Latest posts by Fred Petrossian from December, 2006
Iran:Students disrupted Ahmadinejad's Speech
According to Alpar, students in AmirKabir University in Tehran, disrupted Ahmadinejad's speech.The blogger says students chanted slogans such as ” down with dictator“[Fa].
Student Protest, Election and USA-Iran Talks
According to the mainstream media and bloggers thousands of Iranian students demonstrated on the 6th of December in different Iranian universities around the country. The main slogan was “University is Alive”. University students and academics have gone through a very difficult time since last year. During this period some student...
Iran:Your step by step guide to look like a fool as a nation!
Mr.Behi with irony talks about current political situation in Iran.The blogger writes about next week election for City and Village Councils of Iran:to prevent the party of Ahmadinejad to invade all our hopes for reform, I guess we need to vote for reformists to win at least this. We are...
Iran:Arash Sigarchi,jailed blogger got cancer
Arash Sigarchi, jailed blogger and journalist who was released recently from jail,says he has cancer [Fa].
Iran:Demonstration against the compulsory veil 27 years ago
Azarmehr has published,thanks to YouTube,a video showing a demonstration against the compulsory veil in early post revolution days.
Iran:A history behind a Pulitzer winner Photo
Kamangir writes about Iranian photographer Jahangir Razmi who took 70 pictures of an execution in Kurdistan on Aug. 27, 1979. One picture won the Pulitzer Prize.The blogger adds It was, however, awarded to an unnamed photographer – the only anonymous recipient in the 90-year history of the award.On his blog...
Iran:Requested page is Forbidden
View from Iran reports that New York Times site got filtered too. Reporters withour Borders expressed its deep concern for the future of internet in Iran where censorship is the rule.
Iran:Prisoner of Colour
Pouya has presented on his blog, paintings of Derlara Darabi, a 20 year old girl, who has been in prison since she was 17. She was sentenced to death for confessing to a murder. Although she later stated her confession was false,this was not accepted by court.
Afghan Whispers:Marshall Plan,Drought and Herat
What Happened to Marshall Plan? Sanjar explains why a Marshall Plan for his country did not achieve its objectives. The blogger writes After the establishment of President Karzai’s government in Afghanistan there was talk of the need for implementation of a plan much like the Marshall Plan for post Second...
Iran:Kianoosh Sanjari still in jail
According to Sos-Sanjari, Kianoosh Sanjari,23 years old jailed blogger met with his mother.Sos-Sanjari blog writes, according to Sanjari's mother, his son has lost weight and he is in a very bad condition.
Iran:Blogs and Sites should be registered
Alpar has given a link to what he calls ridiculous law about sites and blogs. According to the new law [Fa], all sites and blogs should be registered in the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.Sites and blogs will have no right to publish anything against Leader,Islamic regime and even...
Iran:Lurs protest against Cartoon
According to lorblog,several Lur students protested against a cartoon [Fa] which had been published in several magazines.According to the blogger,the cartoon made fun of Lur's traditional cloth.The blogger gave a link to several photos of student demonstartion in Khorramabad.