Latest posts by Fred Petrossian from June, 2006
Iran: Ayatollah & the Poor
Hojreh, a cleric blogger, talks about two titles in the same day and in the same newspaper, conservative Kayhan. According to blogger, newspaper reports that many people participated in the death anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini, Islamic Republic founder who had promised justice. Hojreh reports that in the same page, we...
Iran: Ganji & Liberal Democracy
Hanouz, a collective blog, informs us that Akbar Ganji, famous dissident journalist & writer, published a new manifest ( essay) about liberal democracy on internet. According to this blog, in his writing, Ganji defends liberal democracy ideas (Persian). Ganji who, is in Europe to receive several prizes reminds us that...
Iran: Free Tavancheh Blog
A new blog is created to promote freedom for detained student activist & blogger, Mr.Abed Tavancheh (Persian). In Abede Tavacheh blog we are informed that another student activist, Houman Kazemyan from Tehran university, is missed and 25000 students signed a petition to ask freedom for student leaders (Persian).
Iran: Photos & Matyrdom seekers
Farzaneh Khademian, photoblogger & photographer, has exposed several photos of Iranian Martydom seekers in Tehran.
Iran: A video on the underground youth
Berkely Forum blog has given a link to a very interesting video on the underground youth culture in Iran. We can see in this video different opinions about iranian government and interesting night life scenes.
Iran: World Cup & Creativity
Logomahi has created a T-shirts related to World Cup & Iranian national football team. We can see some of blogger's designs on his/her blog.
Iran: Women, Football & Violence
Kamangir says several women were brutally hit and injured when they attempted to enter the stadium to watch Iran-Bosnia football match. The blogger reminds us that this game was the first match after Ahmadinejad’s decision to allow women to watch the games live, something strongly objected by the conservative clerics.
Iran: Free, thanks to bloggers
According to Khabgard, Farshid Faraji, an Iranian cameraman who had been arrested in Iraq, wrote a letter to thank bloggers for his freedom one year ago. Faraji says bloggers let everybody know that he was detained and it really helped him to be released by Americans (Persian).
