Archiv für den Tag 20. Juni 2012
Jump Rope
Jump Rope from Firoozeh Bazrafkan on Vimeo.
List of IRI officials accused of crimes against humanity…
1: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad محمود احمدي نژاد
2: Ali Khamenei علي خامنه اي
3: Sadegh Larijani صادق لاريجاني
4: Ali Larijani علي لاريجاني
5: Fatemeh Rajabi فاطمه رجبی
6: Manouchehr Mottaki منوچهر متكي
7: Mostafa Najjar مصطفي نجار
8: Mohammad Reza Rahimi محمد رضا رحيمي
9: Mohammad Reza Bazarpash مهرداد بذر پاش
10: Ghorbanali Dorri Najafabadi قربانعلي دري نجف ابادي
11: Morteza Nabavi مرتضي نبوي
12: Mohammad Reza Bahonar محمد رضا باهنر
13: Hossein Allahkaram حسين الله كرم
14: Morteza Moghtadai مرتضي مقتدايي
15: Hossein Ali Nayeri حسينعلي نيري
16: Ebrahim Raeisi ابراهيم رئيسي
17: Gholam Hossein Eje ii غلامحسين اژه اي
18: Mahmoud Shahroudi محمود شاهرودي
19: Mostafa Pourmohammadi مصطفي پور محمدي
20: Mohammad Hossein Saffar-Harandi محمد حسين صفار هرندي
21: Ali Fallahian علي فلاحيان
22: Mojtaba Khamenei مجتبي خامنه اي
23: Asadollah Badamchian اسد الله بادامچيان
24: Kamran Daneshjoo كامران دانشجو
25: Mehdi Koochakzadeh مهدي كوچك زاده
26: Habibollah Asgaroladi حبيب الله عسگر اولادي
27: Yadollah Javani يدالله جواني
28: Heydar Moslehi حيدر مصلحي
29: Hamid Rasai حميد رسايي
30: Rouhollah Hosseinian روح الله حسينيان
31: Hossein Fadaei حسين فدايي
32: Jafar Shajouni جعفر شجوني
33: Saeed Mortazavi سعيد مرتضوي
34: Hossein Nouri Hamedani حسين نوري همداني
35: Ahmad Alam Al-hoda احمد علم الهدي
36: Mojtaba Zolnour مجتبي ذوالنور
37: Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr محمد باقر ذوالقدر
38: Gholam Ali Haddad Adel غلامعلي حداد عادل
39: Gholam Hossein Elham غلامحسين الهام
40: Mohammad Javad Larijani محمد جواد لاريجاني
41: Mohammad Reza Naghdi محمد رضا نقدي
42: Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi محمد تقي مصباح يزدي
43: Esmail Ahmadi Moghaddam اسماعيل احمدي مقدم
44: Ezatollah Zarghami عزت الله ضرغامي
45: Mehdi Taeb مهدي طائب
46: Hossein Firouzabadi حسين فيروز ابادي
47: Ahmad Reza Radan احمد رضا رادان
48: Mohammad Ali Jafari محمد علي جعفري
49: Hossein Shariatmadari حسين شريعتمداري
50: Ahmad Jannati احمد جنتي
51: Ahmad Khatami احمد خاتمي
52: Mohammad Yazdi محمد يزدي
53: Mansour Arzi منصور ارضي
54: Masoud Dehnamaki مسعود ده نمكي
Put the Islamic Republic of Iran in front of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
IRAN: A Nation Of Bloggers
Iran: A nation of bloggers from Aaron Chiesa on Vimeo.
The infographic about Iranian bloggers
Arusi: Persian Wedding
Arusi Persian Wedding Trailer from Agency|2.0 on Vimeo.
“The last time my brother and I went to Iran was in 1977. I was three and he was seven. Soon after that, Iran and the U.S. broke off all ties, and it became impossible for us to go back.” —Marjan Tehrani
For filmmaker Marjan Tehrani and her brother Alex, growing up Iranian American meant that political tensions often impacted their personal lives. Iran and the U.S. broke off their political relationship more than 25 years ago, but still engage in a public war of words and threats. With travel to Iran nearly impossible for many years, Alex and Marjan were stuck interpreting the mostly negative images of Iran in the American media, a conflict that shaped their identities.
When the Tehranis are finally granted their Iranian passports, Alex, a photographer, and his American bride, Heather, an art gallery administrator, decide to make a trip from New York City to Iran to have a Persian wedding—just as Alex’s own Iranian father and American mother did in 1968, when Iran and the U.S. were still allies. But traveling to Iran is complicated. As the couple prepares to leave, they must face the mixed reactions of their parents and friends, reports of war in the Middle East, bureaucratic headaches and their own nerves. In ARUSI PERSIAN WEDDING, Marjan accompanies Alex and Heather and documents their journey on film. Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
Safieh Sadeghi: Prisoner of the day
Sentenced to 15 years in prison
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran: A local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Branch One of Sanandaj Revolutionary Court under Judge Babaei has sentenced Safieh Sadeghi, 23, a resident of Salmas, to 15 years in prison on charges of “moharebeh” (enmity with God) through membership in the opposition PJAK group.
