(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 the election, [...]

(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 by Islamic [...]

(Radio Zamaaneh) | March 6, 2010
Mohammad Maleki, former president of Tehran University, has been accused of “enmity with God” (Moharebeh) according to his lawyer, Mohammad Sharif. Reportedly, he is accused of “insulting Imam Khomeini and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei as well as propaganda against the regime.”
Mohammad Maleki was released on bail Monday night after 191 [...]

(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 surrender to [...]

(Tehran Bureau) | February 25, 2010
by HANA H. in Tehran
[ analysis ] Iranians are a complex people. Talking in riddles and metaphors is a cultural thing that everyone learns from a young age.
Iranian politicians have mastered this ‘art of riddle-talk.’ Most foreign journalists reporting on Iran do not realize that in order to understand [...]

(Rooz Online) | February 25, 2010
Farzaneh Bazrpour
The seventh of Iran’s Assembly of Experts on Leadership, mandated by the constitution oversee the performance of the supreme leader began its annual session yesterday with Hashemi Rafsanjani’s speech but in the absence of Mohammad Yazdi. On Monday, the hardline Kayhan daily announced the session’s agenda to be [...]

(Guardian, UK) | February 23, 2010
Saeed Kamali Dehghan
Shocking film footage has emerged showing how riot police brutally suppressed protesting Tehran University students
Last night the BBC Persian service broadcast for the first time a very disturbing video of the attack by the Basij militia and riot police on Tehran University’s campus just two days after the [...]

(Los Angeles Times) | February 22, 2010
In his first major comments since the opposition failed to gather large numbers of supporters for protests coinciding with the Feb. 11 anniversary of Iran’s Islamic revolution, former presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi on Monday issued a bold challenge to the hard-line rulers of the Islamic Republic: Give the opposition [...]

(Homy Lafayette’s Iran News Blog) | February 13, 2010
Although this was posted on Homy Lafayette’s blog over a week ago it is an interesting story and still relevant.
Leader and founder…
A video filmed on the anniversary of the revolution, February 11, shows numerous official signs and posters bearing photos of Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Islamic [...]

(TehranBureau) | February 20, 2010
by RASOOL NAFISI
This was first published by Tehran Bureau on July 6, 2009.
The momentous June presidential election in Iran and its bloody aftermath will probably be remembered as a turning point in the life of this strange republic. The true face of the state, so meticulously hidden beneath a confusing [...]