(Persian Umpire) | March 21, 2010 The Iranian regime’s hostility toward Chaharshanbe Souri is nothing new. For years after the revolution, as we were growing up in Tehran, we held the celebrations in fear. As we set our tumbleweeds on fire in our street and threw some firecrackers around, we expected the Basij or the [...]
Archive | March, 2010
Iranian developers defy huge odds to create acclaimed computer game
(Washington Post) | March 21, 2010 By Thomas Erdbrink Washington Post Foreign Service It might not seem that remarkable for a ragtag group of friends to come up with a computer game in a dusty back office. But the Iranian engineering students, programmers and fantasy animators who created “Garshasp, the Monster Slayer” have not only [...]
The Double Lives of Tehran’s Middle Class
(Mianeh) | March 19, 2010 Jafar Farshian They’re at the heart of resistance to the regime – but that doesn’t stop them from having fun. After a brief period of retreat from the outside world following the months of post- election protests, many middle-class Tehranis, who form the backbone of the opposition movement, are out [...]
Full text of Karoubi’s Nowruz Message to Iran (Blasting the Hardliners)
(Khordaad88) | March 19, 2010 Thanks to Khordaad88 for providing the English Translation of Karoubi’s Nowruz Speech Source: Saham News Date: Friday, March 19, 2010 In the Name of God, the Compassionate and the Merciful, I extend a happy new year to all Iranians both inside and outside Iran. I offer my good wishes to [...]
Iranian leader accuses US of plotting against Iran
(BBC) | March 21, 2010 Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has used a televised Iranian New Year address to accuse the US of plotting against the country. He said the US government could not “talk about peace and friendship and at the same time plot and plan sedition”. His words come a day after [...]
Iran’s Opposition Seeks More Help in Cyberwar With Government
(The New York Times) | March 18, 2010 Nazila Fathi At a time when the Obama administration is pressing for harsher sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program, democracy advocates in Iran have been celebrating the recent decision by the United States to lift sanctions on various online services, which they say only helped Tehran [...]
President Barack Obama’s Nowruz Message to Iran
President Barack Obama’s Nowruz Message to Iran, with Persian subtitles:
Iran Releases Opposition Leaders, Rights Advocates Say
(The New York Times) | March 19, 2010 In recent weeks, the Iranian authorities have released dozens of high-profile opposition figures who were arrested after the disputed presidential elections in June, rights advocates said on Friday. The prisoners were required to post bail in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, the advocates said. Mohsen Mirdamadi, [...]
EU agrees to act to stop Iran jamming internet
(France 24) | March 19, 2010 AFP – EU nations are determined to take action to end Iran’s “unacceptable” jamming of satellite broadcasting and Internet censorship, according to a text agreed by European ambassadors in Brussels. “The EU calls on the Iranian authorities to stop the jamming of satellite broadcasting and Internet censorship and to [...]
Mir Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard messages to Iranian People for Nowruz
Iran Opposition Leader, Mir Hossein Mousavi, and his wife, Zahra Rahnavard, have both put out messages to the Iranian people for Nowruz, the Persian New Year. Here are the videos. Khordaad88 has provided English translations of the original speech (see below the videos). Mousavi: In the name of God, the Compassionate and the Merciful, The [...]
CNN: Iranians celebrate holiday under police crackdown
(CNN) | March 17, 2010 Reza Sayah Tehran, Iran (CNN) — Iranians marked a holiday that leads up to the Persian new year under the watchful eyes of police Tuesday night after the Islamic republic’s supreme leader tried to discourage the celebrations. Thousands of people turned out, some in groups as large as 400 people, [...]
Video Collection: Iran Festival of Fire, Day of Revelry and Resistance
This post contains video from Iran allegedly taken during the Nowruz Festival of Fire called Chahar Shanbe Soori. These videos are uploaded to the Internet after being filmed by people in the streets, most often with cell-phone video recorders. While I believe they are from March 16, 2010 (today) and that they are authentic, I [...]
Full Translation of Mousavi’s Speech to Islamic Iran Participation Front
(Khordaad88) | March 15, 2010 (Thanks Khordaad88 for providing the full translation of Mousavi’s Speech to the IIPF) A note from INN: In a bold move, Mousavi names this year the year of fortitude and resistance. In years past the regime’s so-called supreme leader, Khamenei, has named the year. Mousavi is clearly making a witty [...]
Iranians Defy a Ban in a Display of Dissent
(The New York Times) | March 16, 2010 by Nazila Fathi Iranians defied a ban on events marking a traditional festival on Tuesday, turning an annual celebration into a show of antigovernment sentiment. Also Tuesday, the opposition leader Mir Hussein Moussavi appeared to challenge the authority of the supreme religious leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, by [...]
BREAKING: Mir Hossein Mousavi & Zahra Rahnavard to release video addressing the Iranian People for Nowruz (Iranian New Year)
Kalameh, the official website of Iran opposition and green leader, Mir Hossein Mousavi reports that Mousavi and his wife, Zahra Rahnavard will be releasing a video addressing the Iranian People for Nowruz (Iranian New Year). We will post the video as soon as it is released.
Iranian police arrest 50 people at traditional festival
(BBC) | March 17, 2010 Iranian police say they have arrested 50 people during clashes between opposition supporters and police in Tehran during a new year festival. The Feast of Fire comes on the eve of the Persian new year, but religious leaders had told Iranians celebrating it was “un-Islamic”. There were a number of [...]
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