Al-Moujez-an-Iran (Iran Briefing)
April 2008, Volume #17, Number 8
Section I. Opinion
- Letter of the Publisher
- Editorial: Farewell to the year of arrests, imprisonment and fraud, and hello to the year of freedom
Section II. Special News - from Our Own Files
- Rafsanjani states: Libya deserted us because we would not aim our rockets at Saudi Arabia
- 600 new Revolutionary Guards units dispatched all over Tehran
- World condemnation of human rights in Iran
- Major changes in the demands of students
Section III. Iran in This Month
- The stage play of the parliamentary elections in the Islamic Republic. A comprehensive report about the recent elections and the results.
- Security officials remove Parvin Ardalan, writer and women's rights activist, from her flight and forbid her to leave the country.
- Our Eyes and Ears: news in brief
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New United Nations sanctions against the Islamic Republic
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The movie "Persopolis" is banned in Iran and Lebanon
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Gas contract with Switzerland
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Hypocrisy and double standards
- Women's rights in Iran is trampled
- International labor solidarity day with Iranian workers
- The contents of the secret letter sent by the government to the media
Section IV.
Economic Affairs
- The Islamic Republic’s regime is responsible for the spread of poverty and indigence, instead of its decrease
Section V. Letter from Tehran
- Huge inflation in all sectors of the economy, although crude oil prices are high
Section VI. Interview
- Interview with the first dean of Tehran University after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, in which he says: that the breeze of change in the future is coming no matter what
- An interview with George W. Bush on Voice of America
Back Cover
Nourildeen Pirmoaazan, an MP from Aradabil, faces accusations of treason for his interview with Voice of America