According to the human rights source, security forces from Sanandaj Intelligence Office arrested Safieh Sadeghi in November 2010. She was transferred to the Intelligence Ministry’s Detention Center in Sanandaj, where she was interrogated for 4.5 months. Sadeghi was denied telephone calls or visitation with her family, and she was kept in solitary cells in order to extract confessions from her. The source further reported that for the first few days after her arrest, Safieh Sadeghi was severely beaten.
The source also told the Campaign that this political prisoner was deprived from selecting her own lawyer, and that her 15-year prison term was a result of a few minutes long court meeting at Branch One of Sanandaj Revolutionary Court. Safieh Sadeghi is currently inside the Sanandaj Women’s Prison.
Iran says any wrong move by West to affect result of talks
Source: ISNA
The Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili said Tuesday any wrong movement by western countries would affect the result of talks.
Saeed Jalili
Iran’s top negotiator expressed hope after two days of talks in Moscow that members of P5+1 change their previous approach and take steps in cooperation with Iran.
Jalili added Iran has already announced after Baghdad talks that holding meeting among experts would lead to success in further talks and by writing different letters took steps in this regard.
He stressed that during Moscow talks it was agreed that expert-level meeting would be held after negotiations.
Jalili referred to first round of Moscow talks, saying this round of talks were held more seriously and real, during which Iran offered suggestions and stressed the enrichment right of the country.
“Based on legal documents we proved that many actions carried out against Iran are illegal and we clearly explained why the UN resolution is not legal, “he stressed. Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
US: 17 Governments Complicit in Human Trafficking
Source: VOA
The U.S. State Department says 17 countries are doing almost nothing to fight human trafficking and may be complicit in such crimes.
Trafficking in Persons Report 2012
In its annual human trafficking report, the State Department calls those 17 nations countries of origin, transit, or destinations for such crimes as sex slavery, forced labor, and recruiting child soldiers.
At a ceremony announcing the report, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she prefers to use the term “modern slavery” instead of trafficking.
“I think labeling this for what it is, slavery, has brought it to another dimension. Trafficking, when I first used to talk about it all those years ago, for a while people used to wonder if I was talking about road safety, what we needed to do to improve transportation systems. But slavery, there is no mistaking what it is, what it means, what it does.”
Clinton said 27 million people around the world are victims of modern slavery. Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
Iran nuclear negotiations set to continue in Turkey
Source: Radio Zamaneh
Nuclear negotiations between Iran and the world powers came to an end in Moscow with no breakthroughs, except for a tense agreement to meet again next month in Turkey.
The Iranian negotiating delegation was led by Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili (right), and the P5+1 group was headed by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.
Catherine Ashton, the EU foreign policy chief, announced after talks ceased that both sides had agreed to supply further clarifications at the next meeting in Istanbul, as well as technical studies of each other’s position, which will be prepared by Ashton’s deputy and the deputy to Saeed Jalili, Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator.
Ashton said: “We have begun to tackle the critical issues; however, it remains clear there are significant gaps between the substance of the two positions.” Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
Public Hanging of 4 Rapists In Tehran
Photos by Mehr News Agency
Four men convicted of raping young girls by force were hanged in Tehran on Wednesday morning. According to Mehr News Agency, the men were hanged in Shahid Mahallati highway in southeastern Tehran.
Crimes including drug trafficking, murder, adultery, rape and armed robbery are subject to death penalty in Iran; and often those convicted of violent crimes are publicly hanged.
Report Says U.S., Israel Targeted Iran With ‘Flame’ Virus
Source: RFE/RL
There’s been no official reaction yet to a “Washington Post” report saying the United States and Israel jointly developed a computer virus called “Flame” aimed at disrupting Iran’s nuclear program.
A snippet of malware code shows why the virus has been dubbed ‘flame’.
Photo: Courtesy of Kaspersky Labs
The June 19 report, citing Western officials, said the development of the malware, discovered last month on computers used by the Iranian Oil Ministry, began five years ago.
The report said the U.S. National Security Agency and the CIA worked with Israel’s military on the project.
The report said the malware, described as the most sophisticated cyberweapon to be exposed to date, penetrated targeted computers by posing as a Microsoft update.
The report says the program monitored Iran’s computer network, sending information back to its controllers about what the computers did, including copying documents, logging keystrokes, taking screen shots, and even activating computer microphones and cameras.
‘Preparing The Battlefield’
According to the report, the “Flame” virus was designed to collect intelligence “in preparation for cybersabotage aimed at slowing Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon.”
