Iran Criticizes Cannes Advocacy of Jafar Panahi
On Thursday, the Islamic Revolution Court website announced that the Tehran prosecutor general ordered Panahi’s requests to be examined. However, no details were given about Panahi’s pleas. Panahi has gone on a hunger strike to protest the circumstances of his detention
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Challenging Iran, With YouTube Views
Mohsen Sazegara, a figure in the Islamic Revolution, is taking on the system he helped create from his basement in Virginia.
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Challenging Iran, With YouTube Views
Inside view is worth risk, reporters in Iran say (Los Angeles Times)
Journalists are monitored and may be deported or jailed if they anger the government.
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Inside view is worth risk, reporters in Iran say (Los Angeles Times)
Iran’s reformers find Khomeini family ally (Seattle Times)
Inside the shrine to the founder of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, the grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini performed his duty as its caretaker…
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Iran’s reformers find Khomeini family ally (Seattle Times)
Iran’s reeling reformers find Khomeini family ally (AP via Yahoo! News)
Inside the shrine to the founder of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, the grandson of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini performed his duty as its caretaker — politely greeting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and security force chiefs during an official memorial.
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Iran’s reeling reformers find Khomeini family ally (AP via Yahoo! News)
Opposition in Iran Meets a Crossroads on Strategy (New York Times)
After a vast street protest failed to materialize last week on the anniversary of the country’s Islamic Revolution, opposition supporters are re-examining their movement.
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Opposition in Iran Meets a Crossroads on Strategy (New York Times)
Why Iran unrest is not revolution re-run (CNN)
As the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution approaches this week, with the promise of mass protests from Iran’s growing opposition movement, it’s tempting to compare the upheaval with unrest that ultimately toppled the shah of Iran.
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Why Iran unrest is not revolution re-run (CNN)
Iran’s police chief warns against potential protests (CNN)
Iran’s police chief warned Saturday that security forces will firmly confront “illegal” gatherings on the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, a semi-official news agency reported.
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Iran’s police chief warns against potential protests (CNN)
Tension rises in Iran ahead of 11 February protest (Malta Star)
Two Iranian opposition leaders have called on protesters to come out on February 11, the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, a website reported.
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Tension rises in Iran ahead of 11 February protest (Malta Star)
Iran opposition leaders call for protests (CNN)
Two top Iranian opposition leaders have called on supporters to protest on February 11, the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, an opposition Web site reported.
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Iran opposition leaders call for protests (CNN)