by Sam Razi | Sep 14, 2011 | Featured, Human Rights, Interviews, Must Read, Politics, Video
NBC’s Ann Curry has interviewed Iran’s controversial President Ahmadinejad in Tehran. It appears that Ahmadinejad has announced the imminent release of Americans, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, arrested in July of 2009 when the purportedly strayed over the...
by Sam Razi | Sep 8, 2011 | Arts and Culture, Featured, From the Web, Human Rights, Politics
A short documentary examining the civil unrest in Iran following Ahmadinejad’s re-election in June 2009, and the role of social media in the Green Movement. Featuring Columbia Professor of Iranian History Hamid Dabashi and Poynter Institute’s Ellyn...
by Sam Razi | Sep 8, 2011 | Featured, Human Rights, Must Read, Opinion, Politics
This analysis is part 2 in a 2-part series, originally published by INN contributor @SabzPersian (MidEast Youth, on Twitter), examining the state of Iran’s Opposition. Here is Part 1. While Iranians are working to keep the movement alive, there are...
by Sam Razi | Sep 8, 2011 | Featured, Human Rights, Must Read, Opinion, Politics
This analysis, part 1 of a 2-part series, was originally published on August 24, by INN contributor @SabzPersian, (MidEast Youth, on Twitter). “We have to be careful in how we choose to make our voices heard to the regime,” said a 25-year-old student from...
by Sam Razi | Sep 7, 2011 | Featured, Human Rights, Must Read, Politics
Translated by Banooye Sabz from original article in Kalame | September 7, 2011 September 7th, 2011 – [Kaleme] After 7 months of house arrest, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard were finally allowed to visit the home of one of their daughters, spending some...
