by Sam Razi | Jul 6, 2010 | Exclusive, Featured, From the Web, General, Politics
The following picture was posted to Twitter today, purportedly taken at Tehran University (though we can’t confirm this), showing the picture of Ayatollah Khamenei, the so-called Supreme Leader of Iran with green paint splattered on it, next to the untarnished...
by Sam Razi | Jul 6, 2010 | Featured, From the Web, Human Rights, Politics
Associated Free Press | July 6, 2010 BRUSSELS — European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton urged Iran on Tuesday to stop the execution of three people including a woman who faces death by stoning for adultery. Ashton said she was “deeply...
by Sam Razi | Jul 6, 2010 | Featured, From the Web, Human Rights, Opinion, Politics, World
The Washington Post | July 6, 2010 By Fred Hiatt As America this weekend celebrates the birth of its liberty, in much of the rest of the world freedom and democracy are in retreat. Over the past decade, authoritarian rulers have refined their techniques to stay in...
by Sam Razi | Jul 4, 2010 | Featured, From the Web, Human Rights, Must Read, Politics
Rooz Online | July 3, 2010 By Ebrahim Nabavi More than a year has passed since the beginning of the Green Movement. Today, I would like to tell you things about the Green Movement that you might be less aware of. Firstly, the Green Movement is not a religious...
by Sam Razi | Jul 4, 2010 | Featured, From the Web, Human Rights, Politics
Associated Press | July 3, 2010 By ROBERT BURNS KRAKOW, Poland — Intolerant governments across the globe are “slowly crushing” activist and advocacy groups that play an essential role in the development of democracy, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham...
by Sam Razi | Jul 4, 2010 | From the Web, Politics
Telegraph UK | July 4, 2010 By Richard Spencer in Dubai Iran lodged a written complaint alleging that the CIA had abducted one of its nuclear scientists amidst an international mystery over the fate of the man. Shahram Amiri disappeared in Saudi Arabia while on...
