(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty) | March 12, 2010
by Golnaz Esfandiari
The Iranian authorities in recent weeks have begun to release some of the former officials, activists, and intellectuals detained in last year’s post-election unrest.
Those released in recent days include former Deputy Interior Minister Mostafa Tajzadeh, activist Abdollah Momeni, and student leader Mehdi Arabshahi.
Those detainees [...]

(The Newest Deal) | March 12, 2010
Masoud Shafaee
As the Persian Nowruz New Year fast approaches and Iran’s post-election crisis enters its ninth month, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani remains as mercurial a figure as ever in Iranian politics. True to his nickname of Kooseh, or “The Shark,” Rafsanjani has been paying lip-service to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei [...]

(Radio Zamaaneh) | March 11, 2010
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council stressed the role of people in governance and maintained that with the growth and spread of media, governments that do not have popular bases can not last long.
ILNA reports that speaking in a meeting of members of municipal councils of Tehran Province, [...]

(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 have been [...]

(Tehran Bureau) | February 24, 2010
by ALI CHENAR in Tehran
[ comment ] The month of Bahman, the 11th in the Iranian calendar, has ended. Politics will pause for a moment while Iranians turn their attention to their beloved Norouz, the New Year, which starts March 21st. Stores will advertise holiday sales, housewives will turn their [...]

(insideIRAN.org) | February 17, 2010
Shayan Ghajar
The low turnout and disorganization of Green Movement protestors on February 11, Iran’s 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, highlighted the weaknesses of the opposition’s approach in the face of intensifying pressures from the government. However, while the Green Movement may have suffered its first significant blow from the government [...]

(Los Angeles Times) | February 19, 2010
Opposition leaders Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi said they will soon address the Iranian people about the country’s ongoing domestic political crisis in the wake of last week’s failed attempt by protesters to hijack an annual pro-government rally, according to Karroubi’s website, Saham News.
According to the report, “the two [...]

By calling into question the success and sanctity of the Iranian Revolution, Moussavi is questioning the legitimacy of the government as a whole, not merely the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Moussavi continued by drawing parallels between the struggles against injustice in 1979 and the current goals of the Green Movement, a comparison that carries heavy implications regarding the current government.

This video purportedly shows the vehicle of Iranian opposition leader and cleric, Mehdi Karoubi, being attacked by Basijis in Qazvin on January 7.  The video shows what looks like two people shooting at the vehicle, and appears to corroborate the claims made by Karoubi and his son.  They had reported that the vehicle was fired [...]

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