Letter from Tehran
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This is Not My Country
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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 violence have been shot in the heart or the heart.
Here is an excerpt:
“It is an insult to our intelligence when everyone knows the country [...]
Letters From Tehran
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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 make an electric noise when they turn them in the air, and their motobikes have been outfitted with something that sounds like bullets going [...]
Recommended Reads
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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, shrugged us off, and started to walk again. “What is your name?“ I yelled again. “Omid,” he said and marched on towards Azadi. Omid means hope.
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TIME [...]
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 in the heart on Saturday as she was protesting with one of her professors.
“At last I could talk my friend in Iran who he has [...]
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 my favorite music. I even want to dance to a few songs. I always wanted to have very narrow eyebrows. Yes, maybe I will go [...]
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 Tehran to the point that we wouldn’t have time to get to everything, now after 3 PM everything comes to a halt and based on a collective [...]
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 the revolutionary guard and is traditionally dispatched to deal with mass dissidence. My friend emphasized that the situation is incredibly dangerous for people right now [...]
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 the wires:
Tehran, June 15, 2009
Eye-witness account:
About three hours ago I was interviewing people on the street in downtown Tehran with my translator, not far from the [...]
