by Sam Razi | May 10, 2010 | Featured, General, Human Rights, Must Read
Yesterday, the Iranian government executed five Kurdish Iranians timed to intimidate and frighten people away from anticipated anti-government rallies on the anniversary of the disputed June 12, 2009 presidential election that gave Mahmoud Ahmadinejad another term in...
by Sam Razi | May 1, 2010 | Exclusive, Featured, General, Live
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...
by Sam Razi | Apr 28, 2010 | Exclusive, Featured, General, Human Rights, Interviews, Must Read
On Friday, April 23, 2010, Dr. Shirin Ebadi appeared at the Kay Meek Centre in West Vancouver to give a lecture on the appalling human rights situation in Iran since the Islamic Republic came into being in 1979 and since the disputed presidential election of 2009 that...
by Sam Razi | Apr 27, 2010 | Featured, General, Must Read
The following video from Mehdi Saharkhiz’s YouTube surfaced today, showing opposition candidate and Green Movement leader Mir Hossein Mousavi addressing a crowd during demonstrations following the disputed and controversial presidential election in Iran last...
by Sam Razi | Apr 24, 2010 | From the Web, General
Source: Persian Umpire | April 4, 2010 (Another great story from Persian Umpire) We are back at the grind and vacation is over, but not without its share of adventure. We just cannot get away from that in Iran, no matter how hard we try, be it a simple trip to the...