The campaign included the use of destructive software such as the “Stuxnet” worm, which was discovered in 2010 and designed to cause malfunctions in Iran’s uranium-enrichment operation.
The U.S. newspaper quoted one former high-ranking U.S. intelligence official as saying: “This is about preparing the battlefield for another type of covert action.”
“Cybercollection against the Iranian program is way further down the road” than just “Flame” and “Stuxnet,” the former official added.
Unilateral Operation
“Flame” came to light after Iran detected a series of cyberattacks against its oil industry.
According to a number of U.S. and Western officials quoted in the report, this disruption was directed by Israel in a unilateral operation that apparently caught its U.S. partners off guard.
The Russian-based security company Kaspersky Lab reported last week that “Flame” contained some of the same code as “Stuxnet.”
This overlap was described as evidence that the teams responsible for the two sets of malware worked together.
Recently, a “New York Times” investigation, based on interviews with American, European, and Israeli officials, had singled out the United States as being responsible for “Stuxnet.” But it also said the cyberweapon had been developed in cooperation with Israel.
The disclosure about the malware follows this week’s failure in Moscow of the latest round of talks between Iran and six world powers — including the United States — over the Iranian nuclear program and Iran’s refusal to halt uranium enrichment work that could be directed toward development of an atomic weapon.
Iran denies allegations it is pursuing a nuclear weapon.
With reporting by “The Washington Post,” dpa, AFP, and Reuters
Deutschland: Verfassungsrichter zum Existenzminimum – Asylbewerber können auf mehr Geld hoffen
220 Euro bekommen Asylbewerber hierzulande im Monat– das sind 140 Euro weniger als ein Hartz-IV-Empfänger. Nun hat das Bundesverfassungsgericht erhebliche Zweifel angemeldet, dass das zum Leben reicht.
Asylbewerber in Deutschland könnten schon bald höhere Geldleistungen bekommen. Die Richter des Bundesverfassungsgerichts äußerten am Mittwoch deutliche Zweifel daran, ob die Leistungen für Asylbewerber ausreichend sind. Es bestehe eine “ins Auge stechende Differenz” zwischen den Hartz-IV-Sätzen und den deutlich niedrigeren Geldleistungen für Asylbewerber, sagte der Vizepräsident des Gerichts, Ferdinand Kirchhof, in der mündlichen Verhandlung in Karlsruhe.
Die Leistungen für Asylbewerber und andere Menschen ohne dauerhaftes Aufenthaltsrecht wurden seit 1993 nicht mehr erhöht. Während ein Hartz-IV-Empfänger einen Regelsatz von 364 Euro pro Monat erhalte, seien es bei Flüchtlingen etwa 220 Euro, sagte Kirchhof. Hinzu komme, dass die Berechnung der Leistung für Asylbewerber “weder erklärt noch dokumentiert” wurde. Die Leistungen müssten sich genauso wie die Hartz-IV-Sätze “am Grundrecht auf Gewährleistung eines menschenwürdigen Existenzminimums messen lassen”, sagte Kirchhof.
130.000 Menschen leben von 220 Euro im Monat Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
BZ Berlin: BVG-Sozialticket wird um 2,50 Euro teurer
Ab 1. Januar 2013 soll das Monatsticket für Hilfeempfänger 36 Euro kosten. Begründung: Steigende Kosten.
Die Monatskarte für die 320.000 Berliner Hartz-IV-Empfänger wird teurer.
Der Senat beschloss am Dienstag, den Tarif des Sozialtickets zum 1. Januar 2013 um 2,50 auf 36 Euro im Monat anzuheben. Die letzte Anhebung war 2005, die Erhöhung wird mit steigenden Kosten begründet.
Wie Hilfeempfänger an den verbilligten Fahrschein kommen? „Sie müssen zuerst im Bürgeramt einen kostenlosen Berlinpass mit Lichtbild beantragen und dazu ihre Bescheinigung vorlegen, dass sie anspruchsberechtigt sind“, erklärt Franciska Obermeyer, Sprecherin der Senatsverwaltung für Soziales.
Remember Iran Flashback: 20 June 2009 — The Death of Neda…And Many Others
Protest and a gunshot victim in Tehran, 20 June 2009
EA’s Live Coverage on 20 June 2009 — on that eventful day, we also posted a video of Mir Hossein Mousavi’s appearance among the crowd and a transcript of his speech, an assessment by EA’s Chris Emery of the political positions of Mousavi and the Supreme Leader, and Henri Giroux’s “What the “New Media” Means for Politics, Protest, and Democracy“:
2350 GMT: An Iranian activist claims, based on this posting in Farsi, that the Assembly of Experts’ letter backing the Supreme Leader was issued a day before his Friday address. That would be more evidence of a systematic effort to rally the clerics behind Ayatollah Khamenei, rebuffing Hashemi Rafsanjani.
