Taxi Revolution in Tehran
A women’s Taxi service in Tehran is providing much needed jobs for war widows and divorcees, according to the BBC. It began with about 10 taxis, and now boasts over 700 cabs handling 2,500 jobs a day. Some customers say that they feel more comfortable with a woman behind the wheel, while others think the […]
Prominent Iranian American Testifies before Senate Committee
Washington, DC- “We have unearthed an anti-plaintiff effect that is troubling,” said Cyrus Mehri in testimony last Tuesday before a Judiciary Committee hearing entitled “Barriers to Justice: Examining Equal Pay for Equal Work.” The hearing dealt with different dimensions of federal court discrimination against employee filed lawsuits. Mehri is on the Board of Advisors at […]
Earthquake in Iran 6 on the Richter Scale
Iran was hit by an earthquake of a 6.1 magnitude on the Richter scale this Wednesday. Authorities in Iran said that 5 people were killed and 45 injured. The majority of those affected by the earthquake were Qeshm villagers and port workers in the area. A state news agency claims that over 100,000 lost power […]
Rethinking the Message We’re Sending
“The ideology behind 9/11 has become mainstream in much of the Middle East” said Jim Sciutto, author of Against Us: The New Face of America’s Enemies in the Muslim World. Jim Sciutto in his first public appearance since the books publishing was hosted by David Gray from the New America Foundation yesterday. The book profiled […]