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April 20 2011

Interview: Can Nonviolence Work in Iran? - Interview by Karim Sadjadpour | Foreign Policy

Iranian philosopher Ramin Jahanbegloo and longtime Italian diplomat and author Roberto Toscano on the future of Iran's opposition.

February 24 2011

Iran, Facebook, and the Limits of Online Activism - By Cameron Abadi | Foreign Policy

Cynicism and despair may be the order of the day among Iranian activists. They would do well, though, to remember that social movements on this scale are not a sprint, but a marathon. In fact, that's another lesson that might be learned from Khomeini -- he began his agitations against the shah in the early 1960s, a good 15 years before he began realizing his visions of an Islamic state. The greens may be working to subvert that vision, but they would do well to endorse his cunning patience. 

February 21 2011

International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran – Tear Gas Used On 14 February Causes Severe Symptoms Among Protesers

 According to the three individuals, when they returned home after exposure to the tear gas, they suffered symptoms such as severe nausea, vomiting blood, and loss of voice and their symptoms have not yet subsided.

January 31 2010

هاشمی رفسنجانی: از سخنان آقای یزدی بوی توطئه به مشام می‌رسد

رئیس مجمع تشخیص مصلحت نظام گفت: «با صحبت‌های آقای یزدی و اطلاعات رسیده، این بار بوی توطئه به مشام می‌رسد.

هاشمی رفسنجانی: از سخنان آقای یزدی بوی توطئه به مشام می‌رسد

رئیس مجمع تشخیص مصلحت نظام گفت: «با صحبت‌های آقای یزدی و اطلاعات رسیده، این بار بوی توطئه به مشام می‌رسد.

January 28 2010

Iran's political winds are shifting - latimes.com

I hadn't become less of a liability in the interim. In 2009, during the postelection unrest, I was arrested at Tehran's airport as I was boarding a flight and transferred to Evin Prison. Though the Greek government intervened to obtain my prompt release, others were less fortunate. A government-issued indictment accused many green movement sympathizers of being pawns of America, Israel or Britain and seeking to execute a velvet revolution. Most were sentenced to long prison terms or execution.
Tags: Iran, election , ah

Iran's political winds are shifting - latimes.com

I hadn't become less of a liability in the interim. In 2009, during the postelection unrest, I was arrested at Tehran's airport as I was boarding a flight and transferred to Evin Prison. Though the Greek government intervened to obtain my prompt release, others were less fortunate. A government-issued indictment accused many green movement sympathizers of being pawns of America, Israel or Britain and seeking to execute a velvet revolution. Most were sentenced to long prison terms or execution.
Tags: Iran, election , ah

January 02 2010

Iranian FM warns West Teheran will make its own nuclear fuel

Iran warned on Saturday the West has until the end of the month to accept Teheran's counterproposal to a UN-drafted plan on a nuclear exchange, or the country will start producing nuclear fuel on its own

Iranian FM warns West Teheran will make its own nuclear fuel

Iran warned on Saturday the West has until the end of the month to accept Teheran's counterproposal to a UN-drafted plan on a nuclear exchange, or the country will start producing nuclear fuel on its own

December 07 2009

Josh Shahryar: Iran's Voice Will Be Heard

What they can't do is stop the thousands of Iranians and their non-Iranian supporters from spreading the news that they get from Iranians inside the country online. There is literally an army of these people who in a few hours will be doing only one thing -- spreading news about the protests on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, LiveJournal, YouTube, MySpace, Photobucket and every available bit of space on the internet they can get their keyboard and mouse on.

Josh Shahryar: Iran's Voice Will Be Heard

What they can't do is stop the thousands of Iranians and their non-Iranian supporters from spreading the news that they get from Iranians inside the country online. There is literally an army of these people who in a few hours will be doing only one thing -- spreading news about the protests on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, LiveJournal, YouTube, MySpace, Photobucket and every available bit of space on the internet they can get their keyboard and mouse on.

September 05 2009

شیرین نشاط و "زنان بدون مردان"

روز چهارشنبه، ۲ سپتامبر رقابت بر سر شکار شیرهای طلایی در ونیز آغاز شد. فیلم "زنان بدون مردان" که بر اساس رمان شهرنوش پارسی پور ساخته شده، در بخش مسابقه‌ی جشنواره حضور دارد. با کارگردان فیلم، شیرین نشاط گفت‌وگو کرده‌ایم.

شیرین نشاط و "زنان بدون مردان"

روز چهارشنبه، ۲ سپتامبر رقابت بر سر شکار شیرهای طلایی در ونیز آغاز شد. فیلم "زنان بدون مردان" که بر اساس رمان شهرنوش پارسی پور ساخته شده، در بخش مسابقه‌ی جشنواره حضور دارد. با کارگردان فیلم، شیرین نشاط گفت‌وگو کرده‌ایم.

August 18 2009

August 04 2009

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