by Sam Razi | Nov 29, 2010 | Exclusive, Featured, Must Read, Politics, World
Semi-official Iranian government English-language news site, PressTV, reports that the cars of two professors were “exploded” by “unknown terrorists” in separate places in Tehran today. It is not clear if they were simultaneous bombings, but,...
by Sam Razi | Nov 14, 2010 | Featured, From the Web, Politics
Rooz Online | November 13, 2010 by Nima Farahabadi For the first time ever, one of the better known websites of the principlists (ideologues who claim to follow ayatollah Khomeini’s legacy) revealed “secret contingency provisions” of the leader of the Islamic republic...
by Sam Razi | Nov 13, 2010 | Arts and Culture, Featured, From the Web, General
The New York Times | November 14, 2010 A gathering of the Tehran Café Racers at the Azadi racetrack in Tehran. Aside from a few minor details — Persian lettering on the license plates and on the cans of Coke sipped over lunch — it could have taken place at any number...
by Sam Razi | Nov 13, 2010 | Featured, From the Web, General, Human Rights, Must Read, Politics, World
EA WorldView | November 13, 2010 by Dr. Scott Lucus Three more prominent defence attorneys have been detained in Iran. At 4 a.m. local time, Sara Sabaghian, Maryam Kianarsi, and Maryam Karbasi were arrested by security officers at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini...
by Sam Razi | Nov 13, 2010 | Featured, From the Web, Politics
RFE/RL | November 13, 2010 by Golnaz Esfandiari One of the casualties of the 2009 Iranian presidential election was the seriously damaged legitimacy of the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, resulting from his endorsement of the vote amid allegations of...
by Sam Razi | Nov 13, 2010 | Featured, From the Web, Human Rights, Politics
The Memri Blog | November 11, 2010 Iranian Majlis National Security Committee member Javad Jahangirzadeh has called on the Iranian regime to have Interpol return U.S. citizen Sarah Shourd to Iran to stand trial for espionage. Tehran prosecutor-general Abbas...
