Ex-Iranian diplomat in Norway: target sanctions, talk up human rights abuses
InsideIRAN.org interviewed Mohammad Reza Heidari, the Iranian diplomat in Norway who defected over the June 12, 2009 elections and the aftermath. The full interview can be found here but we’ve highlighted some of his comments below: I have friends in the IRGC, the basij, the Ministry of Intelligence, Iran’s radio and television, and other places […]
Grand Ayatollah Saanei Succeeds Grand Ayatollah Montazeri
Grand Ayatollah Yousef Saanei has effectively succeeded Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri (God grant him peace) as the spiritual guide of the opposition. Here’s more from The Century Foundation’s insideIRAN.org: Now, stepping into the vacuum left by Montazeri’s death is another prominent reformist ayatollah who has emerged to provide the Green Movement with spiritual guidance […]