October 27, has been declared the world visual and audio heritage protection day by UNESCO. One of the most valuable audio collections in Iran is the well known “Flowers” collection launched by “Davood Pirnia” on the radio.
“Davood Pirnia” was a lawyer, and founder of the Iranian Bar Association in 1956. He created the radio program “Flowers”. He was the originator of the radio bands.
While studying law in Switzerland, Pirnia started learning piano, studied Iranian music and made the effort to collect Iranian songs. Then he left us a precious treasure of traditional Iranian music that listeners could hear Iranian fine music through the newly established media. He formed an orchestra with musicians, singers and composers of that period whose works became known as the “program of colorful flowers”. At its beginning, the program “Flowers” was about reading poem accompanied by instruments, which gradually became singing with music. The program was expanded in 1960 and implemented in two episodes of “Everlasting Flowers” and “Colorful Flowers

SAVAK’s duty was to control turbulences and the subversion of different political or terrorist organizations. For examples, people who have been in the guerilla operations in countries like Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine and received financial aid to take action against the security in the country or try to recruit innocent young people. SAVAK agents were able to show the real face of organizations and institutions like Nehzat Azadi (Freedom Movement), Jebheh Meli (National Front), the Mujahedin Khalgh (The People’s Mujahedin of Iran PMOI, Fadaian Khalgh (People’s Devotees), and The Students Confederation, by arrests and prosecution of fugitives and was successful in recognizing the so-called Political movements. This is why, the members of these movements tried to accuse SAVAK and show the black side of it or show themselves as heros. SAVAK was able to transform most of sabotage and hostage taking of the terrorist groups to a failure and in 1976, all the terrorist groups came under control of SAVAK. Hamid Ashraf and Bahram Aram were executed, and Masoud Rajavi remained in prison. Or Iraq’s Ba’th Party, provocateur of secessionist groups, like Altahrir Front of Ahvaz and ethnic groups in Kurdistan such as Iranian Kurdistan Democratic party, were completely destroyed by Mustafa Barzani, SAVAK’s agent.

Walking through “Bethesda” in Maryland to Washington D.C, you were supposed to see the men and women who marched and supported those fight with Breast Cancer between Friday to Sunday, 23rd to 25th of September. This marching was held under the different institutes, foundations, and NGOs such as “Susan G Koman for the Cure”. This parade ran for showing sympathy to those who are suffered from Breast Cancer and also warn and inform women about the disease. There were thousands who walked in pink clothes on feet from “Bethesda” in Maryland to Washington D.C meanwhile carrying banners to show their support.The man who was pink and carrying a banner which presented the sentence: “he who wears pink is a real man’. The most who attended to this parade, they themselves or their family members were or are suffering from Breast Cancer. They were seen some who carried their moms’, sisters’ or female relatives’ photos in this way that have Breast Cancer. One of the attendances implied Koocheh Radio: “Breast Cancer should be all people concern”.

”Navid Khanjani”, a Baha’i faith follower, is a civil activist. He is also member of the ”Committee of Human Rights Reporters” in Iran and founder of ”Population of Combat against Educational Discrimination’’. On Tuesday, February first, 2011, by a decree issued by Judge Pirabassi, at the Islamic Revolution Court Branch 26, Navid Khanjani, has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment and fines. The human rights activist, Navid Khanjani’s conviction, was even confirmed by Branch 54 of Tehran appeal court. The sentence was delivered on August 10 to his lawyer, Shima Qousheh. Navid Khanjani was arrested on March 2 last year in Isfahan and after 65 days temporary imprisonment in section 2-A of Evin prison, on May 3, was released on a 1000 million Rial bail. This human rights activist spent the first 25 days of his arrest in solitary confinement. Before this, on December 20, he has been put on trial, charged with propagating rumours and propaganda against the regime by publishing the news and reports and interviews with foreign televisions and radios, membership in the ”Committee of human rights reporters” and also founding of ”Population of Combat against Educational Discrimination”.

th session in Geneva, the European headquarters of the UN. On this three week meeting, Member States will examine different cases about human rights from different parts of the world. On the first day of the three week meeting, High Commissioner Navi Pillay presented her report to the Council. Also on Monday panabout children’s participation in armed conflicts was held. On the second day, the special rapporteur UNSR on international solidarity and workers group related to hiring of mercenaries reported to the Council.The same ‫ afternoon, Human Rights Council held a panel discussion on promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protest including United Nations Deputy High Commissioner Kyung-wha Ka, and the representative of human rights societies federation pointed out the post-elections events in Iran. For more information about the events of the last meeting, I had an interview with “Hassan Nayeb Hashem”, human rights activist and one of the audience in the United Nations headquarters in Geneva and I asked him about the latest news from the Human Rights Council meeting:

