Devastating Floods Sweep Large Swathes of Iran
In this week’s Iran Unfiltered, research associate Sina Toossi takes an in-depth look at the widespread floods that have devastated parts of Iran, explores a recent announcement by the AEOI about new “nuclear achievements,” and examines how Iranian media is discussing both Democrats’ and Republicans’ views toward the JCPOA.
Iran News Roundup: June 25, 2012
Escalation, Counter-Escalation, and Repeat The editor-in-chief of the hardline Iranian newspaper, Kayhan, argues that Iran can restrict oil tankers’ access to the Strait of Hormuz based on a “’right of retaliation’” under the 1958 Convention on the Territorial Sea after the implementation of an EU oil embargo. The paper’s editor, who is appointed by Iran’s […]
The Significance of Today’s Events
Today clearly breathed new life into Iran’s opposition movement. Opposition leaders Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi both took the risk and attended alongside countless other mourners. (Mousavi’s convoy was reportedly attacked en-route back to Tehran by plain-clothed security officials who cut off the convoy and bashed in a window of one of the […]
Attacks on Khomeini grandson grow as he reaches out to reformist camp
According to parlemannews, the grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini visited the families of imprisoned reformist figures on the day marking the end of Ramadan. Seyyed Hassan Khomeini, along with other members of his family, visited the families of the following jailed reformist leaders: Mirdamadi (Secretary General of the Participation Front), Tajzadeh, Nabavi, Tajerniya, Arabsorkhi and […]
More calls for Karroubi to be arrested
The following is a summary and analysis of an article in the infamous hardline newspaper Kayhan, which is close to the Supreme Leader and has a history of threatening Mousavi and Karroubi since the June 12 election. The following article was printed in Kayhan before Karroubi made his defiant statement today. According to the hardline […]
Mousavi Reveals Details about Election Day
Mir-Hossein Mousavi today shed light on what transpired after the polls closed on election day. “Initially, I thought what I witnessed was due to mismanagement, and I tried personally to contact officials of the nation,” he said. “That very day I called the Chief of Judiciary twice, the Prosecutor-General twice, and the Speaker of the […]
Hardliners Raise the Stakes
Charges of Treason Against Mousavi and Khatami Grow Louder (AFP): [A] group of Iranian MPs have filed a complaint to the judiciary against Mousavi over the post-election violence, the Fars news agency reported. “Those who issued statements and directed recent riots should be accountable for the bloodshed and go on trial,” said Mohammad Taghi Rahbar, […]