2011-04-01 #Iran Tens arrested at funeral, among them many of Mousavi's family members.

ImageWL Central will be updating news on Iran, with new items added at the top. All times are ET in USA.

You can contact me on twitter @carwinb or by email at carwinb@hushmail.com. Don't send media when links available. Most email is not encrypted and not anonymous. I cannot guarantee anyone's safety in transmission.

Current time and date in Tehran:

* Thank you to @Green_alpha, without whom these updates and translations, would not have been possible.

THURSDAY, March 31

  • Tens arrested at funeral, among them many of Mousavi's family members (Source: kaleme.com, Mousavi's Web site)

WEDNESDAY, March 30

  • Mousavi's family announce in a letter to Tehran's prosecutor that they will not hold of Mousavi's father funeral without Mousavi's presence. (Source: Iran Green Voice)

Scroll down for prior coverage.

Other Related Sources and Live Blogs:

  • sahamnews.orgKarroubi's Web site
  • kaleme.comMousavi's Web site
  • Iran News Now (Dave Siavashi)
  • Enduring America (Scott Lucas)
  • Tehran Bureau (Josh Sharyar, Muhammad Sahimi and others)
  • Dissected News (James Miller)
  • Street Journalist
  • TheIranReporter

    • WEDNESDAY, March 19

    • Karroubi's son meets with parents after 38 days, says they are safe. (Source: kaleme.com)

    WEDNESDAY, March 16

    • Karroubi's son reports on his personal Facebook page that a family friend met with Karroubi after 33 days. Says that father is safe and secure. (Source: sahamnews.net, Karroubi's Web site)
    • More than 500 arrested last night in Tehran. (Source: kaleme.com, Mousavi's Web site
    SATURDAY, March 12
    • A representative of Mousavi's daughters spoke about their meeting with Mousavi and Rahnavard, his wife and their mother. The meeting was conducted under security force presence and under pressure. Mousavi communicated to them that all of his documents and personal belongings were seized during the February 14 attack on the Mousavi household. Security forces threatened Mousavi's daughter not to say anything about the meeting, but the daughters felt the public should know. (Source: kaleme.com, Mousavi's Web site)

    MONDAY, March 21

    • Tor anonymizing software has been targeted by the Iranian regime to identify and locate dissidents. (Source: Sify Telegraph)

      But, according to a report in the Telegraph, Andrew Lewman, executive director of Tor Project says: "Tor Project had known it could be attacked in this way 'for years', but had chosen not to take pre-emptive measures because 'we’re trying to have an arms race really slowly'. In the last few weeks developers have redesigned the software so that its traffic looks just like any other when it sets up an encrypted connection, and Iranian user numbers are now back to normal."

      [UPDATE]

      We asked Tor to respond to our question, "Is the software 'safe' for use by people in Iran?" Runa A. Sandvik @runasand said:


      "If you are asking if Tor is working in Iran, then the answer is yes.
      However, It is important to note that plaintext over Tor is still
      plaintext[1]; Tor does not magically encrypt the Internet from end to
      end. You need to make sure that you are communicating over an
      encrypted channel, such as using https:// whenever you browse the web
      (and off-the-record for IM and GPG for email, for example)."

      [1]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/plaintext-over-tor-still-plaintext

      [END UPDATE]

    • Political prisoners not allowed to call their families or meet them for the Persian New Year. (Source: kaleme.com, Mousavi's Web site)

    THURSDAY, March 10

    • Karroubi's family report the lights in his house for the first time in 18 days. (Source: kaleme.com)
    • Revolutionary Guards have started to ask hackers with "goodwill" and "revolutionary activism" to join the fight for Iranian Republic. (Source: Iran Green Voice)
    • Secretariat of the Assembly of Experts Web site was hacked on Wednesday. The cyber attack placed fake news about the death of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. (Source: sahamnews.net, Karroubi's Web site)
    • A Web site close to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad condemns Ali Fazli, commander of the Revolutionary Guards in Tehran province, for his son being a member of the Green Movement. General Ali Fazli, commander of the Revolutionary Guards in Tehran province, was arrested in 2009 for refusing to carry Khamenei's order to use force against demonstrators. (Source: sahamnews.net, Karroubi's Web site)

    WEDNESDAY, March 9

    • Head of Basij calls Mousavi and Karroubi traitors, evil, corrupt and the mercenaries of foreign governments while asking for their prosecution. (Source: kaleme.com, Mousavi's Web site)
    • Chief prosecutor denies rumors, says Mousavi and Karroubi are in their homes, but all connections are cut. (Soure: BBC Persia)
    TUESDAY, March 8
    • Iranian Kurdish opposition parties to call on the Kurds in the country to rise up against the Islamic regime in Tehran. (Source: Rudaw)
    • Iranian security forces fired tear gas at demonstrators today. (Source: kaleme.com):

      "Security forces blocked the roads to Enghelab (Revolution) Square (in central Tehran) and fired tear gas at people several times as they tried to stage anti-government demonstrations," the website said.

      Kalame.com reported "heavy security force deployments in several of Tehran's main squares."

