NEW YORK (JTA) — Several thousand people rallied in New York City for freedom in Iran in a demonstration put together by Jewish groups and numerous other organizations. The demonstration Thursday outside the United Nations building came a day after Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, addressed the U.N. General Assembly. Speakers at the rally included New [...]

A group of rabbis affiliated with New York Board of Rabbis demonstrate outside the United Nations headquarters on Wednesday against the visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who is scheduled to address the UN General Assembly. David Karp/AP Iranian diaspora protests Ahmadinejad at the UN Outside the UN, thousands of Iranians from across the US [...]

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  Demonstration planned in New York during Ahmadinejad’s UN visit on September 23 Press Release, Solidarity Committee for Advancement of Democracy in Iran In order to: Defend human rights and the dignity of the people of Iran; Relay their cry for justice to the rest of the world; and Demand freedom of all political prisoners [...]

  By FARNAZ FASSIHI and CHRISTOPHER RHOADS NEW YORK — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will encounter a turning point in his regime’s relationship with the Iranian diaspora when he arrives here next week for the United Nations General Assembly. Thousands of Iranians in exile are traveling to New York from cities across the U.S. and [...]

  Posh Hotel Cancels Banquet Because Of Iranian Prez By JENNIFER MILLMAN Updated 7:15 AM EDT, Fri, Sep 18, 2009   Getty Images Heck no, you must go. A luxury Manhattan hotel is calling off a banquet for next week after it learned Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was planning to attend and give a speech, [...]