Stories about Iran from October, 2007
Iran:Down with the Dictator
Tribone Azad says[Fa] that 1500 students chanted slogans such as “down with the dictator” against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while he wanted to deliver his speech in the University of Tehran on October 8th.
Iran: Thousands of hungry workers go on strike
Thousands of unpaid Haft Tapeh sugar cane factory workers in Shoush in the Khuzestan province in Iran started a strike last week. Government sent security forces to repress the workers but strike continues. Several bloggers covered this event, and other related stories of difficult conditions of labor activists. Kaargar (means...
Iran:Stand Against Women Stoned to Death
Ali Eteraz says here is a call for action to do our small part in coming to the assistance of the women in Iran who have been sentenced to death by stoning.
Iran:Dilbert cartoon creator Scott Adams on Ahmadinejad
Peoples Geography has published “a great satirical piece by Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.”
Iran:Asefi,jailed blogger and journalist is free
According to[Fa] Schrr blog,Soheil Asefi, blogger and journalist who had been in jail since August 2007, is out of prison now. He used to work with Rooz online journal.
Algeria: Why are Syria and Iran close?
Algerian blogger Nouri draws attention to multi-billion industrial relations between Syria and Iran – two countries under the US blockade.
Iran:Beautiful Iran
Watch a collection of interesting photos about Iran's nature,history and cities.
Iran:”I Hate all Iranian”
Iranian Truth reports that last week, Debra Cagan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Coalition Affairs to Defence Secretary Robert Gates,states “in any case, I hate all Iranians.”The blogger asks people to sign a petition and ask President Bush to dismiss Cagan from office.
Iran:Woman to be stoned
Kamangir reports that the state-run newspaper Qods reported that a mother of three is sentenced to stoning. Reportedly,the evidence is video tapes of her having sex with another person.
Iran:Molavi,Corbis and Turkey
Kourosh Ziabari says that an open letter is sent to Corbis site.The blogger writes that this site mentioned that Molavi is a Turkish poet.The blogger writes the born place of this honorable poet is located in Iran and all his poems in Persian.He says without any doubt Molavi is a...
Bolivia: Visit by Iranian President to La Paz
Fresh off of a controversial visit to New York City, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in the Bolivian capital of La Paz, where he signed several agreements of cooperation with President Evo Morales. The two unlikely partners have had few diplomatic ties in the past and bloggers in Bolivia and Iran weigh in on possible reasons for this new alliance.
Iran:Ministry of Guidance and Blogs
Fahimeh in her blog,Occupation Reporter, says[Fa] that the Ministry of Islamic Guidance published a 40 pages study about blogs.According to this study only 40 percent of bloggers mention their real names in their own blogs.This study also mentions that a growing number of blogs write about politics.
Iran: Ahmadinejad's trip to USA
Pasdaran informs[Fa] us that several Iranian leaders including a reformist leader considered Ahmadinejad's trip to USA and his speech in Columbia University very fruitful.
Iran:The Day After We Bomb Iran
Chris Weigant writes in his blog that “enough attention is not being paid to what happens after we rain death from the skies down on Iran. Which is a shame, because that's what we ignored during the ramp-up to war with Iraq.”
Iran:79 Dolphins died in Persian Golf
Kamangir reports that oil contamination is blamed as one of the possible reasons behind the death of 79 dolphins in Persian Gulf.Watch the photos.
Iran:People and Ahmadinejad
Kourosh Ziabari writes[Fa] that Iranian people have no right to protest President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad‘s “way of doing things” because they voted for him.The blogger adds Ahmadinejad is a man without enough experience to lead country.
