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 [...]
Tag Archives: Iran Revolutionary Guards
Tehran Bureau: Who’s in Charge?
Struggle for power builds between clerics, Revolutionary Guards. An important question that those who follow Iran’s political developments keep asking is, Who is the ultimate power in Iran, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei and the clerics around him, or the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps?
MUST WATCH VIDEO: Ground-breaking Investigative Journalism: Former elite officers in Revolutionary Guard reveal increasing tensions in Iran regime
Guardian | June 11, 2010 INN Comment: This is an ABSOLUTE MUST SEE VIDEO. This is one of the best videos yet on the situation in Iran. Well done Guardian! Please distribute this far and wide. We will discuss the significance shortly as there are many ground-breaking allegations in this. A two-month investigation by Guardian [...]
Iran’s Hidden Cyberjihad
Foreign Policy | June 7, 2010 By Abbas Milani Taking a cue from the Soviets, the regime is creating a new Iron Curtain — online. To the untrained eye or the rushed glance of a tourist, there is an eerie calm in Iran right now. And Iran’s brutal rulers have done everything imaginable to turn [...]
On the useless Iran sanctions just passed by the U.N.
The U.N. Security Council just passed sanctions on Iran, supposedly aimed at the government and Revolutionary Guards, because of Iran’s so-called intransigence on its nuclear program. Aside from the fact that these sanctions are diluted to the point of impotence in order to get Security Council members, China and Russia, on board, they most likely [...]
Live-blog: May Day in Iran – May 1, 2010
This is a live-blog report on events occurring in Iran on May 1, 2010, dubbed “May Day” in anticipation of planned protests by students and labour workers. 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. [...]
Prisoners start hunger strike in Evin Prison
Source: Radio Zamaaneh | February 23, 2010 Political prisoners in Section 350 of Iran’s Evin Prison have started protest efforts to harsh prison conditions and issuance of unfair sentences by going on hunger strike on alternative days until the anniversary of Iran’s controversial presidential elections on June 12. Relative of one of the organizers of [...]
Iran exports ‘revolutionary principles’ to Venezuela, report claims
Source: Telegraph, UK | April 21, 2010 By Toby Harnden in Washington Iran has stepped up its military presence in Venezuela as part of a programme to export its “revolutionary principles” to America’s enemies, according to a Pentagon report. The report on Iran’s military states that paramilitaries from the Quds Force, a special paramilitary unit [...]
An Administration Plagued by Fraud and Corruption
(Tehran Bureau) | March 30, 2010 by MUHAMMAD SAHIMI in Los Angeles Ahmadinejad and His Men: Embodiments of Fraud and Corruption. There is no doubt in the minds of many Iranians, including the author, that Tehran’s hardliners committed fraud on a vast scale to steal the presidential election of June 12, 2009, and deny victory [...]
ABC EXCLUSIVE: Iran Nuclear Scientist Defects to U.S. In CIA ‘Intelligence Coup’
(ABC News) | March 30, 2010 By MATTHEW COLE Shahram Amiri Disappeared Last June in Saudi Arabia, Reportedly Now Resettled in the United States An award-winning Iranian nuclear scientist, who disappeared last year under mysterious circumstances, has defected to the CIA and been resettled in the United States, according to people briefed on the operation [...]
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards behind recent arrest of activists
(Radio Zamaaneh) | March 25, 2010 Human Rights Activists in Iran claims that the “plot against human rights activists in Iran is being carried out by the Revolutionary Guards Corps.” The human rights group contends that the activists are being arrested and transferred to Evin Prison from all over the country and their files are [...]
West softens proposed Iran sanctions
(Los Angeles Times) | March 26, 2010 The new tack by U.S. and Europe is an effort to win the support of Russia and China and gain broad international backing. By Paul Richter and Megan K. Stack Reporting from Washington and Moscow – U.S. and European officials considering new sanctions against Iran have decided to [...]
The Destination was to Begin the Journey
(The Pedestrian Blog) | March 10, 2010 The Pedestrian is an excellent blog providing insightful pieces on Iranian culture, politics and life. Highly recommended by Iran News Now. Emad Bahavar [1979] is a political activist, writer and the head of “Supporters of Khatami and Mousavi” in the 2009 presidential campaign. He was arrested shortly after [...]
U.S. Hopes Internet Exports Will Help Open Closed Societies
(The New York Times) | March 7, 2010 By MARK LANDLER WASHINGTON — Seeking to exploit the Internet’s potential for prying open closed societies, the Obama administration will permit technology companies to export online services like instant messaging, chat and photo sharing to Iran, Cuba and Sudan, a senior administration official said Sunday. On Monday, [...]
Hassan Khomeini condemns violence in Islamic Republic
(Radio Zamaaneh) | March 6, 2010 Hassan Khomeini, grandson of the late leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini, spoke out against Islamic Republic authorities claiming, some people refuse to see the truth and even when they are told about it, they try to “accuse you of an offence.” Hassan Khomeini has been the target of condemnation [...]
From Mousavi’s Interview Today — Level-headed, but bold defiance
Prolific Twitter user and citizen journalist, Persianbanoo has tweeted an English translation of much of what Mousavi said in an interview with Kalameh today. We have slightly edited the tweets and put them together here. Please note: her translations of Mousavi’s interview are only excerpts and not the complete transcript. Karoubi and I have decided, [...]
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