CNN | June 12, 2010 Editor’s note: Opposition leader Mehdi Karrubi is a former Iranian Parliament speaker and ran for Iran’s president as a reform candidate. He and others have accused the government of widespread fraud in last year’s election. (CNN) — Iran’s disputed presidential election last year sparked widespread outrage within the Islamic republic [...]
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A Salute To The Iranian Protesters, Fighting A Theorcracy
FreakOutNation | June 12, 2010 by Anomaly100 It was one year ago today that protests broke out against the disputed Presidential election in Iran which was the catalyst for the daily protests ever since. The passion of the protesters won the hearts of many and we’ve been able to watch their continuous fight against a [...]
The day I fled Iran in terror and left my family behind – a journalist’s story
Guardian | June 13, 2010 Saeed Kamali Dehghan One year ago, after a disputed election, a popular uprising almost brought down the Iranian regime. Saeed Kamali Dehghan risked his life to report on the green revolt – but then he made the agonising decision to flee to the UKOne year ago, after a disputed election, [...]
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 [...]
Iran’s defiant Green movement vows to fight on
Guardian | June 11, 2010 Exclusive: Zahra Rahnavard, wife of defeated reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, says opposition remains strong despite repression and violence under Ahmadinejad regime since disputed election a year ago Saeed Kamali Dehghan and Ian Black opposition Green movement, fighting for democracy since the disputed election a year ago, has not been [...]
Opinion: The Shrewd Calculus Behind Khamenei’s Release of 81 Political Prisoners
By Dave Siavashi: I’m guessing not many people expected this move (Associated Press article) today by Iran’s unelected leader, Khamenei: Iran’s supreme leader pardoned 81 jailed opposition supporters who had been found guilty of having a role in the unrest triggered by last June’s disputed presidential election. Wednesday’s pardons were seen as a gesture of [...]
Video: Rick Sanchez and Reza Sayah Report on Student Protests at Shahid Beheshti University
Good one two punch by Rick Sanchez and Reza Sayah (although I disagree with the notion that the protests ever fizzled out): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob_NxU8ojQQ&playnext_from=TL&videos=pdO3hXKNU5Q
Hardline MP confirms travel ban for Iranian opposition leaders
The hardline MP maintained that the three opposition figures’ only aim in leaving the country would be to use international platforms to “keep the seditious movement alive.”
Iranian Bloggers Publicize Cases Of Lesser-Known Prisoners
(RFE/RL) | April 14, 2010 By Golnaz Esfandiari Iranian bloggers supporting the opposition movement have launched a new campaign aimed at publicizing the plight of the lesser-known prisoners who have been jailed in the postelection unrest. Among the lesser-known prisoners are those citizens who were not politically active and are not affiliated with any political [...]
Mousavi warns against Islamic Republic’s loss of credibility
(Radio Zamaaneh) | April 8, 2010 Opposition leader, MirHosein Mousavi announced that the Islamic Republic is losing its “credibility and legitimacy.” He maintained that the people have become doubtful regarding their beliefs in the “foundations of the system” and “people’s trust” in the government has been destroyed. Neday Sabz Azadi Website reports that MirHosein Mousavi, [...]
Special Court To Be Established for Iranians Abroad
(RFE/RL) | April 5, 2010 Iranian Justice Minister Morteza Baktiari announced on April 3 that a special court will be established for Iranians living outside the country. He didn’t give the reason for the move, but said that the head of Tehran’s Justice Department and the head of the Revolutionary Court have announced their preparations [...]
Full text of Karoubi’s Nowruz Message to Iran (Blasting the Hardliners)
(Khordaad88) | March 19, 2010 Thanks to Khordaad88 for providing the English Translation of Karoubi’s Nowruz Speech Source: Saham News Date: Friday, March 19, 2010 In the Name of God, the Compassionate and the Merciful, I extend a happy new year to all Iranians both inside and outside Iran. I offer my good wishes to [...]
Iran’s Opposition Seeks More Help in Cyberwar With Government
(The New York Times) | March 18, 2010 Nazila Fathi At a time when the Obama administration is pressing for harsher sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program, democracy advocates in Iran have been celebrating the recent decision by the United States to lift sanctions on various online services, which they say only helped Tehran [...]
Iran Breaking: Ban on Reformist Political Party
(Enduring America) | March 15, 2010 Scott Lucas We’re watching carefully the reported ban on the activities of Iran’s leading reformist political party, Islamic Iran Participation Party (Mosharekat). Deputy Interior Ministry Solat Mortazavi told the Iranian Students News Agency that all activities of IIPF have been banned and its headquarters have been locked. Mortazavi implied [...]
Iran frees top opposition figure for new year: reports
(Associated Free Press hosted by Google) | March 10, 2010 TEHRAN — Iran has freed for the new year holidays a prominent opposition figure rounded up during protests against the disputed June re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, news reports said Thursday. A number of activists and journalists have also been freed under varying conditions in [...]
Karroubi Son Prevented From Traveling Abroad
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty) | March 6, 2010 (RFE/RL) — A son of Iranian opposition cleric Mehdi Karrubi has been prevented from boarding an international flight and had his passport confiscated, according to an Iranian website quoted by RFE/RL’s Radio Farda. Mohammad Taghi Karrubi becomes the third of the reformist cleric’s sons to [...]
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