by Sam Razi | Jun 10, 2010 | Featured, From the Web, General
Foreign Policy | June 7, 2010 By Abbas Milani Taking a cue from the Soviets, the regime is creating a new Iron Curtain — online. To the untrained eye or the rushed glance of a tourist, there is an eerie calm in Iran right now. And Iran’s brutal rulers have...
by Sam Razi | May 22, 2010 | Featured, From the Web, General, Human Rights
Reports are coming in of clashes between students protesting against the incarceration of their fellow students, and pro-government Basij. Golnaz Esfandiari quotes an unnamed source: students were chanting “Death to the Dictator” and “Ya Hossein, Mir...
by James Miller | May 21, 2010 | Featured, From the Web, General, Human Rights, Must Read
This article was originally posted on Dissected News, where James Miller (James the Hype) will be covering the anniversary of the election in Iran. The June 12th anniversary of the disputed (or rigged?) election in Iran is looming, and the debate over the legitimacy...
by James Miller | May 21, 2010 | Featured, From the Web, Must Read, Opinion
This article was originally posted on Dissected News, where James Miller (James the Hype) will be covering the anniversary of the election in Iran. OK, a quick overview of this week’s news. 1) On Sunday, Brazil and Turkey announce a nuclear fuel swap with Iran....
by Sam Razi | May 20, 2010 | From the Web, General, Human Rights
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty | May 20, 2010 By Golnaz Esfandiari Bahareh Hedayat and Milad Asadi, senior members of Iran’s largest pro-reform student group, Daftar Tahkim Vahdat (Office to Foster Unity), have been given lengthy prison sentences. Hedayat received...
by Sam Razi | May 20, 2010 | Featured, From the Web, General, Human Rights, World
BBC | May 18, 2010 An Iranian convicted of the 1991 murder of Iranian former Prime Minister Shapour Bakhtiar has been released from prison in France. Ali Vakili Rad, who faced a deportation order, boarded a flight from Orly airport to Tehran soon after leaving his...
