Letter from Tehran 06.24.2009
This thread is a tribute to a friend in Tehran who wrote this today “Imagine There is No Heaven.” By all accounts it sounds as though the state has stepped […]
This is Not My Country
Here is an impassioned letter from Tehran Bureau by Hanam H. The only thing I would take Hanam to task for is that not ALL of the victims of gun […]
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 and they […]
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 up, […]
Neda: Eyewitness Says Shot by Sniper
I am not siting sources for the vast majority of the material I receive through my network for obvious reasons. Here is the latest on Neda Agha-Soltan, who was shot […]
Letter from Tehran June 19, 2009
“I will participate in the demonstrations tomorrow. Maybe they will turn violent. Maybe I will be one of the people who is going to get killed. I’m listening to all […]
Letter from Tehran (To Fellow Iranians)
Letter from Tehran June 18. 2009 The events of the last couple of days have been so moving that I haven’t digested them yet. Life was already too fast in […]
Photographs of Iran’s Feared Basiji Special Forces
The following images were sent to me by a friend taken over the last few days. They show the feared Basiji militiamen, a volunteer-based paramilitary organization that takes orders from […]
Foreign Journalists Tell of Arrests and Beatings of Press Corps in Iran
I received a first hand report from an Iranian I know inside Iran that he was arrested and his cameras were taken away from him. Also this has appeared on […]
