by Sam Razi | Jul 26, 2010 | Featured, From the Web, General, Must Read, Politics
RFE/RL | July 26, 2010 by Golnaz Esfandiari July 26, 2010 The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has officially acknowledged that some members have been supportive of the country’s opposition movement. General Mohammad Ali Jafari said...
by Sam Razi | Jul 8, 2010 | Featured, From the Web, Human Rights, Must Read, Politics, World
CNN | July 8, 2010 By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — Iran’s government is denying reports that an Iranian woman convicted of adultery will be executed by stoning, though her death sentence may still be carried out by some other method. In the Islamic...
by Sam Razi | Jul 8, 2010 | Arts and Culture, Featured, From the Web, Human Rights, Must Read, Politics, World
Persian2English | July 8, 2010 HRANA – Majid Tavakoli, imprisoned Amirkabir University (AUT) student writes a letter on the occasion of the anniversary of attacks on the student dormitories that took place on July 9, 1999 (18 Tir). According to HRANA, the full...
by Sam Razi | Jul 7, 2010 | Business, Featured, From the Web, Politics
L.A. Times | July 7, 2010 After just one day of protests, the Iranian government has retreated from its proposed 70% hike in the income tax for merchants and traders in bazaars. On Tuesday, gold and jewelry vendors shut down Tehran’s old bazaar in protest of the...
by Sam Razi | Jul 6, 2010 | Featured, From the Web, Must Read, Politics, World
Wall Street Journal | July 6, 2010 By Lee Smith Sayyid Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah died at the age of 75 in a Beirut hospital Sunday after a long illness. While he was not exactly Hezbollah’s spiritual guide, as was often alleged, he was one of the most...