      Foreign media have been banned from on-the-spot reporting of any unauthorised gatherings. (Source: AFP)

    • Female Basijis on streets to arrest women activsts for Women's Day Protest (Source: Iran Green Voice)
    • (VIDEO) Riot forces beating protestors in Tehran March 8, 2011 in Tehran, Iran

    • Mousavi and Rahnavard still in their homes under housearrest. (Source: kaleme.com)
    • Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani lost his position as the head of the Experts Council. Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani will be in power for 2 years now. (Source: )
    • 1000s expected to demonstrate in Iran on International Women's Day

      "On March 8, 2011, the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, thousands of men and women are expected to participate in demonstrations in Tehran and other major Iranian cities to demand much needed democratic reforms, including full legal equality for women."

      (Source: united4iran.org)

    SUNDAY, March 6
    • Iran's National Security Council's leaked a report on 14th Feb protest that estimates the number of protesters 600 thousand up to 1 million. (Source: rahesabz.net)
    • A joint statement of the Islamic Association of Teachers of Universities and Islamic Association of Medical Society of Iran condemns the situation in Iran as well as the arrest of Mousavi and Karroubi. The statement says that Mousavi and Karroubi are the most prominent and honorable national characters. (Source: Kaleme.com, Mousavi's Web site).
    • Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili condemns human rights conditions in Iran, saying what happens in Iran today in the name of Islam and Sharia is against law, any ethics, sharia and human dignity. (Source: Iran Green Voice)
    • Reports on tens of protesters detained on Feb 14th been kept in Revolutionary Guards's Afsarieh Detention Centre for the last 3 days under inhuman conditions. One of them told Human Rights House of Iran that he and others were kept in handcuffs the entire time, and had to sleep while sitting due to lack of space. They were also hit by guards. These circumstances are corroborated in other reports. (Source: Iran Green Voice)

    FRIDAY, March 4

    • Green Movement activists in the Holy City of Qom said in a statement that they will hold protest on Tuesday against the illegal arrest of Mousavi and Karroubi. (Source: Iran Green Voice)
    • Sahamnews reveals ''Vahid'', executive assistant in the office of Supreme Leader's office in charge of Karroubi's arrest and removal from his home. (Source: Sahamnews)
    • Rafsanjani's son finally resigns from Tehran Metro after severe pressures from government on Tehran municipality. (Source: Fars News)
    • Senior General of the Revolutionary Guard: "If next year parliamentary elections are not inline with our policies, the following year could be a dangerous and bloody one." (Source: Rahesabz.net)
    • Iran's Chief Prosecutor: "There have been people within the judiciary system aiding the seditionists." (Green Movement) (Source: Iran Green Voice)
    • More arrests at Sharif University. (Source: kaleme.com, Mousavi's Web site)

    THURSDAY, March 3

    • Two more Sharif University students arrests confirmed. (Source: Iran Green Voice)
    • Mousavi's daughters address the nation in open letter. We have no news whatsoever from our parents, despite regime's propaganda claims to the contrary. (Source: kaleme.com)
    • Chief of Iran's prisons: 55,000 people have been incarcerated in the last 1.5 year. No additional prisons built. Total number incarcerated is 220,000. Prison capacity is 85,000. Iran had one guard per 13 prisoners. (Source: kaleme.com)
    • Urgent call for action by Amnesty International to release green leaders. (Source: Iran Green Voice)

WEDNESDAY, March 2

  • Iranian Judiciary announces those convicted of going against national security will not be permitted a leave for Nowrooz (Persian New Year). (Source: kaleme.com)
  • Vahedi, Senior advisor to Karroubi, calls Tehran's main prosecutor a liar. (Source: BBC)
  • Kayhan newspaper claims that the opposition leaders are allowed to meet close family members if they don't use their family to get out lies and create tension. (Source: Iran Green Voice )
  • Tehran's main prosecutor denies Mousavi and Karroubi being arrested. Saying they are at home, and the lights off being their decision. (Source: Iran Green Voice)
  • More than 200 protesters arrested yesterday on Tehran streets. (Source; kaleme.com)
      • TUESDAY, March 1 [#10Esfand]
      • Video of today's protests on Enghelab St. (Source: Iran Green Voice)

        Iran Tehran 1 March 2011 'Death to Dictator'

      • Severe clashes in the streets of Tehran between security forces and people. People gathered at Ferdowsi Square. Two police vans on fire in Enghelab St. Reports of gun shots and extreme methods by security forces. (Source: sahamnews.net)
      • Rahana reports that security forces dealt violently with people, beating them, in front of the City Theatre on Vali Asr. Reports of Tear Gas. (Source: rahana.org)
      • Kaleme reports that people have gathered and are chanting at Tehran University and Revolution Square. (Source: kaleme.com, Mousavi's Web site)
      • 4 arrests on Keshavarz St. reported. (Source: Rahana
      • Tehran experiencing heavy security forces presence on central streets. Plain cloth Basijis on centeral Tehran streets and at important junctions and squares. Some anti riot and normal police. No sign as yet that we are aware of, of Revolutionary Guards. (Source: on the ground)
      • Facebook Profile for 10Esfand

      FOR FEBRUARY 2011 COVERAGE OF IRAN CLICK HERE