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 [...]
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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 [...]
Live-blog: Iran – 25 Bahman – February 14, 2011
This is a live-blog report of events in Iran on February 14, 2011 (25 Bahman). 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 [...]
Mousavi Statement on Recent Uprisings in Arab States & Link to 2009 #Iran Protests
The “Where is My Vote?” Effect
NYR: Iran’s Interrupted Lives
In late September, as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was in New York asserting his government’s respect for human rights, several young students in Iran were receiving lengthy prison sentences for their efforts to speak out in defense of those rights.
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.
Must See HBO Video on Neda Agha-Soltan: For Neda
Watch this. Absorb it. Share it. Help the world bear witness to the plight of a brave people through the life of a woman who has already changed not only Iran, but the world, forever. A martyr for freedom. A proud Iranian woman that makes us proud and who reminds us that we all must [...]
Extended video from the December 27, 2009, Ashura clashes with security forces in Tehran
From Mehdi Saharkhiz: Video shows police motorcycles on fire as crowds of anti-government protesters chant slogans against the security forces, the regime, and the “Supreme Leader” Khamenei himself. This was just six months ago. The chants are extremely defiant in the Islamic Republic government of Iran: “I will kill, I will kill, he who kills [...]
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 [...]
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.”
The Good Ayatollah
(Foreign Policy) | March 26, 2010 Why my former cellmate’s legacy will live on. BY ABBAS MILANI If 2010 turns out to be the beginning of the end of the Islamic Republic of Iran, it may well be because of the death of one of the regime’s founders, a man I met three decades ago [...]
Iran: View from Tehran “Changes within the System are Impossible”
(Enduring America) | March 22, 2010 Scott Lucas A reliable EA source passes on these insights from a well-placed contact: Today an Iranian friend called. According to him, the Government did effectively scare the people by killing and arresting them and relentlessly summoning political activists or journalists to court. It also is promoting itself through intense propaganda. Oppositional administrative structures [...]
VIDEO: Green-phobic Iran government repaints green parts of curb black.
We have witnessed a strange phenomenon in Iran now for several weeks as Ahmadinejad has been appearing in various Iranian state media with the flag of Iran in the background, with the green part of the flag changed to blue, or black. Since the rigged presidential election in Iran in June of last year, the [...]
Complete Text of Mousavi’s Interview with Kaleme After 22 Bahman
(Khordaad 88) | February 27 (Thank you Khordaad 88 for producing the complete translation!) Source: Kaleme Date: Saturday, February 27, 2010 Kaleme: Three weeks have passed since the 22nd of Bahman rally, which has prompted many discussions and comments. What is your opinion? Mousavi: It is not the first time that the ceremonies of 22 [...]
Iran Analysis: Khamenei’s Not-So-Big Push
(Enduring America) | February 26, 2010 Scott Lucas No doubt this morning about the big news out of Iran. On Thursday, the Supreme Leader tried to lock down the security of his position once and for all, declaring that opposition leaders “have lost their credibility by denying the results of the elections. They did not [...]
The Prerequisites of Escalation
(The Newest Deal) | February 26 In his 17th statement, Mir-Hossein Mousavi made five specific points that he deemed necessary to start the political (and national) reconciliation process. The proposal lead to a noticeable uptick in talk about the need for national “unity”in the weeks leading up to 22 Bahman, and also garnered much attention [...]
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