2152 GMT: CNN, based on Iranian hospital sources, is reporting at least 19 people died in today’s violence. The unconfirmed death toll is as high as 150.
2150 GMT: More from the activist who was at today’s marches (see 2110 GMT): “All routes to Azady square were blocked & if anyone stopped walking or walking slow [security forces] hit him/her brutally. There was no safe path, people were walking in cycles between all variety of security forces. I think they made fun of people, don’t go here, go this way, not that way & for no apparent reason suddenly attacking random people. We tried our best using all known shortcuts for reaching Azady SQ where Mousavi was, but ended up in face to face with IRG [Republican Guard]. They weren’t just the ordinary police or motorcycle riot guard, they were soldiers holding MP5 supported by reinforced military cars. We didn’t realize for a moment they started shooting at people, the gun’s sound was like a toy gun, not loud & the soliders were smiling. I was going to tell Masood they are using fake guns for scaring people! until people started screaming in agony. We ran as fast as we could in the opposite direction, at the same time Basiji bastards started to hit fleeing people. I think I saw 2 or 3 people lying on the ground in blood & IRG started to move them, probably hide them.” Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
Radio Tipp: DLF – Alltag in Isfahan
Hintergrund 21.06.2012 · 18:40 Uhr
Eine Gruppe Studenten im Innenhof der Chaharbagh-Schule (Bild: Dirk Gebhardt/laif)Alltag in Isfahan
Seltene Einblicke in eine Religionsschule im Iran
Eine Sendung von Jörg-Christian Schillmöller
Iran: Das ist oberflächlich gesehen der Atomstreit, das ist Ahmadinedschad und Israel, das ist fundamentalistische Koran-Auslegung. DLF-Redakteur Jörg-Christian Schillmöller ist es gelungen, ein seltenes Pressevisum für die Islamische Republik zu bekommen. Er besucht eine Religionsschule in Isfahan, spricht mit Schülern, dem Schulleiter und Isfahaner Bürgern, und berichtet über den Alltag im Iran – jenseits unserer westlichen Vorstellungen.
Leseprobe aus der Reportage, die am 21. Juni 2012 um 18:40 im DLF gesendet und zeitgleich hier in vollständiger Fassung nachlesbar sein wird:
“Islam hat auch mit Politik zu tun. Einem Religionsstudenten kann darum weder die Welt noch die Politik egal sein oder fremd. Aber wir, die Schulen, haben kein eigenes, politisches Programm. Alle Studenten informieren sich über die politischen Ereignisse, und manchmal, wenn nötig, beziehen wir auch Stellung.”
Es ist Vormittag in Isfahan, der alten persischen Hauptstadt, knapp fünf Autostunden südlich von Teheran. Auf einer Bank im Innenhof der 400 Jahre alten Chaharbagh-Schule sitzt Abdoll Amir Khattat im Sonnenschein. Er trägt einen weißen Turban, ein sandfarbenes Gewand, das perfekt sitzt und darüber einen transparenten schwarzen Umhang. So hat sich nach muslimischer Überzeugung schon der Prophet Mohammed gekleidet. Abdoll Amir Khattat ist Leiter der Chaharbagh-Schule.
“Dieses Bauwerk hat Eigenschaften, die unsere Schule von anderen unterscheidet, etwa die traditionelle Architektur und die Art und Weise, wie die Kacheln an den Wänden bearbeitet wurden. Die Kacheln stehen als Symbole für geistliche Inhalte. Die Schriftzeichen, die Sie darauf erkennen können, stellen Suren aus dem Koran dar, es sind auch Gebete darunter und die heiligen Namen Gottes.”
Die Religionsschule ist eine Oase in der Innenstadt. Die vier Flügel des Hauptgebäudes bestehen aus Erdgeschoss und erstem Stock und fassen einen quadratischen Innenhof ein, auf dem große Platanen Schatten spenden. Jede Fassade besteht aus Arkaden in der Form eines Spitzbogens, und hinter jeder Arkade liegt ein Unterrichts- oder ein Wohnraum mit kleiner Terrasse. Die Farbe der Mosaike auf den Wänden ist Blau, dazu kommen Gelb, Grün und Rot. Abdoll Amir Khattat strahlt Ruhe aus, ab und an blitzt ein Lächeln über sein Gesicht. Er trägt den Titel “Hodschatoleslam”, das bedeutet “Beweis des Islam”.
