by Sam Razi | May 25, 2013 | Featured, From the Web, Internet, Politics, Video, World
In case you missed it, a great program from the team at Al Jazeera’s The Stream. The topic of Internet access in Iran is a fascinating and important one. With the upcoming presidential election, Internet access in Iran has become extremely slow, and potentially...
by Sam Razi | Dec 28, 2011 | Featured, From the Web, Human Rights, Must Read, World
Sarah Shourd was one of three Americans seized by Iranian security forces in July 2009 as they walked along the Iran-Iraq border. She was held in Evin Prison’s Ward 209, where the regime keeps many political prisoners, until her release on a $500,000 guarantee...
by Sam Razi | Sep 8, 2011 | Arts and Culture, Featured, From the Web, Human Rights, Politics
A short documentary examining the civil unrest in Iran following Ahmadinejad’s re-election in June 2009, and the role of social media in the Green Movement. Featuring Columbia Professor of Iranian History Hamid Dabashi and Poynter Institute’s Ellyn...
by Sam Razi | Jun 29, 2011 | Featured, From the Web, Politics
The National Interest | June 21, 2010 By Abbas Milani This article is a good synopsis of the conflict between Iran’s current President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Iran’s clerical Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. It has been two months of bizarre...
