Latest report on Iran Protests
This just in from the Green Freedom Wave: (Translation copyright New York Times Company. Please do not repost without giving credit) Based on the latest reports from the earliest hours of today’s protests, Green-wearing protesters have flooded the streets in Tehran and the provinces once again renewed their commitment to the ideals of the martyrs […]
Tehran Journal: Threat of sanctions make ‘green’ efforts more difficult
Tehran Journal – July 25 – Laleh Azadi is the pseudonym for a journalist operating in Tehran who has been providing near daily updates of the situation following the election. Her analysis and observations have been indispensable throughout the last month. Now she has a message for policymakers in the West: Associating with anyone from […]
Iran Updates – July 13
7:02 pm: NIAC Calls for the Release of Kian Tajbakhsh, an End to Political Detentions and Abuse – NIAC issued this press release earlier today: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington DC – The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) condemns the arrest and imprisonment of Kian Tajbakhsh, an Iranian-American intellectual who was taken from his home in Iran […]
Iran updates – July 9
7:13 pm: NIAC President Trita Parsi and Carnegie’s Karim Shadjadpour are on the News Hour with Jim Lehrer right now. 6:43 pm: Roxana Saberi Calls for Release of Iranian Baha’is Roxana Saberi, an Iranian-American journalist who spent almost four months in an Iranian prison earlier this year, today called for the release of seven Iranian […]
Iran Updates – June 25
6:02 pm: Rep. Cantor asks Pelosi for hearings House Minority Whip Eric Cantor sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi today asking for joint hearings on the situation in Iran. I know that you share our deep concern about the growing violence and brutality in Iran. Unfortunately, it has become clear that the cleric-backed Iranian […]