reports that Hashemi Rafsanjani will be leading the next Friday prayers in Tehran. It has also been reported that the Green movement is planning on participating, including leaders of the movement. This, however, cannot be confirmed at this point.

10. The commander of the IRG has warned that those who oppose the election should be careful because the armed forces of Iran would not surrender against protests.

11. In an attempt to ward off criticism from the government by the international community, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s assistant has issued a statement calling out the international community’s stance regarding the recent developments in Iran, hypocritical. [...] Several important clerics in Qom have criticized the government’s silence over the deaths of more than 150 Muslims Uighors in unrests in Western China. They have called upon the government to condemn the Chinese government’s brutality.

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12. Since the beginning of the protests, 41 journalists have now been detained so far. Abulfazl Abedini – another journalist – has now been confirmed to have been arrested b...

11. In an attempt to ward off criticism from the government by the international community, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s assistant has issued a statement calling out the international community’s stance regarding the recent developments in Iran, hypocritical. [...] Several important clerics in Qom have criticized the government’s silence over the deaths of more than 150 Muslims Uighors in unrests in Western China. They have called upon the government to condemn the Chinese government’s brutality.

Arrested / Released / Killing

12. Since the beginning of the protests, 41 journalists have now been detained so far. Abulfazl Abedini – another journalist – has now been confirmed to have been arrested by unknown people and his whereabouts cannot be determined [...]

13. Sohrab A’rabi’s body was finally given over to his family. His funeral will be held tomorrow at Beheshte Zahra cemetery and he will be buried there. It’s worth noting that even though the last Green Brief indicated that he’d died under torture at Evin, it has now being reported that he had actually died weeks ago during a protest…]

14. In Saqez on Saturday, security forces stormed the houses of several prominent Iranians who are either reformist or pro-protester without search warrants and arrested as many as 32 people. During the recent protests in Kermanshah, dozens of protesters have been arrested and moved to Dizel Abad Prison. [...]

15. Mahdi Karoubi met with the families of detained reformists today [...] Families of detainees are now being threatened by security forces that if they talk or give interviews about the detention of their loved ones, their relatives will be kept in prison longer.

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16. The sale of Nokia cell phones in Tehran has taken a setback in recent days as people in Tehranis accuse Nokia of helping the Iranian government in planting surveillance devices that have been used to arrest scores of Iranians. Sales have plummeted by as much as 50 percent.

17. This comes at a time when today, the IRG warned Iranians to not use websites like Twitter, Myspace and Facebook to create tensions. All of the ...

15. Mahdi Karoubi met with the families of detained reformists today [...] Families of detainees are now being threatened by security forces that if they talk or give interviews about the detention of their loved ones, their relatives will be kept in prison longer.

Media

16. The sale of Nokia cell phones in Tehran has taken a setback in recent days as people in Tehranis accuse Nokia of helping the Iranian government in planting surveillance devices that have been used to arrest scores of Iranians. Sales have plummeted by as much as 50 percent.

17. This comes at a time when today, the IRG warned Iranians to not use websites like Twitter, Myspace and Facebook to create tensions. All of the above mentioned sites have already been blocked in Iran. It has also been reported that since Mousavi’s call to stop buying advertisement time on IRIB (Republic of Iran Broadcasting)), several prominent business-owners have complied. This has affected the IRIB’s income significantly.