Eye on Iran: Setback in Talks on Iran’s Nuclear Program in a ‘Gulf of Mistrust’
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NYT: ”Talks on Iran’s disputed nuclear program descended into mistrust and frustration in Moscow on Tuesday, casting doubt on whether the two sides can negotiate a way out of the escalating crisis. After five draining sessions, the European Union foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, said the differences between Iran and the group of six world powers involved in the talks here remained so significant that negotiators did not commit to another high-level meeting. Instead, technical experts from both sides will convene early next month to determine whether there are grounds for further high-level contact. The talks between Iran and the six powers – Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States and Germany – faced daunting obstacles from the outset. Iran has signaled some willingness to scale down its uranium enrichment, a process that can produce nuclear fuel but also the components of a nuclear bomb, and is being squeezed by new rounds of economic sanctions that will take effect on July 1. The sanctions threaten to isolate Tehran further from world oil markets and the international banking system.”http://t.uani.com/LDoAgK Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
Iran Nuclear Talks Fail: AEI Critical Threats Quick Take by Maseh Zarif
The threat of Iran’s illicit nuclear program is mounting as another round of meetings between the P5+1 and Iran ended in failure this week. Tehran’s continued intransigence suggests that the regime will not compromise on its pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability, despite the impact of recent economic sanctions.
Iran’s ongoing enrichment activities at the Natanz and Fordow facilities are increasing its enriched uranium stockpile, which is now large enough to produce fuel for five nuclear weapons after conversion to weapons-grade, and reducing the time it would need to produce bomb-grade fuel. Iran would need one month to produce 25 kilograms weapons-grade uranium at the larger Natanz enrichment facility (using its 3.5% and 20% enriched uranium stockpiles) and approximately eight months total to produce 25 kilograms weapons-grade at the smaller, buried Fordow enrichment facility (using its 20% enriched uranium stockpile). Iran has already produced enough 20% enriched uranium with which to produce the 15 kilograms of weapons-grade uranium needed to fuel a warhead designed with a high level of technical capability in 2-8 weeks. For technical notes and further information on these estimates, see “The Iranian Nuclear Program: Timelines, Data, and Estimates.”
There is no indication that Iran is prepared to verifiably dismantle its nuclear program (including ending uranium enrichment and heavy water related activities), remove nuclear material from Iran, adhere to the IAEA’s Additional Protocol, or cooperate with the IAEA’s ongoing inquiry into Iran’s weaponization work. Iranian negotiators have continued to invoke the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT)–a treaty they are in standing violation of–as the basis for their supposed “right” to enrichment; the NPT does not, in fact, bestow any right to enrichment. Even the limited, short-term proposal put forth by the P5+1 aimed at curbing Iran’s 20% enriched uranium production–which would have limited impact on Iran’s ability to quickly produce weapons-grade fuel and fails to address the broader threat posed by the nuclear program–was dismissed in Moscow by Iran’s negotiator Saeed Jalili.
Source: American Enterprise Institute
Deutschland: 3.425 Asylanträge im Mai 2012/ Iraner +320
Im Mai 2012 wurden beim Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge 3.425 Asylerstanträge gestellt. Die Zahl der Asylbewerber stieg im Vergleich zum Vormonat um 244 Personen (7,7 Prozent).
Im Vergleich zum Vorjahresmonat Mai 2011 stieg die Zahl der Asylbewerber um 4 Personen (0,1 Prozent).
805 Personen erhielten im Mai 2012 die Rechtsstellung eines Flüchtlings nach der Genfer Konvention (17,4 Prozent aller Asylentscheidungen), darunter 299 syrische Asylbewerber. Zudem erhielten 1.401 Personen (30,2 Prozent) sogenannten „subsidiären Schutz“ (Abschiebungsverbote gemäß § 60 Abs. 2, 3, 5 und 7 Aufenthaltsgesetz), darunter 1.009 syrische Asylbewerber.
Die Zahlen im Einzelnen:
I. Aktueller Monat
Beim Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge haben im Mai 2012 3.425 Personen (Vormonat 3.181 Personen) Asyl beantragt. Damit ist die Zahl der Asylbewerber gegenüber dem Vormonat um 244 Personen
(7,7 Prozent) gestiegen und gegenüber dem Vorjahresmonat um 4 Personen (0,1 Prozent) gestiegen.
Hauptherkunftsländer im Mai 2012 waren:
Zum Vergleich
| Nr. | Land | März | April | Mai |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Afghanistan | 628 | 469 | 505 |
| 2. | Syrien | 165 | 241 | 362 |
| 3. | Irak | 385 | 289 | 360 |
| 4. | Iran | 224 | 356 | 320 |
| 5. | Pakistan | 240 | 197 | 179 |
| 6. | Russische Föderation | 162 | 110 | 148 |
| 7. | Serbien | 308 | 148 | 143 |
| 8. | Mazedonien | 87 | 110 | 117 |
| 9. | Türkei | 128 | 118 | 103 |
| 10. | Georgien | 61 | 57 | 86 |
Neben den 3.425 Erstanträgen wurden im Mai 2012 beim Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge 774 Folgeanträge gestellt.
Im Mai 2012 hat das Bundesamt über die Anträge von 4.635 Personen (Vormonat: 4.691) entschieden.
