Iran is preparing today for a new round of opposition protests. The Interior Ministry said that stifle progress, which aims to commemorate the seven days after the death of two youths who died in the protests on Monday 14 February. Although the Government claims that two young men belonged to the Basij, paramilitary forces of the Government, the opposition claims that these youths had taken to the streets to protest against the government.
Today's march, which has been called Sunday of blood due to an expected strong response from the Government, is in tension in the country. Last night it worked pretty slow internet service Google Talk and Skype were out of service. The opposition fears that communications worse today, as usual the days of protest.
Yesterday it emerged that a court in the province of East Azerbaijan, northern Iran, has released the two German journalists who had been arrested months ago when interviewing Ashtianeh Sakineh's son, condemned to death by stoning after a trial Confusingly, pleaded guilty to adultery. "According to the verdict, the sentencing of two German citizens has been reduced under Islamic compassion", told news agency IRNA chief justice department of the province, Malek Azhdar Sharifi, who said the sentence twenty years in prison had changed for a fee of 34,000 euros for each of the detainees.
Both journalists were handed over to the German consul in Tabriz, were transferred last night to Tehran, where they would meet with German Foreign Minister, Guido Westewelle, who yesterday visited Iran to discuss various issues with local authorities. The release of the journalists, according to accounts given by the BBC Persia, would be linked to the nullification of the ban for Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, to travel to Europe and attend the security meeting held annually in Munich.
Salehi until recently headed the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. Marcus Hellwig, Jens Koch, a reporter and photographer for the weekly Bild am Sonntag, had entered Iran without permission to work as journalists and had gone to Tabriz, 500 km north of Tehran, to interview the son of Ashtianeh.
As confirmed by then living in Germany Iranian activist Mina Ahadi, both were arrested in the office of attorney Sakineh while conducting the interview. Since then had been in a prison of Tabriz, where a court accused of espionajel. The new sentence comes after news that both had appealed for clemency to Islamic justice. 
Today's march, which has been called Sunday of blood due to an expected strong response from the Government, is in tension in the country. Last night it worked pretty slow internet service Google Talk and Skype were out of service. The opposition fears that communications worse today, as usual the days of protest.
Yesterday it emerged that a court in the province of East Azerbaijan, northern Iran, has released the two German journalists who had been arrested months ago when interviewing Ashtianeh Sakineh's son, condemned to death by stoning after a trial Confusingly, pleaded guilty to adultery. "According to the verdict, the sentencing of two German citizens has been reduced under Islamic compassion", told news agency IRNA chief justice department of the province, Malek Azhdar Sharifi, who said the sentence twenty years in prison had changed for a fee of 34,000 euros for each of the detainees.
Both journalists were handed over to the German consul in Tabriz, were transferred last night to Tehran, where they would meet with German Foreign Minister, Guido Westewelle, who yesterday visited Iran to discuss various issues with local authorities. The release of the journalists, according to accounts given by the BBC Persia, would be linked to the nullification of the ban for Iranian Foreign Minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, to travel to Europe and attend the security meeting held annually in Munich.
Salehi until recently headed the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. Marcus Hellwig, Jens Koch, a reporter and photographer for the weekly Bild am Sonntag, had entered Iran without permission to work as journalists and had gone to Tabriz, 500 km north of Tehran, to interview the son of Ashtianeh.
As confirmed by then living in Germany Iranian activist Mina Ahadi, both were arrested in the office of attorney Sakineh while conducting the interview. Since then had been in a prison of Tabriz, where a court accused of espionajel. The new sentence comes after news that both had appealed for clemency to Islamic justice.
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