Archive for 'Iran'
Meanwhile in Iran…
Remember the spontaneous anti-regime protests that sprung up throughout Iran in late December and early January?
It’s time to pay attention again.
First time ever since the Islamic Revolution that protesters take over Fri Prayers sermon, the bedrock of regime support!Does the world appreciate whats happening in Iran? pic.twitter.com/QoKLh0ghHg
— Potkin Azarmehr (@potkazar) March 16, 2018
#Steel workers on [...]
Posted: March 25th, 2018 under Iran.
Brave Iranian women continue fight against forced hijab
An important point that is too often neglected: There are women in Iran and elsewhere who choose to wear the hijab but firmly (and bravely) insist that other women should not be forced to do so.
These photos show many Iranian women understand the fight against forced hijab is not about whether the hijab is good [...]
Posted: February 3rd, 2018 under Iran, Islam.
Corbyn on Iran – Crooked Talking, Dishonest Politics
Many people think politicians are sleazy liars.
Jeremy Corbyn would like you to believe that he is different. So would his followers.
Making The Case For Iran
The rest of us are going to take some convincing, to say the least. All the more so, Mr Corbyn, after we saw you on TV earlier today with [...]
Posted: January 28th, 2018 under Iran, Labour Party.
Class war in Iran
I know many Harry’s Place commenters have reacted angrily to The New York Times’s coverage of the Iranian protests.
But as the uprising continues into its second week, and as the regime tries to crack down by arresting and attacking protesters and cutting off their means of communication, I found a recent Times piece by Amir [...]
Posted: January 4th, 2018 under Iran.
Simon Tisdall on Iran
In his piece in today’s Guardian Simon Tisdall gives no space to the various concerns voiced by protesters across Iran. The article is titled:
Iran’s enemies would be wise not to wish for regime change
and its first sentence reads:
Like birds of prey circling high in the desert sky, Iran’s many foes and rivals are watching the street [...]
Posted: January 1st, 2018 under Iran.
What can we usefully do?
Conservative writer Bill Kristol has a wise take on how those of us outside Iran should be reacting to the current uprising against the corrupt and oppressive regime of the Islamic Republic.
Here's a crazy idea: The foreign policy/Middle East/Iran experts who are taking shots at each other for alleged past Iran policy mistakes might spend [...]
Posted: December 31st, 2017 under Iran.
Last night in Tehran
Protesters in Tehran tear down a poster of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
پاره کردن عکس رهبر جمهوری اسلامی به دست معترضان در #تهران#تجمعهای_اعتراضی pic.twitter.com/eD9MqAeOKj
— RadioFarda راديوفردا (@RadioFarda_) December 30, 2017
Surely much more to come.
Update:
Anti-government protest in Khoramabad: "We don't want an Islamic republic." #Iranprotests https://t.co/OjW2lMvaTa
— Golnaz Esfandiari (@GEsfandiari) December 30, 2017
Further update: Check out #Iranprotests [...]
Posted: December 30th, 2017 under Iran.
Alberto Nisman was indeed murdered
It’s not a surprise, but it’s good news that after two-and-a-half years of lies and coverups (some of which we documented here), the truth has finally come out.
A team of forensic analysts has determined that Alberto Nisman, the special prosecutor who claimed that the president of Argentina [Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner] covered up Iran’s role [...]
Posted: September 16th, 2017 under Iran, Latin America.
Bravery in Iran
At Tabriz University in Iran, an awe-inspiring student stood on a stage with an official of the powerful and brutal Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and denounced him for killing and torturing Iranians and for supporting the murderous regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
I can only hope he somehow manages to stay safe.
And yes, I’ll say [...]
Posted: April 25th, 2017 under Iran.
Boycott of women’s world chess championship in Iran, is defending women’s freedom of choice
This is a cross-post by Potkin Azarmehr
When the US female chess champion, Nazi Paikidze-Barnes, and some of the world’s other top female chess players announced last week, they will boycott the next world chess championships in Iran, because they have been told they are expected to wear the compulsory headscarves in Iran; it was a truly [...]
Posted: October 4th, 2016 under Iran, Women's Rights.