The Face That Launched a Thousand Drones?
The much talked about August 9 Time magazine cover, unabashed in its aim to shore up support for the war effort in Afghanistan, has left many still shaking their heads [...]
Zahra’s Paradise: An On-line Graphic Novella
Set in the aftermath of Iran’s fraudulent elections of 2009, Zahra’s Paradise is the fictional story of the search for Mehdi, a young protestor who has disappeared in the Islamic [...]
Letter from Tehran 22 Bahman Anniversary of Islamic Revolution
Today was a very difficult day. Not only for the Green movement, but because the government had used all it had to show off today. There are two main analyses [...]
Eye-witness Account from Ashura Protests in Tehran
Sunday Decmber 27, 2009 What I experienced yesterday is beyond me. I can’t describe it in words. it was the worst experience and at the same time amazing. People are [...]
Martial Law in Iran as Revolutionary Guards Jockey for Power
Unverified report from reliable source: The Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) is seeking support from Majlis National Security & Foreign Affairs commission to approve martial law powers. Martial law is already [...]
Iranian Security Forces Running Trucks Over Human Beings
Be warned, this is quite disturbing footage but really needs to be seen to fully understand the extent of the abuses going on in the streets of Iran these past [...]
Rethinking Coal (Multimedia)
By Rebecca Carroll for Chuck Nelson mined coal seams deep below the Appalachian hills of Boone County, West Virginia, for nearly 30 years before dark powder and chemical particulates drove [...]
Hacked!
The Vigilante Journalist was hacked sometime in September. It’s not clear who is behind the episode, and we’re sorry to have been off-line so long. There’s a new theme up [...]
Ajmadinejad’s VP Pick resigns
“Appointed on Thursday night as…[Vice President] of Iran…by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei…was forced to resign today amid growing outcries from the nation’s hardliners. Mashaei, a relative of President [...]
Marina Nemat Tells Her Story (6 Parts)
Marina Nemat, a student dissident imprisoned in 1982, likens the current protests to the ones in the 80′s and cautions that the true backlash and mass arrests are still to [...]
New Videos from June Emerge – Tehran
Here is a video of Basij shooting into the crowd of protesters. (from an unknown date in June) Here is another video from June showing a large crowd trying to [...]
Iran’s Opposition Leaders at a Glance (2002)
Journeyman pictures has an excellent documentary on Iran’s political critics. It’s from spring 2002 but gives a good sense of how active the opposition already was back then, both in [...]
Rafsanjani Speech (Updated)
Here is a rough translation live by telephone of Rafsanjani’s speech today in Tehran. Rafsanjani who is one of the most powerful religious clerics in Iran and a strong critic [...]
Video of Pregnant Woman Shot? Updated
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- I have seen numerous reports of a pregnant woman who was killed in Tehran last week. I also have seen photographs of what is supposed to be her autopsy [...]
Iranian Blogger on the Run
A brave Iranian blogger who has been providing amazing original footage and minute by minute updates of events in Iran at his blog and through Facebook is apparently on the [...]
Protest in Shiraz
+-+-+-+-+-+- Here is a video of traffic protests in Shiraz on Sunday June 21.
Letters From Tehran 06.23.2009
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Tehran (Sauturday): “They attacked and beat everyone within their range regardless of sex or age, we ran, they ran, we stopped, they didn’t stop. Their batons are electric [...]
Videos of Violence Purported to be from Today – Unconfirmed
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Fresh Protests in Tabriz Tonight
Video from Tabriz tis evening shows people have turned out to protest
Recommended Reads
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Here’s an incredible personal report on the events of Saturday, June 20. Read Ely’s Diary “What is your name?” I asked him trying to make him talk. He sat [...]
Updates
Today there will be two Demo, first at 7 Tir, 16:00 local time, second is at Fedosi Square 17:00. At 7 Tir people gather in memory of Neda and others. [...]
Revolutionary Guard General Arrested
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This story remains unconfirmed Sardar(General) Ali Fazli of the Revolutionary Guard responsible for the Seyad-al-Shohada , Tehran Province was arrested by order of Ali Khamenei for not taking action [...]
