by Sam Razi | Mar 15, 2010 | Featured, General, Must Read
(Enduring America) | March 15, 2010 Scott Lucas We’re watching carefully the reported ban on the activities of Iran’s leading reformist political party, Islamic Iran Participation Party (Mosharekat). Deputy Interior Ministry Solat Mortazavi told the Iranian Students...
by Sam Razi | Mar 15, 2010 | Featured, General, Human Rights, Must Read
(Radio Zamaaneh) | March 15, 2010 Assailants attack Iranian opposition leader’s home Fatemeh Karroubi announced that her husband, opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi is under threat and pressure because of blowing the whistle on the “dirty crimes” that took place...
by Sam Razi | Mar 14, 2010 | Featured, General, Must Read
According to Borna News pro-government vigilantes and Basijis have attacked and vandalised the home of Iranian opposition leader, Mehdi Karoubi, who has been very vocal in his opposition to the rigged June 09 presidential elections and the subsequent violent...
by Sam Razi | Mar 10, 2010 | Arts and Culture, Featured, General, Must Read, Opinion
(The Pedestrian Blog) | March 10, 2010 The Pedestrian is an excellent blog providing insightful pieces on Iranian culture, politics and life. Highly recommended by Iran News Now. Emad Bahavar [1979] is a political activist, writer and the head of “Supporters of...
by Sam Razi | Mar 9, 2010 | Featured, General, Must Read
(TIME) | March 15, 2010 By Trita Parsi Iran is the 21st century equivalent of 1930s Russia — a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. The Iranians haven’t stumbled upon this mystifying state coincidentally, and the enigma isn’t the result of...
by Sam Razi | Mar 9, 2010 | Featured, General, Must Read
(The New York Times) | March 4, 2010 By Roger Cohen PARIS — A year has passed since President Obama’s groundbreaking Nowruz offer to Iran of engagement based on mutual respect. Iran is now a different country, its divided regime weaker and confronted by the Green...