A historic day: The first post-Mubarak elections in Egypt
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.”
Live-blog: Iran – February 21, 2011
This is a live-blog report of events in Iran on February 21, 2011. The majority of the reports in this blog are sourced via social media. With regards to the videos and images in this live-blog, we are not affiliated with the people or groups that produced them and the posting of the content by [...]
Posters for 25 Bahman Iran Rallies for Movements for Freedom
As we come across them we will add posters and artwork for the 25 Bahman – 14 February rallies in Iran here:
Statement of the Green Path of Hope Coordination Council Regarding the February 14th Demonstrations
Statement of the Green Path of Hope Coordination Council Regarding the February 14th Demonstrations | February 12, 2011 The following statement was posted by a group calling itself the Green Path of Hope Coordination Council. The Green Path of Hope is a name given to the movement by Mir Hossein Mousavi that arose after the [...]
Obama’s Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs on Iran Regime: “They are not that comfortable. They’re scared.”
Robert Gibbs said in a recent statement with respect to Iran: I think if the government of Iran was as confident as they would have you believe on the statements that they put out, they would have nothing to fear with the peaceful demonstrations like those you have seen in Cairo and throughout Egypt. They [...]
How the Mousavi-Karroubi request to hold a rally in support of Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings reveals hypocritical and totalitarian nature of regime
The Facebook page that supports Mir Hossein Mousavi has posted a call for public-demonstrations “on Monday, Feb 14, 2011, at 3:00 p.m. (local time) from Imam Hossein Square to Azadi Square (Tehran) to show solidarity with the popular movements in the region and in particular the freedom-seeking movements of the Tunisian and Egyptian people against [...]
Iran: Few words for China but plenty for Germany
The differing reaction from a country that portrays itself as a defender of Islam worldwide is a sign of how highly Iran values its political and economic ties with China and how Tehran is trying to deflect attention following its own crackdown on protesters after the country’s disputed presidential election.
















