(Thanks to Ali Alfoneh for his compilation)

Politics

  • Mohammad ‘Ali-Khani explains the reasons behind his disqualification by the Council of Guardians: “I had protested against the conduct of the Ahmadinejad government…and I was told that criticism of a government whose head is the Supreme Leader shows deficient loyalty, belief in the regime and lack of practice of Islam… A newspaper close to me had published a picture of Israeli settlers leaving their settlements in sorrow, which provoked an accusation against me of being a Zionist…The question is, how a member of the Iranian parliament can take the liberty of criticizing the government and not be accused of deficient loyalty and belief in the regime and lack of practice of Islam?”
  • Committee of Free, Healthy and Just Elections calls the latest parliamentary elections in the Islamic Republic the least free parliamentary elections in the history of the Islamic Republic.
  • New groupings in parliament (English)
  • Ministry of Social Welfare and Security again refuses to define poverty line.

Religion, Culture, and Society

Human Rights and Labor

  • According to the Amir Kabir Polytechnical University student gazette, imprisoned student activist Ali Kantouri is being held in Ghezel-Hesar prison and is in poor condition.
  • Mokarrameh Ebrahimi, acquitted of charges of adultery, escapes stoning but remains held at Qazvin prison without any legal reason.
  • Qom Friday Prayer leader: Stoning must take place in public (English).
  • Nowruz behind prison walls (English).

Diplomacy

  • Iran blasts Arab League chief on disputed islands (English)
  • Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting signs cooperation accords with Tatarstan.

Military and Security

Economy and Trade

  • Russia to supply rail equipment to Iran. (English)

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