Insgesamt 805 Personen (17,4 Prozent) wurde die Rechtsstellung eines Flüchtlings nach dem Abkommen über die Rechtsstellung der Flüchtlinge vom 28. Juli 1951 (Genfer Flüchtlingskonvention) zuerkannt. Darunter waren 72 Personen (1,6 Prozent), die als Asylberechtigte nach Art. 16a des Grundgesetzes anerkannt wurden, sowie 733 Personen (15,8 Prozent), die Flüchtlingsschutz nach § 3 des Asylverfahrensgesetzes i. V. m. § 60 Abs. 1 des Aufenthaltsgesetzes erhielten.
Darüber hinaus hat das Bundesamt im Mai 2012 bei 1.401 Personen (30,2 Prozent) Abschiebungsverbote gemäß § 60 Abs. 2, 3, 5 und 7 des Aufenthaltsgesetzes (sog. subsidiärer Schutz) festgestellt.
Abgelehnt wurden die Anträge von 1.589 Personen (34,3 Prozent). Anderweitig erledigt (z.B. durch Verfahrenseinstellungen wegen Rücknahme des Asylantrages) wurden die Anträge von 840 Personen (18,1 Prozent).
II. Laufendes Jahr
Für den Zeitraum Januar bis Mai 2012 ergeben sich folgende Zahlen:
In der Zeit von Januar bis Mai 2012 haben insgesamt 19.023 Personen in Deutschland Asyl beantragt. Gegenüber dem Vergleichszeitraum im Vorjahr (17.369 Personen) bedeutet dies eine Erhöhung um 1.654 Personen (9,5 Prozent).
Die Hauptherkunftsländer in der Zeit von Januar bis Mai 2012:
| 1. | Afghanistan | 2.930 |
| 2. | Irak | 2.086 |
| 3. | Serbien | 1.705 |
| 4. | Iran | 1.542 |
| 5. | Syrien | 1.225 |
| 6. | Pakistan | 1.224 |
| 7. | Russ. Föderation | 759 |
| 8. | Türkei | 599 |
| 9. | Mazedonien | 595 |
| 10. | Kosovo | 541 |
Neben den 19.023 Erstanträgen wurden insgesamt 3.981 Folgeanträge gestellt.
Im Zeitraum von Januar bis Mai 2012 hat das Bundesamt 21.795 Entscheidungen (Vorjahr: 20.254) getroffen.
Insgesamt 3.739 Personen (17,2 Prozent) wurde die Rechtsstellung eines Flüchtlings nach dem Abkommen über die Rechtsstellung der Flüchtlinge vom 28. Juli 1951 (Genfer Flüchtlingskonvention) zuerkannt. Darunter waren 259 Personen (1,2 Prozent), die als Asylberechtigte nach Art. 16a des Grundgesetzes anerkannt wurden, sowie 3.480 Personen (16,0 Prozent), die Flüchtlingsschutz nach § 3 des Asylverfahrensgesetzes i. V. m. § 60 Abs. 1 des Aufenthaltsgesetzes erhielten.
Darüber hinaus hat das Bundesamt von Januar bis Mai 2012 bei 3.223 Personen (14,8 Prozent) Abschiebungsverbote gemäß § 60 Abs. 2, 3, 5 und 7 des Aufenthaltsgesetzes (sog. subsidiärer Schutz) festgestellt.
Abgelehnt wurden die Anträge von 10.029 Personen (46,0 Prozent). Anderweitig erledigt (z.B. durch Verfahrenseinstellungen wegen Rücknahme des Asylantrages) wurden die Anträge von 4.804 Personen (22,0 Prozent).
Die Zahl der Personen, über deren Anträge noch nicht entschieden wurde, betrug Ende Mai 2012 35.283, darunter 31.605 Erstanträge und 3.678 Folgeanträge (Vormonat: 35.519 anhängige Verfahren, davon 31.452 Erst- und 4.067 Folgeanträge).
Netherland II: The Netherlands Suspends Visas for Iranians + Marietje Schaake asks parliamentary questions
Iranian students in the Netherlands received worrying letters from the Immigration and Naturalization Office telling them their visas would not be processed until the government made an assessment of the ramifications of the new sanctions levied against Iran. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Uri Rosenthal, has since stated that visas for study and short stays would be handled as usual, but consideration of other visas will be suspended. This includes visas for PhD research and all work.
An online petition has been issued: Stop the Unjustified Embargo of Residence Permit Applications for Iranian Nationals.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stop-the-unjustified-embargo-for-iranian-nationals/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=system&utm_campaign=Send%2Bto%2BFriend
EU Parliament member Marietje Schaake has shared her attempts to get some clarity on the situation in the Netherlands. Her questions are posted on her site.
http://www.marietjeschaake.eu/2012/06/parliamentary-questions-impact-of-eu-sanctions-on-applications-by-iranians-for-temporary-residence-permits/
Ahmadinejad, his Latin American partners and the stability of the region
Román D. Ortiz
Director of the Decisive Point consulting firm and Professor at the School of Economics, University of the Andes (Bogotá).
