This is a live-blog reporting on Iran on the second anniversary of the disputed 2009 presidential election. Also running great live-blogs on Iran today, our colleagues EA WorldView and Dissected News. James Miller (Dissected News, EA Worldview) will be taking over the blog for a while. 2006 GMT: People march down the sidewalks under the [...]
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DipNote: New Executive Order Focuses on Human Rights Abuses by Iranian Officials
This is the first time the United States has imposed sanctions against Iran based on human rights abuses. We would like to be able to tell you that it might be the last, but we fear not.
Tiny crowd for Ahmadinejad in Birjand helps put things in perspective.
Considering that Ahmadinejad is the so-called president of the 70 million strong Iranian nation, and considering that according to the governing regime in Iran he (sic) “won” the majority of the votes in the election held in June of 2009, you’d think he could muster more than what we see in the video below. As [...]
Jailed Iranian Academic In ‘Critical Condition’
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty) | February 23, 2010 The first chancellor of Tehran University after the 1979 Islamic Revolution remains in jail despite what his wife says is his deteriorating health, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports. Mohammad Maleki, who is 76 and suffers from prostate cancer, was arrested in August during the crackdown that [...]
Video of attack on University Dorms in Iran on June 15, 2009, Three Days After the Rigged Presidential Elections
About 9 months ago Iran fell into turmoil after the presidential elections were rigged in favor of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Millions of Iranians protested this in the streets, including many students from Iran’s universities. Numerous reports came in during those heady days of attacks on Iranian University dorms by the dreaded regime goons including plainclothed Basij [...]
IRAN: Opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi challenges hard-line authorities to a duel of rallies
(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 [...]
The Militarized Death of the Republic
(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 [...]
New online serial webcomic launched: Zahra’s Paradise
(Zahra’s Paradise) | February 19, 2010 So a Persian writer, an Arab artist and a Jewish editor walk into a room… Sounds like the beginning of a bad joke. Actually, that’s something like the start of this unusual editorial adventure, the first of its kind. Here for your reading pleasure is an online, serial webcomic [...]
Iranian hardline cleric claims protesters “dared not show up”
(RadioZamaneh) | February 19, 2010 Hardline cleric, Ahmad Khatami who has repeatedly derided the post-election protests and the opposition leaders from Tehran’s Friday Mass Prayers podium, was hard at his efforts today claiming protesters, which he has dubbed as “rioters”, did not dare appear in February 11 demonstrations. Despite Ahmad Khatami’s claims, reports indicate that [...]
To All Journalists and Media Organizations Planning to Cover the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution
In less than 48 hours Iran will be marking the 31st anniversary of the 1979 revolution that brought the Islamic Republic system to Iran. Massive opposition protests are planned to coincide with the event. The government of Mr. Khamenei in Iran has been preparing to stage bought and paid for pro-government rallies. Please–I implore you–be [...]
Harsh Words on Both Sides Make Bloody Showdown Likely February 11
By calling into question the success and sanctity of the Iranian Revolution, Moussavi is questioning the legitimacy of the government as a whole, not merely the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Moussavi continued by drawing parallels between the struggles against injustice in 1979 and the current goals of the Green Movement, a comparison that carries heavy implications regarding the current government.
Selected Headlines – February 2, 2010
Khordaad 88, February 2 Mir Hossein Mousavi ’s Interview with Kaleme Kaleme reports that in this interview which took place close to February 11th [22 of Bahman], the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution, Mousavi stated that the main reason for the collapse of the dictatorial and unpopular regime of the Shah was its illegitimacy [...]
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.
Is an element within Iran’s military confronting the regime?
The website Gooya.com posted a letter purported to be from eight regiments of the Iranian army. Enduring America writes: The letter, signed by eight far-from-insignificant regiments, declares that they are loyal but cannot stand aside if the oppression and violation of the people continues. This oppression is a “betrayal”, and so the Army will defend [...]
Why the Green Movement will Prevail
Sadness to me is the happiest time When a shining city rises from the ruins of my drunken mind Those times when I’m silent and still as the earth, The thunder of my roar is heard across the universe. Rumi It has now been almost six months since those fateful days in June when the [...]
Social Networking and the Making of a Civil Rights Movement
(Mowjcamp) Hamid Dabashi A rather peculiar reference to a prominent nineteenth century philosopher made Mir Hossein Mousavi’s letter to Ayatollah Montazeri of some urgent interest. More than three months into the post-electoral crisis of June 2009, the chief oppositional candidate, who had cried foul soon after the officially declared victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, had written [...]
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