The following is a live-blog of events and videos from protests in Syria today that were violently cracked down upon, with several people killed. Warning: some of the videos are very graphic! Viewer discretion is advised. 4:51 GMT Video showing carnage from government attacks on Syrian protesters. Bodies lying in the street as protesters try [...]
Special: Kambize Rostami calls out Reza Aslan for failing to mention Iran in CNN interview
By Kambize Rostami Today, on February 26, 2011, CNN’s Don Lemon interviewed, Reza Aslan, author and commentator and self-professed expert on the Middle East. While Mr. Aslan’s answers seemed in line with the daily news coming out from the region, he did not provide any particularly insightful or extraordinary information. His comments about what is [...]
Video: CNN’s Reza Sayah: “The drama has peaked in Egypt, but it could be just beginning in Iran.”
CNN’s Reza Sayah talks about the prospect of renewed protests in Iran.
CNN: Iran: U.S. hikers to start trial next month
Two American hikers held by Iran for more than a year will stand trial before an Iranian court next month, the country’s official news agency reported Saturday.
CNN: Lawyer in Iran stoning case in hiding to avoid arrest, supporters say
“The reason why Mr. Mostafaei is under fire is no doubt because of the worldwide attention concerning the Ashtiani case…”
CNN: Iran denying woman will be executed by stoning
CNN | July 8, 2010 By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — Iran’s government is denying reports that an Iranian woman convicted of adultery will be executed by stoning, though her death sentence may still be carried out by some other method. In the Islamic republic’s first public statement on the case of Sakineh Mohammedie [...]
CNN Interview’s Karoubi: Iran opposition leader: ‘The future belongs to the people’
CNN | June 12, 2010 Editor’s note: Opposition leader Mehdi Karrubi is a former Iranian Parliament speaker and ran for Iran’s president as a reform candidate. He and others have accused the government of widespread fraud in last year’s election. (CNN) — Iran’s disputed presidential election last year sparked widespread outrage within the Islamic republic [...]
Video: Rick Sanchez and Reza Sayah Report on Student Protests at Shahid Beheshti University
Good one two punch by Rick Sanchez and Reza Sayah (although I disagree with the notion that the protests ever fizzled out): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob_NxU8ojQQ&playnext_from=TL&videos=pdO3hXKNU5Q
Sunni party to boycott Iraqi elections
(CNN) | February 20, 2010 Yusuf Bassil Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) — A key Sunni Arab party is boycotting Iraq’s March 7 elections because of what it says was Iranian influence that led to the banning of participants in the upcoming race, including the bloc’s leader. The Iraqi Front for National Dialogue, headed by Saleh al-Mutlaq, [...]
Fareed Zakaria roasts Islamic Republic Mouthpiece
Enjoy: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3SIQs4D5hY& 285 234]
Opposition movement in Iran not over, experts say
“This movement isn’t going away anytime soon, but it may not manifest itself as we’ve seen as of late,” said Trita Parsi, president of the Washington-based National Iranian American Council.
But how it will play out is up for debate, with some experts recalling the Islamic revolution that overtook Iran 30 years ago, while others liken the opposition players to the civil rights champions who rocked the United States.
Green Report #13 – Fresh News from Iran – Summary of tweets on Iran from Monday, June 29
Human rights groups claim that so far over 2,000 people are still in detention. Reports have surfaced that there is no more space left for women in Tehran’s official prisons. Human rights’ activists report on unsanitary and inappropriate conditions for imprisoned women protesters in Iran’s overcrowded jails. At least 60 of imprisoned women are in the public wards and have only been given a blanket and are forced to sleep in corridors.












