Left Outside the Circle: Iranians and Google+
The newly launched Google social network service called Google+ has created a major buzz online, but has also sparked many questions (and some answers). Why do we need another social network? What does it have to offer more than Twitter and Facebook? But for Iranians, there is an even bigger question: will I even be allowed […]
To Twitter or Not to Twitter
“It was Sullivan who famously proclaimed ‘The Revolution Will Be Twittered’ and called Twitter ‘the critical tool for organizing the resistance in Iran,’” writes Evgeny Morozov a Foreign Policy blogger and Georgetown University Fellow. “It is easy to see why so many pundits accepted this narrative: they had seen something similar before,” he continues, referring […]
Iranian Government Targets Opposition Worldwide
The Wall Street Journal reported today on an extremely troubling development in the Iranian government’s efforts to silence its critics in the continued aftermath of the disputed June elections–the regime is reportedly attempting to extend its crackdown beyond Iran’s borders to the Iranian diaspora abroad. “Interviews with roughly 90 ordinary Iranians abroad — college students, […]
Iran Updates – June 27
10:50 am: Laura Rozen investigates if events in Iran have weakened Obama’s hand or strengthened it: As the Obama White House has recalibrated and toughened its daily talking points on Iran in response to the violence of the post-elections dispute, the impression has emerged in some quarters that Washington is flustered by recent events, and […]
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 […]