While “Naghi Mahmoodi”, lawyer in Tabriz, has been disbarred for the fourth time, this lawyer left Iran because he was not feeling safe after the police, security and Intelligence agents also came to his office. Mr. Mahmudi has been the attorney of a many civil activists and students in Western and Eastern provinces of Azerbaijan. This lawyer who has been practicing for nine years, has been disbarred because of a short note written by him: “The Islamic Republic makes miracles happen, I have been disbarred three times in the last four years.” In this note he mentions the problems he has faced in his nine years of practice and says: “They took my practice license with the excuse of renewing it and then I was disbarred, accused of felony”. He also points out: “Following these illegal measures, on Saturday evening August 27, when I was not in my office, some plainclothes came asking for me. The very next day, feeling that they seriously wanted to arrest me, I had to flee.”

When concerned people warned about the Sivand dam, the tomb of the Achaemenid king, destruction of Persepolis, the collapse of the remains of a historical school in Neyshaboor, the crossing train in the middle of historical Imam Square in Isfahan and drying of Zayand River, for those who are responsible, everything seemed unimportant. One would have thought that attentions were oriented elsewhere, and perhaps, priorities were different. The environmental crisis that became a political issue of the past few days is drying of Lake Urmia.
If we review the news, with no doubt, an unprecedented protest to ecologic change of Lake Urmia has not been only a news of the recent days. Many of the pro-environment activists repeatedly protested the irrecoverable change of the lake conditions that concerns the environmentally aware people in the world

Because of the conflict between Nematollahi Dervishes and the advocates of a theology student in the city of Kavar, arrests of Nematollahi Dervishes were still going on in this city on Monday, September the fifth. This happens while two of the attorneys of Nematollahi Dervishes, “Ali Islami” and “Afshin Karampoor” along with “Qolamreza Shirzad”, a university assistant and some of his companions who went to this city to negotiate with the governor, had also been arrested. According to “Farshid Yadollahi”, 40 of Nematollahi Dervishes and believers have been arrested on Sunday by the police and the security forces and transferred to prison.The clash began when, according to some Dervishes who live in Kavar, the theology student resident of this city, published statements against Dervishes inviting people to deal with the disciples believers. This provocation caused a protest movement against Nematollahi Dervishes by some of the participants in the Friday prayer in this city who started throwing stones to dervishes places.

On July 11th , a high-ranking commander of the Islamic armed forces, “Masoud Barezani”, accused the head of the Iraqi Kurdistan of getting away 300 thousand hectares of land to the ”Pejak ” group without the knowledge of Iraqi central government and warned that Iran’s attacks for the destruction of this group will continue. Soon after the news were released, the party of Free Kurdistan, Pejak, that has often had armed struggle against the Islamic Republic, on Sunday, July 26, announced that following the exchange of fire with the guards of the border region between Iran and Iraq, left two of the forces of this party killed and four wounded. At the same time, reports of shootings in some regions of Iraqi Kurdistan were published by Iran. On the other hand, fact-finding committee members of the reinforcement parliament of Iraqi Kurdistan said to be shot on by the Revolutionary Guards and the Army of the Islamic Republic, had been preparing a report and visit for the Iraq parliament and government.

It was on Thursday September 30, 2010 that “Amir Sheibani”, a student at Mashhad Azad University was arrested by military intelligence corps. After twenty-nine days of solitary confinement and persecution by his interrogators, he was charged with creating confusion, cooperation with foreign media, transfer of information to foreigners, creation of groups of opposition. He then was called to the fourth branch of revolutionary prosecutor of Mashhad city and finally was temporarily released upon a hundred million Rial bail. Recently that he has been summoned at the fourth branch of revolutionary prosecutor of Mashhad city, he has been announced that on August the third, he should be notified the verdict. This is while he has been only in summary court, and the final verdict has not been notified to him. Now, this student is deprived of education with eight years prison sentence and 20 million Rials fines. The court has rejected his appeal and he is facing his prison sentence. I asked him about this verdict and also similar sentences that student activists have been facing in Mashhad.