Tag Archives: Germany
Featured, From the Web, Must Read, Opinion May 21, 2010

Radiation Sickness

Dissected News – Iran makes a deal with Turkey and Brazil, so Obama and Clinton push for sanctions. What the heck happened? Exploring America’s newest conundrum.

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Featured, General July 14, 2009

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.

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Featured, General July 3, 2009

Green Report #17 – Fresh News from Iran – Summary of tweets on Iran from Friday, July 3

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.”