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Iran's Cities a Sea of

artappraiser — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 01:44:06 +0000

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Iran's Cities a Sea of Poverty
by HOMYLAFAYETTE, Tehran Bureau @ Frontline @ pbs.org, 04 Mar 2011

[ dispatch ] Between 44.5 and 55 percent of Iran's urban population lives under the poverty line, according to a new report titled "Measurement and Economic Analysis of Urban Poverty."

The paper was presented by three senior government researchers at a conference organized two weeks ago by the national statistics center (Markazeh Amareh Iran), under the aegis of several ministries, Tehran University, and the United Nations Population Fund. It was included in a compilation published by the conference, 50 Years of Household Economics, and made available to the general public on Wednesday, reported the Islamic Students News Agency (ISNA).

The study provides a rare statistical glimpse into the country's economic welfare, a topic generally treated with secrecy by the Ahmadinejad administration....

Read more: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2011/03/irans-citie...

Iran’s State of FearHaleh

artappraiser — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 01:36:46 +0000

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Iran’s State of Fear

Haleh Esfandiari, New York Review of Books Blog, March 3, 2011

As the Libyan uprising was gathering force last week, Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, criticized Libya’s leader, Muammar Qaddafi, for using violence against his own people and advised him and other Middle Eastern heads of state to listen to their publics. The irony was not lost on anyone. Only two weeks earlier, on February 14, Ahmadinejad had sent hundreds of riot police, paramilitary basijis, and baton-wielding goons in plainclothes to disrupt demonstrations in Tehran and other Iranian cities called by Mir Hussein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, leaders of the opposition, in solidarity with the people of Tunisia and Egypt. By the end of the day, 1,500 protesters had been arrested; two had been killed....

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2011/mar/03/irans-state-fear/

Clashes between security

artappraiser — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:23:16 +0000

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Clashes between security forces and protesters reported in Iran
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CNN - Reza Sayah - 2 hours ago
Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Tehran residents reported pockets of protests and clashes with security forces Tuesday on the streets of the Iranian capital. ...

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/03/01/iran.opposition.arrests/

Iran forces fire teargas at protesters: pro-reform websites

Reuters Canada - Peter Graff - ‎2 hours ago‎

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian security forces fired teargas and clashed with anti-government protesters demonstrating against the treatment of opposition leaders, pro-reform websites reported on Tuesday. Thousands of demonstrators poured into the streets....

http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE7203DJ20110301