For the second time in six months, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is visiting Latin America. This time, the Islamic Republic president’s itinerary includes Bolivia, Venezuela and Brazil, where he will participate in “Rio+20″ – the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. As on previous occasions, the visit has a dual purpose: an official one and a real one. Officially, Ahmadinejad’s trip is designed to portray to the world his country’s commitment to the environment and to foster relations with his Latin American partners. In reality, Ahmadinejad seeks to make a fresh effort to reduce Iran’s international isolation, to increase its influence in Bolivia and to shore up its relations with Venezuela before the likely resignation of President Chavez due to health problems.
Iran’s participation in the Rio+20 Summit could serve as material for a satire if not for the sad reality that it conceals. While the Ayatollah regime criticizes Western consumerism and presents itself as a government that respects the environment, the reality in Iran could not be more different. Iran is suffering from extensive desertification, air pollution levels in its cities are amongst the highest in the world, and most of its population lives without any water treatment infrastructure. Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
Koenigs: Solidarität mit den politischen Gefangenen im Iran
Anlässlich des Internationalen Tages zur Unterstützung politischer Gefangener im Iran, erklärt Tom Koenigs, Vorsitzender des Ausschusses für Menschenrechte und humanitäre Hilfe:
„Der 20. Juni 2009 ist ein schwarzer Tag in der Geschichte Irans. Im Zuge der Proteste um die Präsidentschaftswahlen 2009 kamen insgesamt mindestens 40 Menschen ums Leben. Mindestens 5.000 Demonstranten wurden nach der Wahl festgenommen.
Die Meinungsfreiheit ist der erste Indikator jeder freien, pluralistischen und demokratischen Gesellschaft. Im Iran jedoch ist das Menschenrecht auf Meinungsfreiheit drastisch eingeschränkt. Zahlreiche Regimekritiker, Journalisten, Studenten, Menschenrechtsverteidiger und Frauenrechtsaktivisten befinden sich in Haft. Sie verdienen unsere Solidarität und Unterstützung. Denn „der schlimmste Alptraum eines Gefangenen ist der Gedanke, vergessen worden zu sein.“ (Maziar Bahari, iranisch-kanadischer Journalist).
Mit der Verletzung der Meinungsfreiheit gehen andere Menschenrechtsverletzungen einher. Im Iran wurden letztes Jahr mindestens 360 Personen hingerichtet, 50 davon öffentlich. Das Recht auf Leben ist das fundamentalste Menschenrecht. Es ist eine Vorbedingung, um alle anderen Menschenrechte genießen zu können. Hinrichtungen sind archaische, vormoderne und anti-aufklärerische Methoden des Strafvollzugs. Dabei muss sich gerade der Staat zum Leben seiner Bürger bekennen.
Der Iran rühmt sich damit, die Würde des Menschen hochzuhalten. Die iranische Regierung ist aufgefordert die Lücke zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit zu schließen: Gerade an einem Tag wie diesem muss man den Ruf nach Freiheit für politische Gefangene und Abschaffung der Todesstrafe wiederholen.“
Iran Demands Relief from Sanctions; West: ‘Stop, Shut, Ship’
by MUHAMMAD SAHIMI
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English.
11:30 p.m. IRDT, 30 Khordad/June 19 The second day of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group — the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) plus Germany – came to an end in Moscow.Tabnak, a website that is close to Mohsen Rezaei, former chief of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps and current Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council, has revealed the details of Iran’s counter proposal to the P5+1. During the Baghdad negotiations, the P5+1 complained that Iran’s proposed package was vague. (The Telegraph of London reported this more or less along the same lines.) According to Tabnak, this time around, Saeed Jalili, Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, provided precise details of the proposal. According to Tabnak, using a power-point presentation, Jalili offered the following as the main pillars of Iran’s proposal: Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
Arseh Sevom weekly: #RememberIran, Labor Activists Arrested, House of Cinema, Death of a Maestro
Green Movement: Three Years On
This week marked the third anniversary of the demonstrations following Iran’s flawed 2009 presidential elections, which brought the Green Movement to the world stage. In 2009, millions of Iranian citizens took to the streets of Tehran and other major Iranian cities to protest what they saw as a rigged election. Many had a simple question to ask through their peaceful demonstrations, “Where is my vote?” The rest is history.
The Islamic Republic crushed the protests with mass arrests and violence. Several lost their lives in the process. The families of those killed during the protests are now struggling to achieve justice.
