That’s the line from the Guardian Council. As The Wall Street Journal reports, this is part of the regime trying to stop the opposition, especially ahead of today’s planned general strike. With its central demand ruled out, the contradictions in Iran are heightening. @PersianKiwi hears “reports that More…
The National Iranian American Council publishes.” this email, describing it as authored by an “ordinary Tehrani.”
Dear friend, if you have any contacts within the American Administration, please send them this message on behalf of us, ordinary Iranians in Iran (whose interests and concerns are very different from those
Defense Tech’s Kevin Coleman reports on quiet battles between the Iranian regime and the opposition to control access to various social-media Websites:
President Ahmadinejad took decisive steps and basically turned off the Internet in Iran for about an entire day. His action, blocked access to information being distributed by
After a day of horrific violence in Iran, Mir Hussein Moussavi issued this statement to the opposition and to the world. (Via Andrew.) The most compelling description of the relationship between Moussavi and fellow presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi to the opposition is that they’re the vehicles for More…
Given that the Obama administration worked last night with House Democrats to soften the language of Rep. Mike Pence’s (R-Ind.) Iran resolution — which passed by a 405-1 margin today — it should come as no surprise that White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs just now told reporters, “we More…
Here’s an example of what Hadi Ghaemi’s talking about. Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, has released a statement condemning the Iranian regime’ suppression of the opposition movement:
Pillay expressed particular concern about reported acts of violence by members of the Basij militia, which
There’s some static between Democratic and Republican members of Congress in favor of the Iran Resolution. After Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) used her time to talk about Iran’s nuclear program, Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) gently shifted the focus back to “the people of the Iran.” Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) very More…
I should have seen this yesterday, but Foreign Policy conducted an interview with Mohsen Makhmalbaf, the Paris-based “external spokesman” for Mir Hussein Moussavi. Makhmalbaf is deeply unhappy with President Obama’s recent observation that there are certain continuities between Moussavi and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad:
As you may
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaking at Tehran University for Friday prayers, says the elections are fair and the protests have gone far enough. According to this translation, there’s the predictable stuff about “Zionist, American [and] British” interloping, and he called President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the “legal president” More…
That (updated) House resolution on Iran from Reps. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) and Mike Pence (R-Ind.)? The National Iranian-American Council, which has played a leading role in publicizing and distributing information on the Iranian opposition this past week, has come out firmly against it. Here’s one of several statements posted More…
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