Posted on 11 March 2010. Tags: Dr. Scott Lucas, Enduring America, Government Sanctioned Murder, Government Sanctioned Violence, Live-blogging, Solidarity with the people of Iran, Vaclav Havel
(Enduring America) | March 11, 2010
The tireless Dr. Scott Lucas, professor of American Studies at Birmingham University in the U.K., and editor of the esteemed Enduring America news blog covers today’s notable news on Iran.
While it’s worth reading the liveblog in its entirity, I found this part to be particularly interesting because [...]
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Posted on 10 February 2010. Tags: 22Bahman, 31st Anniversary of Islamic Revolution, Live-blogging
This is a live-blog report on events in Iran on the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. As reports come in, they will be placed at the top of this page. To read this in chronological order it must be read from the bottom up.
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Posted in Exclusive, Featured, Live Blogging
Posted on 03 November 2009. Tags: 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis, Azad University, Barack Obama, Basij, Beatings, Bloodshed, Featured, Freedom Movement, Ghods Day, Government Sanctioned Violence, Haft-Tir Square, Human Rights, Iran Green Movement, Iran Protests, Islamic Republic, Karoubi, Khamenei, Live-blogging, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mousavi, revolution, Revolutionary Guards, Rigged Iran Presidential Elections, Sharif University, Student's Day, Twitter, Video
[7:00AM Tehran Time]
A lot of additional videos are still being posted to social media sites. The following two are particularly troubling: security forces beating women and innocents:
[5:00PM Tehran Time]
What a day it has been. The boldest protests yet since the rigged election took place on June 12. While thousands of people protesting [...]
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Posted on 05 August 2009. Tags: Ali Reza Beheshti, Baharestan, Democracy, Elie Weisel, Iran, Iran Civil Rights Movement, Iran Election Protests, Iran Green Movement, Iran Parliament, Iran Reform Movement, Islamic fundamentalism, Islamic Republic, Live-blogging, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Majles, Meritocracy, Mousavi, Nationalism, Nightly protest chants, Ocean of Green, Rigged Iran Presidential Elections, Sea of Green, secular government, Secularism, Shirin Ebadi, Twitter
[2:12 AM (August 6) Tehran Time]
On the night of Ahmadinejads inauguration as President-Select, the people of Iran protest against the regime by chanting “Allah-o-Akbar!” and “Down with the dictator!” from their rooftops and balconies. One cannot help but feel awe-inspired by their bravery:
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H8EGyzd8o0]
[1:52 AM (August 6) Tehran Time]
A full-page ad has been taken out [...]
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Posted on 30 July 2009. Tags: 40th day after Neda killed, Basij, Beheshte Zahra Cemetery, CBC, Civil Disobedience, Haddi Ghaffari, Iran Civil Rights Movement, Iran Green Movement, Iran Protests, Iranian Republic, Islamic Republic, Karoubi, Khamenei, Live-blogging, Martyr Culture, Mojtaba Khamenei, Mousavi, Neda, NewsWeek, Reza Sayah, Rigged Iran Presidential Elections, Shiraz, TIME
[10:30 AM Tehran Time]
Quote “The feeling today”:
One plus One, adds to two,
The percentage of the vote that went to You.
Two plus Two, three and four,
The max number of months till you’re out the Door.
Three plus three, adds to six,
The system that you have just can’t be Fixed.
Four plus four, totals eight,
Everything you are adds up [...]
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