Khamenei is now following you on Twitter
Everyone in Qom, get out your cell phones and cameras, because the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei wants you to send him your videos and pictures of him when he visits today so that he can post them on his website. Ironic that Khamenei is suddenly a champion of citizen journalism, considering that he and his […]
IRI’s Helping Hand
While some Iranians came out to protest on the one-year anniversary of the fraudulent presidential elections this weekend, others came out to attack Mehdi Karroubi and the offices of Grand Ayatollah Saanei and late Grand Ayatollah Montazeri. Karroubi, who traveled to Qom on Sunday for a mourning ceremony, planned on visiting Grand Ayatollah Yousef Saanei, […]
Reformist Cleric Arrested
Radio Zamaneh reports (via www.payvand.com) that Iranian reformist cleric Mohammad-Taghi Khalaji was arrested yesterday by the Qom Intelligence Department. Khalaji’s son Mehdi affirms that when arrested, Khalaji’s computer and personal documents, such as his passport, were confiscated as well. Mehdi Khalaji further reports that his mother and sister also had their passports confiscated and they […]
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 […]
Flux In Iran affecting its handle on foreign policy, nuclear issues?
In an interview with the Council on Foreign Relations, Iran expert Ray Takeyh suggested that the Iranian government is preoccupied with internal divisions both among its officials and with a state-society divide that has subsequently impeded its foreign policy. Takeyh: I don’t believe at this point that the Islamic Republic has a foreign policy if […]
VIDEO: Anti-government Rally in Qom
Another video apparently from the Qadr night protest in the holy city of Qom has surfaced. People gathered in front of the Grand Ayatollah Sanei’s office after his speech for the Qadr night ceremony and showed their anger over what is happening in Iran. Their chants included, “Death to the dictator,” “Coup administration, resign, resign,” […]
President of Tarbiat Modares University in Qom arrested (UPDATED)
According to Tabnak, Dr. Mohammad Zabihi was arrested about two weeks ago but the local media has been silent about the news. Tabnak reported that Dr. Mohammad Zabihi is the President of Tarbiat Modares University in Qom where Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, Iran’s Judiciary chief teaches. The university in Qom is one of the main universities […]
Friday prayer leader in Qom: release the innocent prisoners
Ayatollah Ali Amini, the most popular Friday prayer leader in the conservative holy city of Qom, Iran, condemned the government’s use of violence and called on the government to release all innocent prisoners, according to the pro-reformist site Mowjcamp. Ayatollah Amini also called on the Ahmadinejad government to begin a process of reconciliation and to […]