Al-Moujez-an-Iran (Iran Briefing)
October 2009, Volume #19, Number 2
Section I. Opinion
- Letter of the Publisher
- Editorial:
The aspirations of Iranian people on International Quds Day
- Ayatollah Montazeri sends a letter to the Shia clergy saying: the rule in Iran is military and not religious
Section II. Special News - from Our Own Files
- The reformist parties demand the trial of the head of the Revolutionary Guards
- Iran signs a contract to import gasoline from Venezuela
- The Revolutionary Guards draw up plans to control university students
- An open letter by 330 journalists to the new attorney general
- The regime is closing in on Mousavi and Karoubi
Section III. Iran in This Month
- The ruling Islamic regime in Iran is heading towards collapse and suicide. A in-depth report on the latest internal conflict and demonstrations in Iran and analysis of what is to com in the future.
- Our Eyes and Ears: news in brief
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Khamenei should start listening instead of being stubborn
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The new school year begins as does the confrontations between the students and the government
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New military maneuvers
- Security forces behave worse than during the shah era
- Some of the slogans heard in the post election demonstrations
- Zahra Bakeri, widow of the hero and martyred commander Bakeri of the Iran-Iraq war, complains that the insults they face now are worse than witnessed during the shah's rule
- Closure of the committee for the defense of prisoners' rights
Section IV.
Economic Affairs
- Unemployment in the Islamic Republic
Section V. Letter From Tehran
- Dr. Abdulkarim Soroush’s letter to the Leader, saying that the time has come to distance oneself from the Velayat Faqih dictatorship that is on its demise
Section VI. Interview
- Dr. Ali Nourizadeh talks to the 14th March Front party of Lebanon about the demonstrations held in Iran on the occasion of International Quds Day, the shredding of Hassan Nasrallah’s picture and Hezbollah’s slogans
Back Cover
Ibrahim and Maryam, who were raped in prison, talk to Al-Moujez