Video purportedly from Shiraz during Nowruz celebration. People chant “Death to Dictator” and “Mabarak, Ben Ali, Now it is the turn of Seyed Ali [Khamenei]” People singing the patriotic Iranian anthem, “Ey Iran” in defiance of the regime:
Tag Archives: Nowruz
Iran’s ordinary post-election detainees reach out for help
(Radio Zamaaneh) | March 25, 2010 A group of post-election detainees issued a letter to draw public attention to the ordeal of ordinary post-election prisoners who do not have the support and advocacy that is naturally given to prominent faces amongst the detainees. In the letter, they state that for the mere crimes of “receiving [...]
Fundamentalist Calls To Ignore Norouz Go Unheard In Iran, Afghanistan
(RFE/RL) | March 21, 2010 By Abbas Djavadi Maryam had invited her two daughters and their husbands and grandchildren for Norouz, the New Year’s feast, to her home in western Tehran when I called her on Saturday. It was after 9:02 p.m. when “tahvil,” the change from the old to the new year, 1389 after [...]
The Verdict: Persian Umpire’s Verdict on Khamenei’s Fatwa against Chahar Shanbe Soori
(Persian Umpire) | March 21, 2010 The Iranian regime’s hostility toward Chaharshanbe Souri is nothing new. For years after the revolution, as we were growing up in Tehran, we held the celebrations in fear. As we set our tumbleweeds on fire in our street and threw some firecrackers around, we expected the Basij or the [...]
President Barack Obama’s Nowruz Message to Iran
President Barack Obama’s Nowruz Message to Iran, with Persian subtitles:
Mir Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard messages to Iranian People for Nowruz
Iran Opposition Leader, Mir Hossein Mousavi, and his wife, Zahra Rahnavard, have both put out messages to the Iranian people for Nowruz, the Persian New Year. Here are the videos. Khordaad88 has provided English translations of the original speech (see below the videos). Mousavi: In the name of God, the Compassionate and the Merciful, The [...]
Video Collection: Iran Festival of Fire, Day of Revelry and Resistance
This post contains video from Iran allegedly taken during the Nowruz Festival of Fire called Chahar Shanbe Soori. These videos are uploaded to the Internet after being filmed by people in the streets, most often with cell-phone video recorders. While I believe they are from March 16, 2010 (today) and that they are authentic, I [...]
BREAKING: Mir Hossein Mousavi & Zahra Rahnavard to release video addressing the Iranian People for Nowruz (Iranian New Year)
Kalameh, the official website of Iran opposition and green leader, Mir Hossein Mousavi reports that Mousavi and his wife, Zahra Rahnavard will be releasing a video addressing the Iranian People for Nowruz (Iranian New Year). We will post the video as soon as it is released.
Iran Braces for Fire Festival Crackdown
(Huffington Post) | March 15, 2010 By Sahar Sepehri Traditional pre-Islamic celebration could be occasion for opposition protests. Iranian officials are warning the opposition not to turn an ancient fire festival this week into a protest against the government. The celebration of Chaharshanbe Soori, Red Wednesday, on the evening March 16 marks the last Wednesday [...]
House Passes Historic Norooz Resolution
(National Iranian American Council) | March 15, 2010 Washington, DC – The National Iranian American Council applauds the passage moments ago by the House of Representatives of H.Res.267, the Norooz Resolution, and commends Representative Mike Honda (D-CA) for championing this historic resolution. NIAC also expresses its warmest thanks and congratulations to the Iranian-American community for [...]
Uncertainty for detained journalists as New Year approaches
(A Street Journalist) | March 14, 2010 Despite that the families of many detained journalists have secured the bail to release their loved ones for the Persian New Year, there is still no information on the date of their release. There is no news on the release of Akbar Montejabi, Vahid Pourostad, Ehsan Mehrabi, and [...]
Khamenei Denounces Iranian New Year Fire Festival (Chahar Shanbe Soori)
Radio Zamaaneh reports that Khamenei has denounced the festival of Chahar Shanbe Soori, marking the start of Iranian New Year celebrations: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei described the ceremonies connected with the fire festival on the last Wednesday Eve of the Iranian year “void of religious roots and cause of great harm and corruption.” The [...]
Iran frees top opposition figure for new year: reports
(Associated Free Press hosted by Google) | March 10, 2010 TEHRAN — Iran has freed for the new year holidays a prominent opposition figure rounded up during protests against the disputed June re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, news reports said Thursday. A number of activists and journalists have also been freed under varying conditions in [...]
Zahra Rahnavard, Mousavi’s Wife, says Iran Government is Illegitimate
(Kaleme [Persian]) | March 11, 2010 Mir Hossein Mousavi’s official website published an interview with Zahra Rahnavard, the popular wife of Iranian opposition leader, Mir Hossein Mousavi, in which she said that the current Iranian government (under the administration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) is illegitimate, but because they occupy the executive branch of the Iranian government, [...]
Iran in Its Intricacy
(The New York Times) | March 4, 2010 By Roger Cohen PARIS — A year has passed since President Obama’s groundbreaking Nowruz offer to Iran of engagement based on mutual respect. Iran is now a different country, its divided regime weaker and confronted by the Green movement, the strongest expression of people power in the [...]
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