Stories about Iran from June, 2007
Iran: Second Cultural Revolution Coming?
Universities in different parts of Iran are experiencing a new wave of repression by security forces. Between 6-8 student activists, members of student associations, and independent professors who dare to think and express their ideas differently than the Iranian establishment, have been arrested in recent weeks, or are awaiting court...
Iran:False Obsession over being Aryan
IranianTruth reports when in the world have Iranians ever obsessed about being “Aryan”? This clearly seems like a modern phenomenon born out a sense of inferiority to Western nations. The man correctly noted that if we look at the vast majority of our past dynasties had no ethnic tie to...
Iran:Statistics Do not Mean Anything
Ahmad Seyf says [Fa] it seems Iran did not enter in the age of statistics.The blogger writes Minister for Employment each time presents a different statistic about unemployed people and how many jobs should be created.
Iran:Students support jailed workers
According to[Fa] Kaargar blog,some students in Amir Kabir University started to collect money for 3 jailed workers.Students are going to ask money one by one because security forces do not let them to collect money in an organized way.
Iran:It is enough Mr.President
Soroosh says[Fa] Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,Iranian president, recently announced the countdown for destruction of Israel has started. The blogger says to Ahmadinejad even if it is true,it is not your business.If you can, you should construct your own country.The blogger writes we are tired of these words.You are just like a new...
Iran in the eyes of a Swedish Blogger
Jonathan Lundqvist is a Swedish blogger who visited Iran a few months ago and shared his experiences with Global Voices in an interview. Jonathan has published several photos on his blog about censorship, daily life, tradition, and modernity in Iran without forgetting beauty of the country. Here are seven images...
Iran: Playing games with democracy is really risky
Mohammad Ali Abtahi, former reformist vice president and blogger, says a referendum, held in Syria last Sunday, endorsed president Bashar Al-Assad for a second seven – year with 97 percent of the votes.He adds president Bashar Al–Assad that the Syrian government had better to announce the result more reasonably in...
Iran:Muslim Bloggers
Muslim Bloggers [Fa](pro Islamic Republic bloggers) met with each other to remember the anniversary of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini's death.One of the goals of this meeting was to announce their support forAyatollah Khamenei,the Leader of country.
Palestine: Peace Index
“The United States is among the least peaceful nations in the world, ranking 96th between Yemen and Iran, according to an index of 121 countries. According to the Global Peace Index, created by the Economist Intelligence Unit, Norway is the most peaceful nation and Iraq is the least, just after...
Morocco: US-Iran Hostage Crisis Relived
“The Iranian government has arrested and jailed a fourth person with dual Iranian and American citizenships. His name is Ali Shakeri and he is a California businessman and founding member of UCI's Center for Citizen Peacebuilding. I am starting to put more credence in the theory that is floating around,...
Iran:Kian Tajbakhsh, an Iranian-American Scholar in Jail
Kian Tajbakhsh is one of Iranian-American scholars who was arrested in Tehran.He was charged with trying to topple Iran's government. FreeKian.org is launched to support this scholar and to inform people about his situation.Iranian government has formally charged another Iranian-American, Haleh Esfandiari, with trying to topple the government. Tajbakhsh has...
