Exclusive, Featured, Live February 14, 2012

Iran Live-blog: 25 Bahman, One Year Later

Last year, tens of thousands Iranians protested in solidarity with uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. Several people were killed, hundreds were arrested. Today we watch for signs of renewed protests.




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About Dave Siavashi

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Dave Siavashi is the founder and editor of Iran News Now. Shortly after he started the website in April of 2009 it became established as a prominent source of breaking news and analysis on Iran during the unrest that followed the 2009 election for president. One of the early journalists to use social media effectively to report on breaking events, his tweets and articles have been cited in The New York Times, The Daily Beast, Christian Science Monitor, and Andrew Sullivan's The Daily Dish. He writes for Iran News Now and EA WorldView.
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