6:15AM GMT – March 1 A Look Back… In order to give those who might be new to what is happening in Iran some context that helps to put things in perspective, we thought it timely to post this historic video that shows Mir Hossein Mousavi, standing on top of a car and addressing a [...]
Live-blog: Iran – February 26 – Regime hypocrisy continues as opposition protests loom
10:00AM GMT – February 27 We have started a running live-blog tracking the arrests Iran’s Green opposition leaders here. 7:50AM GMT Till now, the regime has not dared arrest the main opposition figures and leaders of the Green Movement. With confirmation by the very reliable Reza Sayah that Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi, and their [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Car bombings in Tehran, one professor killed, two others injured
Semi-official Iranian government English-language news site, PressTV, reports that the cars of two professors were “exploded” by “unknown terrorists” in separate places in Tehran today. It is not clear if they were simultaneous bombings, but, according to the report, one professor, Dr. Majid Shariari, was killed while another professor, Fereydoun Abbasiin, and his wife were [...]
EA WorldView: The Regime’s War on the Lawyers – 3 More Arrested
Three more prominent defence attorneys have been detained in Iran.
Enduring America: Iran Document: Karroubi Takes on the Supreme Leader (20 June)
Enduring America | June 20, 2010 by Scott Lucas Our thanks to an EA reader for translation of extracts of Mehdi Karroubi’s latest statement, published in Saham News: The extent of the [jurisdiction and power of the] jurisprudential leadership (Velayat-e-faqih) has expanded so much that I doubt in some cases, such great power was even [...]
Iran: View from Tehran “Changes within the System are Impossible”
(Enduring America) | March 22, 2010 Scott Lucas A reliable EA source passes on these insights from a well-placed contact: Today an Iranian friend called. According to him, the Government did effectively scare the people by killing and arresting them and relentlessly summoning political activists or journalists to court. It also is promoting itself through intense propaganda. Oppositional administrative structures [...]
Iran Breaking: Ban on Reformist Political Party
(Enduring America) | March 15, 2010 Scott Lucas We’re watching carefully the reported ban on the activities of Iran’s leading reformist political party, Islamic Iran Participation Party (Mosharekat). Deputy Interior Ministry Solat Mortazavi told the Iranian Students News Agency that all activities of IIPF have been banned and its headquarters have been locked. Mortazavi implied [...]
Enduring America: The Latest from Iran (11 March): Marathon
(Enduring America) | March 11, 2010 The tireless Dr. Scott Lucas, professor of American Studies at Birmingham University in the U.K., and editor of the esteemed Enduring America news blog covers today’s notable news on Iran. While it’s worth reading the liveblog in its entirity, I found this part to be particularly interesting because of [...]










