Tag Archives: Qazvin
Featured, From the Web, Must Read, Politics August 5, 2010

RadioZamaneh: Karroubi attacked by Ahmadinejad supporters in Tehran

Radio Zamaneh | August 5, 2010 Fars news agency reports that the Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi was attacked at Nour Mosque of Tehran which caused his bodyguards to defuse the situation by shooting into the air. Taghi Karroubi, son of the opposition leader, confirmed the news for Radio Zamaneh and informed us that a [...]

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Exclusive, Featured, General, Live Blogging May 1, 2010

Live-blog: May Day in Iran – May 1, 2010

This is a live-blog report on events occurring in Iran on May 1, 2010, dubbed “May Day” in anticipation of planned protests by students and labour workers. 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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Featured, General July 2, 2009

Green Report #16 – Fresh News from Iran – Summary of tweets on Iran from Thursday, July 2

I’m NiteOwl AKA Josh Shahryar – twitter.com/iran_translator on twitter – and I’ve been immersed in tweets from Iran for the past several hours. I have tried to be extremely careful in choosing my tweet sources. What I have compiled below is what I can confirm through my reliable twitter sources. Remember, this is all from [...]

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Featured January 13, 2012

Feature: Instagrams from Iran (picture compilation)

A few pictures from Iran, taken by ordinary people and posted to Instagram

Featured December 28, 2011

Iran Feature: Former Detainee Sarah Shourd “The Plight of Iranians and 3 Decades of US Foreign Policy”

The incredible thing for me was that so many Iranians worldwide took the time to care about us despite the thousands of other political prisoners they have to worry about. “I’m an Iranian boy ashamed for what our government did to three American hikers,” another message on Facebook says. “I want you to know Iranian people are with you and against their own government. Iran’s regime is not chosen by Iranian people. They kill and torture us and we are all in a very big prison named Iran.”

Featured December 14, 2011

Iran Feature: The Supreme Leader Is Worried — Three Developments You Probably Don’t Know

Our partner, EAWorldView, has published a ground-breaking piece on Iran’s Supreme Leader. This is a must-read.

Exclusive December 10, 2011

Live-blog: Russia, what’s next?

Exclusive November 28, 2011

Live-blog: Egypt Elections, Day 1

A historic day: The first post-Mubarak elections in Egypt

Featured November 24, 2011

Journalist Mona Eltahawy’s harrowing ordeal – beating, sexual assault and arrest in Egypt – in her own words and tweets

“The past 12 hrs were painful and surreal but I know I got off much much easier than so many other Egyptians.”