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Video: Reza Aslan on Iran Parts 1+2
Here are two videos from a lecture given by noted religion scholar and Iran expert Reza Aslan. An absolutely fabulous historical overview of post-Revolutionary Iran and a timely analysis of the curren… more →
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118 Days, 12 Hours, 54 Minutes
Patrick Disney wrote 1 week ago: Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari has written a touching and horrifying account of his experien … more →
"A Death in Tehran"
Matt Sugrue wrote 2 weeks ago: Frontline’s “A Death in Tehran” has long been billed as a documentary re-visiting the June 20, 2009 … more →
Five Iranian Activists Sentenced to Death
Sanaz Tofighrad wrote 2 weeks ago: Tehran’s prosecutor office announced on Tuesday that five Iranian activists, accused of instigating … more →
PBS Frontline Has a Documentary on Neda Agha-Soltan ندا آقا سلطان
blksista wrote 2 weeks ago: I’m watching this PBS investigative documentary on Neda Agha-Soltan and the Twitter Revolt in … more →
The Green Movement Keeps Neda's Memory Alive
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Lloyd Chebaclo wrote 2 weeks ago: The Green Movement and its supporters are determined to keep Neda Agha-Soltan’s memory alive a … more →
PBS: A Death in Tehran
Patrick Disney wrote 2 weeks ago: Check your local listings. At the height of the protests following Iran’s controversial presidential … more →
Mousavi & Karroubi: Current Rulers' Brutality Worse than the Shah
Arsalan Barmand wrote 2 weeks ago: Leaders of the opposition Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi have decried the Iranian government … more →
Flux In Iran affecting its handle on foreign policy, nuclear issues?
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Lloyd Chebaclo wrote 2 weeks ago: In an interview with the Council on Foreign Relations, Iran expert Ray Takeyh suggested that the Ira … more →
Iran Unrest Part Two
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Artin wrote 4 weeks ago: Relative calm has returned to Iran after a day of protests. Widespread pro- and anti-government prot … more →
Latest report on Iran Protests
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Artin wrote 4 weeks ago: This just in from the Green Freedom Wave: (Translation copyright New York Times Company. Please do n … more →
Karroubi Attacked Once Again
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Sanaz Tofighrad wrote 1 month ago: Mehdi Karroubi was attacked by baton-wielding plainclothes militia at a press fair in Tehran on Frid … more →
Numerous Reformers Detained at a Prayer Session
Sanaz Tofighrad wrote 1 month ago: According to BBC Persian, security forces arrested an estimated 50-60 members of Iran’s Participatio … more →
NIAC Condemns Prison Sentence for Iranian American Scholar
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Matt Sugrue wrote 1 month ago: The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) condemns the Iranian Justice Ministry’s decision to sen … more →
An Inside Look: The Daily Show Goes to Iran
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Patrick Disney wrote 1 month ago: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart made fake news history this summer by reporting from inside Iran aro … more →
Iranian MPs File Complaint Against Mousavi
Sanaz Tofighrad wrote 1 month ago: Radio Zamaneh – 100 Iranian members of the parliament filed a complaint against Mir Hossein Mo … more →
Iran Convicts Kian Tajbakhsh
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Matt Sugrue wrote 1 month ago: The United States has asked Iran to release Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh, who was sentenc … more →
Former minister gets the shoe
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Sanaz Tofighrad wrote 1 month ago: (Via Mowj Camp) A protesting student at Tehran University threw his shoe at the Saffar Harandi, the … more →
International Community Must Condemn Human Rights Violations in Iran
Bardia Mehrabian wrote 1 month ago: The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran announced that the international community needs … more →
Four reasons why talking is a good idea
Patrick Disney wrote 1 month ago: Amid the historic first rounds of talks between the Islamic Republic and the United States, there ha … more →
