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Blogger's death in detention still unexplained one year later (http://www.payvand.com/news/10/mar/1168.html) - March 18 is the first anniversary of blogger Omidreza Mirsayafi's tragic death in Tehran's Evin prison, a death that could have been avoided if the prison staff had not been negligent. -Reporters Without Borders 03/18/10

</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="3" bgcolor="#bdbdbf">..</th></tr> <tr><td colspan="3" align="left"> Head of Israel Holocaust memorial asks to meet Ahmadinejad (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100316/wl_mideast_afp/israeliranholocaust_20100316164736) - The Holocaust memorial head, a survivor of the Nazi death camps, asked Brazil's president on Tuesday to help arrange a meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Israel's arch-foe. -AFP 03/18/10</td></tr></tbody></table>

Iran Releases Reformist, Filmmaker, Journalist On Bail (http://www.payvand.com/news/10/mar/1167.html) - Iranian authorities have reportedly released on bail a top reformist who has been jailed since last June, along with a filmmaker and a reformist journalist. 03/18/10

Interview with Behzad Nabavi's Interrogator (http://www.payvand.com/news/10/mar/1174.html) - In this interview, published by the Panjere magazine, the interviewee is introduced as a person who has been involved in the interrogation and political prosecution of many prominent and lesser known detainees since Iran's contested presidential election 9 months ago. -Rooz Online 03/18/10

Iran: Karroubi challenges hardliner accusations against opposition (http://www.payvand.com/news/10/mar/1172.html) - Addressing hardliner accusations, the reform leader asks: "Why is it that the justifications of the Shah (Iran's last monarch) for his actions were wrong but the very logic and content of his words coming form you, is to be considered right?" -Zamaneh 03/18/10

Noam Chomsky on Obama's Foreign Policy, His Own History of Activism, and the Importance of Speaking Out (http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/15/noam_chomsky_on_obamas_foreign_policy) - My favorite newspaper, the London Financial Times, a couple of days ago identified Obama's major foreign policy problem today as Iran. The occasion for the article was Hillary Clinton's failure to convince Brazil to go along with the United States on calling for harsher sanctions and President Lula's insistence that there should be engagement with Iran, commercial relations -Democracy Now 03/18/10

UN chief says Noruz can promote world peace (http://www.payvand.com/news/10/mar/1177.html) - On the eve of the first International Day of Noruz, the United Nations secretary general expressed hope that "people around the world will draw on this festival's history and customs to promote harmony with the natural world and foster global peace and goodwill." 03/18/10

Hawaii - ARTafterDARK Noruz (http://payvand.com/blog/1389/2010/02/24/hawaii-artafterdark-noruz/) - Friday March 26: ARTafterDARK is the Honolulu Academy of Arts' monthly art party organized by a dynamic group of young volunteers dedicated to exploring the arts. 03/18/10

China: Iran Sanctions 'Counterproductive' (http://www.payvand.com/news/10/mar/1170.html) - China's new Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva says his country does not want Iran to have nuclear weapons. But he says his country is opposed to sanctions against Iran, calling them counterproductive. -VOA 03/18/10

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</center> Opposition leader Khatami slams Iranian judiciary (http://www.payvand.com/news/10/mar/1171.html) - Iranian former president, Mohammad Khatami criticized the actions of the government and the judiciary and demanded the release of all political prisoners. -Zamaneh 03/18/10

Supporting Iranian Prisoners of Conscience (http://www.payvand.com/news/10/mar/1175.html) - To mark the Persian spring holiday of Nowrouz, Amnesty International has launched a campaign to send messages of goodwill to prisoners of conscience in Iran. The seven cases selected by Amnesty International mirror the "Haft Sin" (seven "s"s) traditionally placed on a Nowrouz table. 03/18/10


Iran Offers to Exchange Low-Grade Uranium But on Iranian Territory (http://www.payvand.com/news/10/mar/1169.html) - The head of Iran's atomic energy agency, Ali Akbar Salehi, is making a new proposal for the exchange of Tehran's low-grade uranium with the West, Wednesday, offering to carry out the exchange at once and on Iranian soil. -VOA 03/18/10

YouTube- Rep Honda introduces H.Res. 267 to recognize the cultural and historical significance of Nowruz

<table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" dir="ltr" align="left">Photos: Renewing the pact with Iran's Green Martyrs </th></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" dir="ltr"> Source: Mir Hossein Mousavi's facebook (http://www.facebook.com/mousavi)
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On the last Thursday of the Persian year (http://payvand.com/blog/1389/), groups of people visited the graves of the Green martyrs to show their sympathy and support with their families and make the promise that they will continue their Green path of hope in the new year.
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Sohrab Aarabi's grave
Opposition leader Mis Hossein Mousavi has called the new year a year of "Patience and Perseverance"
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Neda Agha Soltan's Grave
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