Latest posts by Fred Petrossian from May, 2007
Iran:Woman Activist is out of Jail
Zeynabeh Peyambarzadeh,journalist and woman activist is out of jail. She is a member of the “One Million Signatures Campaign Demanding an End to Discriminatory Laws against Women.”
Iran:No Lawyer for Haleh Esfandyari
In Free Haleh blog we read that two days ago Nobel Laureate lawyer Shirin Ebadi had agreed to defend Haleh but the latest news is that Iranian authorities are denying...
Iran:News in Photos
Kamanagir has published several photos about daily “life” in Iran or recent events.You can see a Tehrani cab driver decorates his cab with a halter or you csn discover Iranian...
Iran:Graffitis in Tehran
Petit has published several photos of grafittis in Tehran.The blogger says they look like New York ones!
Iran: Police Officer Kicks Woman
Iranian authorities are fighting against women on at least two fronts. On one side, women activists protesting for equal rights are sent to prison and persecuted. On the other side,...
Iran:Ahmadinejad,Worker and a Bitter Joke
Leonlog says[Fa] once Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,Iranian president, was visiting a factory where a worker told him that there is a long distance between her home and factory and employer does not...
Iran:New journal becomes a success story
According to[Fa] Akbar Montajabi,blogger and journalist,Ham Mihan, a new journal,in its first days of publication has become a success stroy.This new journal can be considered a non conservative and pro...
Iran:Head of a leading blog provider was arrested
Mohammad Ali Abtahi, former vice president and blogger, says[Fa] that Mehdi Torabi,a top manager of Persian Blog,a leading persian blog provider,was arrested a few days ago.Abtahi said we have not...
Iran:Free Haleh Esfandiari
Dr. Haleh Esfandiari is the Director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. She is a 67-year-old Iranian-American who came to...
Iran:Free Places for Lebanese Publishers
Ghomar Asheghnaeh[Fa] has published several interesting photos of International Book Fair in Tehran. The blogger says some Lebanese publishers were offered free places by Iranian authorities.He adds in this Book...
Iran:Life is Insecure
Ester,an Iran based blogger, wrote in MidEast Youth that “the [Iranian] law is invasive and vague, which is why it is so easy to break. As one friend says, “The...
Interview with Pendar Yousefi: Blogger, Designer and Google Bomber
Pendar Yousefi is a blogger, designer, cartoonist and Google bomber. He has always been very creative in his designs and ideas and his works have been displayed in several magazines. We see here one of his designs: Xerxes King in an American comisc style. I recently interviewed Pendar about his blog Lego Fish, his various projects, and Iranian blogs.
Iran:Prisoner of Tehran
ZaneIrani writes about a new book:Prisoner of Tehran.The blogger talks about the story:”Marina Nemat was arrested on January 15, 1982, at about nine o'clock at night. She was sixteen. A...
Iran:Calls to Execute the Father of Animation in Iran
According to Azarmehr, Baseej pressure groups have called for the 70 year old Nooredin Zarrin-kelk , the father of animation in Iran, to be executed. Zarrin-kelk is accused of having...
Afghan Whispers:1 May,Kidnappings and Problems in Iran
Õnne Pärl,a blogger and journalist from Estonia, writes about her 1 May experience in Kabul. She says, because of the mudjahedin parade in Kabul, there are suggestions to “keep low...
Iran:Ignorance and racism in Iranian chatrooms
Iranian Truth writes you will find more prejudice, ignorance and racism in Iranian chartrooms, like activistchat.com, than anywhere else. And yet it is perfectly permissible to be anti-Islamic, despite the...
Iran: A Golden Frog for Iranian bloggers
Koroush Ziabari reports[Fa] that Fouad Khaknejad,a young journalist and blogger has launched “Golden Frog” prize for the best blogs in country.
Iran:Just a Kiss
Zahra says[Fa] Hezbollah in Iran criticized Iranian president,Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for kissing the hand of his primary school's teacher recently.His teacher was an old woman and wore gloves. The blogger says...
Iran: A trap for students?
Kamangir reports that more news is coming out of Amir Kabir University (AKU).The whole story began when three articles were distributed on the campus, published on papers which held logos...
