by Sam Razi | Feb 28, 2011 | Exclusive, Featured, Live, Must Read, Politics, World
This is a live-blog of events in Iran on March 1, 2011 (10 Esfand in Iran). The majority of the reports in this blog are sourced via social media. With regards to the videos and images in this live-blog, we are not affiliated with the people or groups that produced...
by Sam Razi | Feb 27, 2011 | Exclusive, Featured, General, Human Rights, Live, Must Read, Opinion, Politics, World
3:00AM GMT – February 28 We just came across this video that we had not seen, from the protests in Tehran on February 14 / 25 Bahman. It is being filmed by someone on a bus that captures the heavy security presence in the street. Nearing the end of the video,...
by Sam Razi | Feb 27, 2011 | Featured, General, Human Rights, Must Read, Politics, World
6:15AM GMT – March 1 A Look Back… In order to give those who might be new to what is happening in Iran some context that helps to put things in perspective, we thought it timely to post this historic video that shows Mir Hossein Mousavi, standing on top of...
by Sam Razi | Feb 27, 2011 | Exclusive, Featured, Must Read, Opinion, Politics
By Kambize Rostami Today, on February 26, 2011, CNN’s Don Lemon interviewed, Reza Aslan, author and commentator and self-professed expert on the Middle East. While Mr. Aslan’s answers seemed in line with the daily news coming out from the region, he did...
by Sam Razi | Feb 26, 2011 | Exclusive, Featured, General, Human Rights, Live, Must Read, Opinion, Politics
10:00AM GMT – February 27 We have started a running live-blog tracking the arrests Iran’s Green opposition leaders here. 7:50AM GMT Till now, the regime has not dared arrest the main opposition figures and leaders of the Green Movement. With confirmation...
by Sam Razi | Feb 26, 2011 | Exclusive, Featured, Must Read, Opinion, Politics, World
Over the past several days in Iran, the regime has consolidated steps it has been taking for months now towards putting Iranian opposition figures, Mir Hossein Mousavi, his wife Zahra Rahnavard, and Mehdi Karroubi, under a type of permanent house arrest–a method...