Our partner, EAWorldView, has published a ground-breaking piece on Iran’s Supreme Leader. This is a must-read.
Aljazeera Special Programme: Letters from Iran
Watch this Aljazeera documentary programme examining the aftermath of Iran’s 2009 Green Movement Uprising.
The National Interest: Ahmadinejad vs. The Ayatollah
AHMADINEJAD AND his oligarch cronies have been having a rough couple of months. The ayatollah is out for blood, and those in “elected” office are under attack.
Live-blog: June 12, 2011 (22 Khordad) – Two Years after the Green Uprising
This is a live-blog reporting on Iran on the second anniversary of the disputed 2009 presidential election. Also running great live-blogs on Iran today, our colleagues EA WorldView and Dissected News. James Miller (Dissected News, EA Worldview) will be taking over the blog for a while. 2006 GMT: People march down the sidewalks under the [...]
Iran Special: Taking Apart the Supreme Leader’s Speech on “Uprisings”
On the 22nd anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini’s death, in the midst of the heated political climate in Iran and weeks of rivalry between the Khamenei and Ahmadinejad camps, with a seemingly uncomfortable President seated near two of his rivals within the establishment — judiciary chief Sadegh Larijani and former President Hashemi Rafsanjani — the Supreme [...]
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 – 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 – 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: Iran – Fallout from 25 Bahman protests continues
2:33AM GMT We have been away from updates for several hours so we will attempt to catch up with this entry. More Videos from 25 Bahman Clashes took place at the Tehran University of Fine Arts at a ceremony held by students there for slain 25 Bahman (February 14) protester, Saneh Jaleh. The clashes were [...]
Newsweek: Hezbullah Ruling From the Shadows
The militia wins a power struggle in Lebanon, but opts for stability rather than confrontation.
Guardian: Lebanon told allies of Hezbollah’s secret network, WikiLeaks shows
Cable exposes deep regional and international concerns about volatile situation in Lebanon following 2006 war













