A few pictures from Iran, taken by ordinary people and posted to Instagram
Did Someone Murder the Son of 2009 Presidential Candidate Rezaei?
Scott Lucas writes for EA Worldview: Mohsen Rezaei is a big player in Iranian politics. He was head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps for 16 years, and he is now the Secretary of the Expediency Council. In 2009, he was a candidate in the 2009 Presidential election — while his campaign disputed the legitimacy [...]
The IAEA’s Nuclear Report — Not All Sources Are Equal (Part 2)
Scott Lucas writes for EA Worldview. The Iranian State agency IRNA may seem an unusual place to continue an analysis of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s report on the Iranian nuclear programme. After all, IRNA is known more as a megaphone for the regime or a faction within it than as a site critiquing latest news. [...]
Iran Special Analysis (Part 1): The Nuclear Report – “May” Is Not “Definitely”
Let’s start with the “smoking gun” statement from the IAEA that does not exactly smoke
Iran Snap Analysis: The IAEA Nuclear Report — Serious, But Not That Serious….
Our take-away line at this point: “The report is more serious for Iran than previous IAEA findings but not as serious as Western officials were spinning it.”
Video Special: Documentary, “Nation of Exiles”
Dabashi: “…our civil liberties will not come the day after the revolution, but they are secured before that day–to the point where it makes that revolution irrelevant.”
Women on the Frontline
A documentary on The Women’s Movement in Iran. Brought to our attention by @theReelContent on Twitter.
Live-blog: Iran – March 25, 2011 – Regime Reacts to U.N. Appointment of Iran Human Rights Investigator on Day of Remembrance for Green Martyr, Mohammad Mokhtari
12:25 GMT Cyber Watch Yesterday, news broke of a serious cyber exploit, with evidence pointing to Iran as the culprit. EFF offers an explanation of what happened. ReadWriteWeb reports it was most likely the now notorious, Iran Cyber Army, behind the attack–the same group that has now managed to hit a wide list of big [...]
Huge Security Presence on International Women’s Day
Huge security presence and sporadic protests mark International Women’s Day in Iran.
Special: Kambize Rostami calls out Reza Aslan for failing to mention Iran in CNN interview
By Kambize Rostami Today, on February 26, 2011, CNN’s Don Lemon interviewed, Reza Aslan, author and commentator and self-professed expert on the Middle East. While Mr. Aslan’s answers seemed in line with the daily news coming out from the region, he did not provide any particularly insightful or extraordinary information. His comments about what is [...]
Live-blog: Iran – February 17 – Calls for another protest on Sunday
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: Iran – After 25 Bahman – What comes next?
7:45AM GMT We had intended for our last update for the day to be the previous one, but felt that this interview of a protester, Sara, by Anderson Cooper is a must-see. She typifies the ordinary Iranians that have decided that they have to stand up for their rights. The interview is significant not only [...]
Posters for 25 Bahman Iran Rallies for Movements for Freedom
As we come across them we will add posters and artwork for the 25 Bahman – 14 February rallies in Iran here:











