Video showing protesters in Daraa tearing down a picture of President Assad: Protesters in Sanamein, near Daraa, running away as they are being attacked by security forces. WARNING: Graphic video! Protests in Damascus: Another Damascus Protest Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–6mPoRZnvo Jableh, protests near Abu Bakr mosque: Rifai Mosque: Google Translate translates the Arabic text associated with this [...]
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Live-blog: Protests in Syria, Violent Government Crackdown, Several Protesters Killed
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 [...]
Live-blog: Iran – February 27, 2011 – The pressure builds
3:00AM GMT – February 28 We just came across this video that we had not seen, from the protests in Tehran on February 14 / 25 Bahman. It is being filmed by someone on a bus that captures the heavy security presence in the street. Nearing the end of the video, you can see regime [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Live-blog: Iran – 25 Bahman – February 14, 2011
This is a live-blog report of events in Iran on February 14, 2011 (25 Bahman). 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. In order to follow this [...]
Egypt Revolution – Day 11 – Day of Departure, Friday of Farewell
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a live-blog report on protests and unrest in Egypt on February 4, 2011. The information and videos in this report are sourced from various social media outlets, with Twitter being our primary source. We will do our best to interpret the events, but the situation is chaotic and information is difficult [...]
Live-blog: Ashura in Iran – December 16, 2010
This is a live-blog report on events in Iran on December 16, 2010, during the Shia mourning day of Ashura. As reports come in, they will be placed at the top of this page. To read this in chronological order it must be read from the bottom up. [8:30AM Tehran Time - December 17, 2010] [...]
Live-blog: Student Day in Iran – December 7, 2010 (16 Azar)
This is a live-blog report on events on December 7, 2010, Student Day in Iran. Any videos and information contained in this report are obtained through various online sources. Iran News Now is not affiliated with any of the groups or individuals who produced any of the videos. We are simply an outlet and conduit [...]
NYR: Iran’s Interrupted Lives
In late September, as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was in New York asserting his government’s respect for human rights, several young students in Iran were receiving lengthy prison sentences for their efforts to speak out in defense of those rights.
Radio Zamaneh: Zahra Rahnavard Attacked by Pro-government Forces
Radio Zamaneh | September 1, 2010 Zahra Rahnavard, Iranian opposition figure, was attacked by a group of plainclothes forces of the Islamic Republic on the streets of Tehran. Kaleme website reports that the attack occurred a few nights ago in an alley close to her residence. The report notes that Rahnavard was surrounded by her [...]
CSM: Hillary Clinton to Iran: stop using death penalty so much
Christian Science Monitor | August 10, 2010 by Howard LaFranchi Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday added her voice to the growing international chorus condemning what Iranian human rights activists say is expanding use of execution as almost routine punishment in Iran. The high-profile case Secretary Clinton cited in a statement is that [...]
Enduring America: Iran Special: The Escalating Crisis Within
Enduring America | July 3, 2010 By Mr. Verde Weeks into the Parliament v. President v. Rafsanjani crisis over control of Islamic Azad University, there is no resolution. There have been efforts to play down the immediate conflict, for example, with the denial of Yasr Rafsanjani, the son of Hashemi Rafsanjani, that the university’s office [...]
Video: one year ago today, Basij fire live-rounds into the crowds
A year ago today, the bare brutality of the Islamic Republic of Iran towards Iranians was clearly displayed before the world. Through the use of cell-phone cameras, brave Iranians captured the malignancy of their government, and through the use of the Internet and social media sites like Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, they distributed the images [...]
Live-blog: The Day After the Anniversary of the 2009 Rigged Iran Presidential Election
This is a live-blog report on events in Iran on the day following the anniversary of the 2009 Iranian presidential election. Usually in the days following a day of protests, videos and images captured by people on the ground during the protests continue to surface. We will chronicle as many of them as we can [...]
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