Dictatorship has violently suppressed democracy protests with oil cash reserves

Iran democracy activists awarded for fighting system of dissent repression

Sakharov prize honours those ‘standing up for better Iran’

AFP – The European Parliament roundly condemned Iran as it awarded its prestigious Sakharov prize Wednesday to lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and film-maker Jafar Panahi, who are both detained back home. “The European Parliament is honouring these two people who are standing up for a better Iran,” said parliament.