This is a live-blog of events in Iran on March 1, 2011 (10 Esfand in Iran). 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 [...]
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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 – GREEN OPPOSITION LEADERS ARRESTED!
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 [...]
Iran: “A marathon not a sprint”
Over the past several days in Iran, the regime has consolidated steps it has been taking for months now towards putting Iranian opposition figures, Mir Hossein Mousavi, his wife Zahra Rahnavard, and Mehdi Karroubi, under a type of permanent house arrest–a method that it has used in the past to silence individuals that it can’t [...]
Live-blog: Iran – 1 Esfand – February 20, 2011
This is a live-blog report of events in Iran on February 20, 2011 (1 Esfand). 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 [...]
Live-blog: Iran – February 18 – Regime’s Day of Hate
This is a live-blog report on events in Iran, and about Iran. The majority of the information is sourced via social media channels. The videos or links to other sites posted are not produced by Iran News Now, and their posting here does not equate to an endorsement of their content or message. Every update [...]
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 [...]
WSJ: Iran to Pare Food, Gas Subsidies
Moves to Withdraw Supports on Basics Appear Risky for Ahmadinejad; Showing Sanctions’ Strain
Lastest Status on Isa Saharkhiz’s Physical Condition at Rajai Shahr Prison
Friday 13th August, 2010 Translation by Negar Irani Incarcerated journalist Isa Saharkhiz continues to suffer from severe pain in his right leg. A member of the Central Council for the Defense of Freedom of Press in Iran, Saharkhiz who has been incarcerated since July of last year, has been suffering from severe pain in his [...]
The Families of Political Prisoners Write to the Head of the Judiciary – “Have Our Loved Ones Survived their Hunger Strike?”
In a letter addressed to the head of the Judiciary Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, the families of the political prisoners voiced their deep concern regarding the well being of their loved ones who ended their hunger strike 3 days ago.
Complete Lack of News Regarding Political Prisoners Previously on Hunger Strike at Evin
Thursday August 11th, 2010- Summary: The families of the political prisoners ask Tehran’s prosecutor:” How can we be sure of the physical condition of our loved ones after two grueling weeks of hunger strike? The only way we can be reassured of their well being is if we are given the opportunity to hear their [...]
Iran’s Turbulence Beneath
As the main stream media slip back into their pre-2009-Iran-presidential-election coma of blissful ignorance, the story is no longer about the courageous Iranian protesters facing their government and revealing to the world how their government torments and terrorizes them. The now almost decade long story about the threat of the Iranian nuclear program has started [...]
RFE/RL: ‘Convincing’ Revolutionary Guards Who Support Green Movement ‘Better Than Eliminating Them’
RFE/RL | July 26, 2010 by Golnaz Esfandiari July 26, 2010 The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has officially acknowledged that some members have been supportive of the country’s opposition movement. General Mohammad Ali Jafari said that it is better “to convince” guards who support the opposition than to get rid of them. [...]
Featured Photo: Green paint splashed on picture of Islamic Republic Supreme Leader
The following picture was posted to Twitter today, purportedly taken at Tehran University (though we can’t confirm this), showing the picture of Ayatollah Khamenei, the so-called Supreme Leader of Iran with green paint splattered on it, next to the untarnished picture of his predecessor, Ayatollah Khomeini. If this picture is authentic it is very telling [...]
Rooz: The Eyes and Ears of the Green Movement
If in the past year, thousands of Iranians have been imprisoned, wounded, exiled, tortured and more than a hundred people have been killed on the streets, it is all because of the regime’s fear of the Movement’s expansion and its widespread use of violence against the people.
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