The Militarized Death of the Republic
(TehranBureau) | February 20, 2010 by RASOOL NAFISI This was first published by Tehran Bureau on July 6, 2009. The momentous June presidential election in Iran and its bloody aftermath will probably be remembered as a turning point in the life of this strange republic. The true face of the state, so meticulously hidden beneath [...]
Why Iran’s Green Movement Objects To President’s Economic Style
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty) | February 19, 2010 The chants of “death to the dictator” have been temporarily stilled since Iran’s Green Movement was muscled off the streets during the 31st anniversary celebrations of the Islamic Revolution on February 11. But political slogans and charges of stolen presidential elections are just part of [...]
Iranian hardline cleric claims protesters “dared not show up”
(RadioZamaneh) | February 19, 2010 Hardline cleric, Ahmad Khatami who has repeatedly derided the post-election protests and the opposition leaders from Tehran’s Friday Mass Prayers podium, was hard at his efforts today claiming protesters, which he has dubbed as “rioters”, did not dare appear in February 11 demonstrations. Despite Ahmad Khatami’s claims, reports indicate that [...]
Harsh Words on Both Sides Make Bloody Showdown Likely February 11
By calling into question the success and sanctity of the Iranian Revolution, Moussavi is questioning the legitimacy of the government as a whole, not merely the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Moussavi continued by drawing parallels between the struggles against injustice in 1979 and the current goals of the Green Movement, a comparison that carries heavy implications regarding the current government.
Tehran Night Chants – December 19 – “Allaho Akbar!” & “Down with Dictator!”
The latest video from Iran of nightly protest chants. These have been a staple of the protest movement since the June 12 presidential election in which Ahmadinejad was declared the winner. This is during Moharram, a time of mourning in the Shiite faith, as the moment builds for planned green movement rallies.
Breaking News: Rumors of Mousavi’s imminent arrest circulating
Today we have seen a flurry of rumors online that an arrest of Mousavi may be imminent. A news website closely associated with Mousavi called Kalameh has issued this statement(English translation): WARNING: Beware that an event is unfolding! Kaleme: Following the planned scenario for disgracing Imam Khomeini and accusing the Green movement and the students [...]
Why the Green Movement will Prevail
Sadness to me is the happiest time When a shining city rises from the ruins of my drunken mind Those times when I’m silent and still as the earth, The thunder of my roar is heard across the universe. Rumi It has now been almost six months since those fateful days in June when the [...]
Social Networking and the Making of a Civil Rights Movement
(Mowjcamp) Hamid Dabashi A rather peculiar reference to a prominent nineteenth century philosopher made Mir Hossein Mousavi’s letter to Ayatollah Montazeri of some urgent interest. More than three months into the post-electoral crisis of June 2009, the chief oppositional candidate, who had cried foul soon after the officially declared victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, had written [...]
Iran plans to build 10 more nuclear plants
(L.A. Times)” President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says an expanded nuclear program would create enriched uranium to produce electricity. It’s unclear whether Iran has the know-how to carry out the plan. By Borzou Daragahi November 29 Reporting from New York – Two days after the world’s atomic energy watchdog rebuked Iran for building a small undisclosed uranium [...]
Video: Pro-regime university speaker shouted down by students
(France24/RFI Pro-regime speakers are regularly invited by University Bassij to speak before students – but since President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s controversial re-election in June, they face increasingly hostile audiences. On November 16, one of Ahmadinejad’s staunchest supporters was booed to silence with calls of “murderer” and “liar, go away!” But students often pay the price for [...]
Iran Arrests Student Activists Ahead Of Student Day
(RFE/RL) November 20, 2009 By Golnaz Esfandiari Iran has increased its pressure on student activists ahead of the national Student Day on December 7. Throughout Iran a dozen students are reported to have been jailed this week, including eight student activists arrested in Tehran on November 19. Those arrested include a senior member of Iran’s [...]
Clerics side with people of Iran
From Mowjcamp.com: Ever since the fraudulent Presidential Elections in Iran in June 2009, the role of Shiite clerics from Qom and even Iraq in standing up to the coup government of Ahmadinejad and its backers has been unprecedented throughout the 30 year history of the Islamic Republic to say the least. Indeed the positions held [...]
Iran sentences 5 to death in postelection turmoil
By NASSER KARIMI (AP) TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has sentenced five defendants to death in a mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the unrest that followed the disputed June presidential election, state television reported Tuesday. The five apparently include three death sentences announced last month. None of the five have been identified by [...]
Clinton Says U.S. Wants ‘Civil,’ Diplomatic Iran Ties
By Indira A.R. Lakshmanan Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. wants a “civil, diplomatic relationship” with Iran and has told the regime that possessing a nuclear weapon isn’t in the nation’s best interests, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. President Barack Obama conveyed that message to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Hoseini Khamenei, Clinton said [...]
Israel and Iran compete to expand influence in Latin America
November 12, 2009 Hannah Strange in Caracas Latin America has become the battleground for competing Middle East powers, whose leaders are criss-crossing the continent seeking support from an increasingly strategic region. President Peres of Israel is using the first visit to Brazil by an Israeli head of state in 43 years to urge his hosts [...]
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