Tag Archives: Canada
Featured, From the Web, Human Rights, Politics, World September 28, 2010

AFP: Canada says Iran blogger’s sentence ‘unacceptable’

“We are deeply concerned about the news of this severe sentence,” Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said. “If true, this is completely unacceptable and unjustifiable.”

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Featured, From the Web, Politics July 6, 2010

MACLEANS: The Canadian connection

A Canadian accused of aiding Iran’s nuclear program may be a key asset or a dupe—but his case shows how serious Iran is

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Featured, From the Web, Human Rights, Must Read, Politics July 4, 2010

Rooz: The Eyes and Ears of the Green Movement

If in the past year, thousands of Iranians have been imprisoned, wounded, exiled, tortured and more than a hundred people have been killed on the streets, it is all because of the regime’s fear of the Movement’s expansion and its widespread use of violence against the people.

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General February 19, 2010

Poll: Canada rates 1st among Americans; Iran last

(Washington Post) | February 19, 2010 Canada retained its top position as the country viewed most favorably by Americans, while Iran again ranked last in Gallup’s annual World Affairs survey according to results released Friday. Ninety percent of Americans viewed their northern neighbor favorably in Gallup’s survey of 20 nations that figure prominently in the [...]

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Featured, General November 20, 2009

UN human rights committee votes to censure Iran

(CBC) A United Nations committee has approved a Canadian-led resolution urging Iran to stop harassing political opponents in the wake of its disputed presidential elections. The vote Friday in the General Assembly’s 192-member human rights committee passed with 74 in favour, 48 against and 59 abstentions. The resolution censured Iran for its human rights record, [...]

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Featured, General July 2, 2009

Green Report #16 – Fresh News from Iran – Summary of tweets on Iran from Thursday, July 2

I’m NiteOwl AKA Josh Shahryar – twitter.com/iran_translator on twitter – and I’ve been immersed in tweets from Iran for the past several hours. I have tried to be extremely careful in choosing my tweet sources. What I have compiled below is what I can confirm through my reliable twitter sources. Remember, this is all from [...]

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Featured January 13, 2012

Feature: Instagrams from Iran (picture compilation)

A few pictures from Iran, taken by ordinary people and posted to Instagram

Featured December 28, 2011

Iran Feature: Former Detainee Sarah Shourd “The Plight of Iranians and 3 Decades of US Foreign Policy”

The incredible thing for me was that so many Iranians worldwide took the time to care about us despite the thousands of other political prisoners they have to worry about. “I’m an Iranian boy ashamed for what our government did to three American hikers,” another message on Facebook says. “I want you to know Iranian people are with you and against their own government. Iran’s regime is not chosen by Iranian people. They kill and torture us and we are all in a very big prison named Iran.”

Featured December 14, 2011

Iran Feature: The Supreme Leader Is Worried — Three Developments You Probably Don’t Know

Our partner, EAWorldView, has published a ground-breaking piece on Iran’s Supreme Leader. This is a must-read.

Exclusive December 10, 2011

Live-blog: Russia, what’s next?

Exclusive November 28, 2011

Live-blog: Egypt Elections, Day 1

A historic day: The first post-Mubarak elections in Egypt

Featured November 24, 2011

Journalist Mona Eltahawy’s harrowing ordeal – beating, sexual assault and arrest in Egypt – in her own words and tweets

“The past 12 hrs were painful and surreal but I know I got off much much easier than so many other Egyptians.”