Tag Archive | "Moharram"

What will the regime do now? Arrest people.


Ashura is over, and what a day it was. People turned out in at least the hundreds of thousands and faced down the regime. The regime started the day by trying to create a virtual martial law, security atmosphere. They occupied the major squares in Tehran and various cities throughout Iran. [...]

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Tehran Night Chants – December 19 – “Allaho Akbar!” & “Down with Dictator!”


The latest video from Iran of nightly protest chants.
These have been a staple of the protest movement since the June 12 presidential election in which Ahmadinejad was declared the winner. This is during Moharram, a time of mourning in the Shiite faith, as the moment builds for planned green movement rallies.

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Iran’s Dissident Cleric, Grand Ayatollah Montazeri Passed Away


NOTE: This is a live-blog article in which updates are being made in real-time as information comes in. To read this in chronological order, read from the bottom up.

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