by Sam Razi | Aug 5, 2010 | Featured, From the Web, Human Rights, Must Read, Politics
Wall Street Journal | August 6, 2010 By Farnaz Fassihi A prominent Iranian human-rights lawyer, Mohamad Mostafaei, has fled to Turkey and applied for asylum after Iranian authorities issued a warrant last week for his arrest and detained his wife and brother-in-law....
by Sam Razi | Aug 5, 2010 | Featured, From the Web, Must Read, Politics
Radio Zamaneh | August 5, 2010 Fars news agency reports that the Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi was attacked at Nour Mosque of Tehran which caused his bodyguards to defuse the situation by shooting into the air. Taghi Karroubi, son of the opposition leader,...
by Sam Razi | Aug 5, 2010 | Exclusive, Featured, Human Rights, Must Read, Politics
In June, 2009, incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the victor of a controversial and hotly disputed presidential election. Supporters of reformist challenger to Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, entered the streets in protest–on June 15 millions...
by Sam Razi | Aug 5, 2010 | Featured, From the Web, Politics
Associated Press | August 5, 2010 by Ali Akbar Dareini TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran’s official news agency said Wednesday that an explosion near the president’s convoy was just an excited fan setting off fireworks, denying earlier reports of an...
by Sam Razi | Aug 5, 2010 | Arts and Culture, Featured, From the Web, Politics
Well-known Iranian political cartoonist, Nikahang Kowsar, latest cartoon lampooning Ahmadinejad’s statement that that England is an island off the coast of West Africa: (source: Rooz...
