Apple’s ‘Iran Policy’ Shows Why We Can’t Shy Away from Politics
NIAC’s Jamal Abdi and Nobar Elmi published a piece in Tehran Bureau last Friday in which they argue that recent allegations of discrimination by Apple employees against Iranian Americans are rooted in flawed US-Iran sanctions policy. They write, “we need to realize that what is happening is not just a series of individual cases of […]
Updated: Security Forces Kill Iran Protestors
Today’s Ashura protests have turned deadly. The AP is reporting: Security forces tried but failed to disperse protesters on a central Tehran street with tear gas, charges by baton-wielding officers and warning shots fired into the air. They then opened fire directly at protesters, killing at least three people, said witnesses and the pro-reform Web […]
Jafari: Preserving Islamic Republic more crucial than prayers
Tehran Bureau’s Selected Headlines included a blurb from Sepah News (via Ayandeh News), the semi-official loudspeaker of the IRGC, describing Commander Ali Jafari’s comment yesterday that “Preserving the Islamic Republic establishment is more important than performing namaz [prayers].” Speaking in Urumiyeh, Jafari also stated that “No one dares claim that the Islamic Republic regime must […]