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• The Latest from Iran (19 December): After the Mythical “Millions”

  
  Enduring America — Authority: 593
  0755 GMT: Mousavi Defiance Behind Regime Threats? One intriguing story this morning: the reformist website Rah-e-Sabz claims that Iran’s judiciary pressed Mir Hossein Mousavi to withhold or at least moderate any statement of support for protests on 16 Azar (7 December). Mousavi’s refusal, and indeed his ...
  7 hours ago

• Twitter Hacked Overnight by ‘Iranian Cyber Army’

  
  Wall Street Pit — Authority: 646
  The popular microblogging Web site Twitter suffered a hacking attack late Thursday night, early Friday morning, by a group calling itself the “Iranian Cyber Army”.The attack, which left millions of “tweeters”  unable to communicate on the website, appeared to have been a...
  1 day ago

• The Latest from Iran (18 December): Moharram Begins

  
  Enduring America — Authority: 593
  0630 GMT: Eleven days after the protests of National Students Day on 16 Azar, the holy month of Moharram begins today. In contrast to the period between previous important public occasions since July, there has been no significant pause in protest, demonstration, and political manoeuvre. University campuses have ...
  1 day ago

• Iran Document: The Rafsanjani Speech in Mashhad (6 December)

  
  Enduring America — Authority: 593
  On 9 December, we wrote a lengthy analysis , “Clerics and Rafsanjani Plan The ‘Third Way’ of Unity”, which laid out discussions between senior religious figures and the former President to put forth a proposal for reform of the Islamic Republic, manoeuvring between the Ahmadinejad Government and the Green ...
  2 days ago

• Interesting Article on Iranian Protest Tactics

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 571
  The Sunday Times covers how the Iranian people are changing how they protest the regime, highlighting the efforts of one of the founders of the Revolutionary Guards, Mohsen Sazegara, who defected from the regime in 1988. According to the article, Sazegara claims the regime killed 178 people and ...
  3 days ago

• Berman Sanctions Bill Overwhelmingly Passes the House

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  A bill sponsored by Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), the chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, to authorize new energy-sector sanctions on Iran overwhelmingly passed the House just now. The vote: 412 members in favor to only 12 opposed, with four voting “present.” Berman’s bill had strong but not ...
  3 days ago

• The Latest from Iran (15 December): The Path to Moharram

  
  Enduring America — Authority: 593
  0935 GMT: The “Other” American Prisoner. A paradox: while “Western” media overheated yesterday over the passing comment from Iran’s Foreign Minister that the three US hikers might be tried, none of them seems to notice the latest developments in the case of Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh, sentenced ...
  4 days ago

• Iran: On collision course, again

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Much of what is taking place in Iran can be glimpsed only through grainy mobile phone clips. Six months on from an election which the defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi called a coup detat, opposition leaders are either in prison, under house arrest or unable to operate freely. But nor have things gone swimmingly ...
  4 days ago

• Irans slow revolution

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 571
  Six months after Irans disputed presidential election triggered widespread demonstrations, the countrys pro-democracy movement is as strong as ever, experts say. As this weeks protests show, opponents of Irans regime have taken to using officially sanctioned demonstrations to turn out in large numbers and ...
  5 days ago

• Iran Leader Calls for Calm as Students Protest

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 571
  TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian anti-government student protests continued on Sunday as debate raged over television images showing the burning of a photo of the revered Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic republic. Irans supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called for calm amid the anger over ...
  5 days ago

• Iran opposition leaders under pressure

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Burning of Khomeini picture by alleged pro-reformist may lead to arrest of Mousavi and Karroubi Irans most powerful cleric intensified the pressure on the countrys political opposition leaders today by blaming them for the "desecration" of a portrait of the late Ayatollah Khomeini, the Islamic revolutions spiritual ...
  5 days ago

• Iran Analysis: Sifting the Propaganda – Government About to Arrest Opposition Leaders?

  
  Enduring America — Authority: 593
  UPDATE 1355 GMT: We’ve got the latest developments in our LiveBlog . Current assessment? Based on the Supreme Leader’s speech this morning, we think the Green movement(s) are on a “final warning”. That would mean no immediate arrests of opposition leaders, but if there is protest during Moharram…. ...
  6 days ago

• This weekend on EA (12/13 December)

  
  Enduring America — Authority: 593
  Iran: Tension and rumours were the order for Saturday which started with a furore over the alleged burning of Imam Khomeini’s picture, stirred by pro-Government media. This continued when Kalemeh , the website associated with Mir Hossein website, posted a note warning followers to be aware of a propaganda ...
  6 days ago

• Ryan Mauro: Rumble in Iran

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 571
  The solution to the crisis with Iran was visible on December 7, Students Day in that country, which marks the anniversary of 1953 anti-American protests when Vice President Nixon visited after the coup that removed Mossadegh from power. The Iranian people continued their strategy of hijacking pro-regime holidays ...
  1 week ago

• Resilient Iranians still dream of a new revolution

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Stolen election fuels dissent amid fears of new flashpoint at Shia festival Tehran University students have been filing into their classes past giant posters of Ayatollah Khomeini and the stern slogans of the Islamic revolution for the last 30 years. But the angry scenes on the universitys sprawling campus this ...
  1 week ago

• A better use for the Ignoble Appeasement Prize

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 571
  Once again, the courageous people of Iran have been demonstrating that, despite arrests, imprisonment, beatings, torture and state murder their spirit remains unbroken. Once again, there were protests against the regime yesterday at universities throughout Iran. Potkin Azarmehr reports: The most ...
  1 week ago

• Violent Protests in Iran

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 444
  Even though what ultimately happens in the continuing struggle against Irans theocratic government would have profound impact on the Middle East, for the most part the U.S. media has dropped the ball on coverage. The New York Yimes looks at the situation and has he has done consistently, Andrew Sullivan continues ...
  1 week ago

• Violence Spills into Day 2

  
  niacINsight — Authority: 501
  Payvand via Radio Zamaneh is reporting that members of the Basij and Revolutionary Guard (Sepah; IRGC; Pasdaran) have stormed Tehran University and Shahid Beheshti University. According to Amir Kabir Newsletter, Revolutionary Guards and Basij forces have entered the campuses… and engaged in beating the students ...
  1 week ago

• Iran 16 Azar Analysis: “Something is Happening”

  
  Enduring America — Authority: 593
  Earlier today we posted an analysis by our Mr Smith of the significance of 16 Azar and the possibilities for the future. His points are complemented by those made by Masoud at The Newest Deal , who has kindly sent us a copy of the blog: Though impossible to tell with the blanket censorship draped over Iran at ...
  1 week ago

• Green Movement and Iranian Government Clash Flares Up

  
  niacINsight — Authority: 501
  While Iranian authorities continue their campaign against the growing opposition, the Green Movement does not appear to be letting up, even as some of its leaders’ efforts were thwarted from participating. Yesterday’s National Student Day protests were preempted by arrests of student activists from universities ...
  1 week ago

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