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NBC Nuts About Mahmoud

Report that could have been produced by Iranian state tv

by Golnaz Esfandiari

16-Sep-2011 (9 comments)

Ann Curry's report portrays Ahmadinejad as a hard-working, compassionate, and religious president who leads a very simple life and cares deeply about his people. Ahmadinejad's PR team couldn’t have done it better. It's precisely the image Ahmadinejad is trying to convey while covering up the facts that, under his presidency, Iran has become a much more closed society, human rights abuses have increased, and many have been jailed for protesting against his reelection>>>

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We Have a Few Questions

For Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's New York visit

by IHR

16-Sep-2011 (3 comments)

Member states of the United Nations as well as the international media should focus on the ongoing human rights crisis in Iran as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in New York. International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran specifically calls on the U.N. General Secretary and all diplomatic representatives of member states who will meet Ahmadinejad during his visit, to express serious concerns about the grave human rights situation in Iran>>>