The anniversary was commemorated in many countries around the world. United4Iran released an online compilation of music from various musicians, entitled Azadi: Songs of Freedom. It can be listened to for free here. Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
Iran Analysis: The Nuclear Talks — The West Looks for an Iranian Crash
Throughout this spring’s nuclear talks between Iran and the 5+1 Powers (US, Britain, Germany, France, Russia, China), I have used the metaphor of the game of “chicken”, in which two drivers aim their cars at each other and accelerate. The question, from Istanbul in April to Baghdad in May to Moscow this week, has been whether one or both sides would swerve to get an agreement on Tehran’s uranium enrichment or whether both were preparing for impact.
The past 48 hours, for all the muddle during the third round of negotiations, gave us an answer.
The Iranians, after taking an unsuccesfully vague line in Baghdad, were ready to hit the brakes. The US and Europe are not — if Iran will not give way, it should brace itself for the crash. Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
Eye on Iran: Frustration Mounts at Deadlock in Iran Nuclear Talks
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Reuters: ”Iran and world powers blamed each other on Tuesday for the lack of progress in talks on Tehran’s nuclear program, which has dimmed hopes of a breakthrough to avert the threat of a new Middle East war. On the second and final day of talks in Moscow, frustration mounted over the failure to move any closer to ending a decade of negotiations over Iranian work which the United States and its allies fear is designed for building nuclear weapons. If talks collapse, nerves could grow on financial markets over the danger of higher oil prices and conflict in the Middle East because Israel has threatened to bomb Iranian nuclear sites if diplomacy fails to stop Tehran getting the bomb. ‘We did not come to Moscow only for discussions. We came to Moscow for a resolution. But we believe the opposite side is not ready to reach a resolution,’ an Iranian diplomat said… A Western diplomat made clear late on Monday Iran needed to do more to address proposals made by the six powers at the last round of talks. ‘Our key requirements are: stop, shut and ship,’ said the Western diplomat, who was present at the talks. He was referring to demands for Iran to stop producing higher-grade uranium, ship any stockpile out of the country and close down an underground enrichment facility, Fordow.” http://t.uani.com/LBJGw0 Lies den Rest dieses Artikels
Iran News Round Up (June 19)
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UANI Calls on Royal Tulip Hotel, Golden Tulip Hospitality, Accor Hotels to Reverse Decision to Host Iran’s Ahmadinejad and Delegation this Week in Brazil
New York, NY - On Tuesday, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) called on Brazil’s Royal Tulip Rio de Janeiro Hotel (Royal Tulip), of France-based Golden Tulip Hospitality Group (Golden Tulip), to reverse its decision to host Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his delegation during this week’s meeting of the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. UANI also called on the Novotel Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont hotel of the Accor Hotels Group and the Hotel Praia Ipanema to reverse their decision to host Iran’s delegation this week.
UANI recently learned of these hotels’ irresponsible decision, and asked them to immediately reverse it, or otherwise risk the consequences of a boycott of their properties.
In a letter sent June 18, 2012 to Hans Kennedie, President & CEO of Golden Tulip, and George Durante, General Manager of the Royal Tulip, UANI Executive Director, David Ibsen, wrote:
… Ahmadinejad’s trip also comes as the international community is working to economically and diplomatically isolate the Iranian regime for its illicit nuclear program, egregious human rights violations and state sponsorship of terrorism. The Golden Tulip is therefore exposing itself to serious reputational and financial harm by hosting the Iranian regime. In the past, hotels have received widespread scorn for hosting Ahmadinejad and other Iranian regime officials. In fact, hundreds of Brazilians have already rallied on Sunday to protest Ahmadinejad’s attendance at the Rio+20 Conference.
Golden Tulip is exposed to reputational and financial risk given its business in the United States and with the U.S. government. Golden Tulip has received ample lodging business from the U.S. government-in particular the U.S. Department of Defense. UANI is prepared to launch a worldwide campaign and boycott Golden Tulip properties if they persist in this behavior.
Please be advised that as a result of your plans to host Ahmadinejad and the Iranian delegation, UANI will also list Golden Tulip on its Iran Business Registry (IBR), a database of corporations that conduct business in or with Iran.
UANI sent similar letters to: Denis Hennequin, Chairman and CEO of Accor Hotels; Ronaldo Grapiglia, General Manager of the Novotel Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont; and Carlos Goncalves, General Manager of Hotel Praia Ipanema.
Significantly, Accor North America operates more than 1,100 properties in the U.S. and Canada, including those of its brand chains Motel 6, Studio 6, Sofitel and Novotel. Accor has also received extensive lodging business from the U.S. government-in particular the U.S. Department of Defense.
Click here to read UANI’s full letter to the Golden Tulip Hospitality Group and Royal Tulip Rio de Janeiro.
Click here to read UANI’s letter to Accor Hotels and Novotel Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont.
Click here to read UANI’s letter to the Hotel Praia Ipanema.
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