Time | February 4, 2010
Shervin Malekzadeh
Back before protests erupted last June, if you were to see a crowd gathered on the streets in Tehran, odds were that people were buying up the latest U.S. hit movie or television show from a black-market vendor. Customers flip through piles of plastic sleeves, looking for an unseen classic [...]

Khordaad 88, February 2
Mir Hossein Mousavi ’s Interview with Kaleme
Kaleme reports that in this interview which took place close to February 11th [22 of Bahman], the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution, Mousavi stated that the main reason for the collapse of the dictatorial and unpopular regime of the Shah was its illegitimacy [in the [...]

Channel 4 News (UK), January 22
Neda’s death ‘ignited an awakening’ in Iran

Neda Agha Soltan’s fiance, Caspian Makan: “The 23 January is Neda’s precious birthday. Neda will be 27 on that day. I felt that this should be marked in the world.
“I’ve asked the people of Iran, wherever they may be, in whichever corner of the [...]

Previously, when posting selected headlines, we published one selected headline per post. Iran News Now will be trying out a new format for our selected headlines over the next few days. Based on your feedback we may continue with this format moving forward. Basically, we will publish a daily list of selected [...]

China’s largest search engine, Baidu, has been hacked. For a period of time the website showed the following (click to enlarge):

We do not yet know if this is the same individual or group that managed to change the IP address for Twitter several weeks ago, redirecting to a page with an image and text [...]

This video purportedly shows the vehicle of Iranian opposition leader and cleric, Mehdi Karoubi, being attacked by Basijis in Qazvin on January 7.  The video shows what looks like two people shooting at the vehicle, and appears to corroborate the claims made by Karoubi and his son.  They had reported that the vehicle was fired [...]

Waking up every day and being a journalist is a very conflicting job. Sometimes, you read the work of other journalists who’ve written responsibly and with full knowledge of the subject matter and you feel proud of who you are. Other times, people write things that make you want to just sit there and mourn [...]

This is a live-blog started on reports of military vehicles and troops moving in Tehran. Reports are made as they arrive to us in real-time. To read chronologically, start from the bottom of this report and read upward.
[3:35PM Tehran Time]
After almost an hour of no new information, an unconfirmed report of tanks moving [...]

Another video from the Ashura protests.
This one shows peaceful mourners and protesters being charged and attacked by regime anti-riot police:

Yesterday we posted a video of a man on the ground, yelling in anguish about witnessing a police car run people over. This may or may not be video of the actual incident but it is proof of the viciousness of the so-called anti-riot police on Ashura, December 27, during the protests on that [...]