Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – UNICEF Deputy Representative to Lebanon Ettie Higgins reported from Lebanon on the effects of Monday’s massive attack by Israeli war […]
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Supreme Leader Khamenei’s Friday Address on the Presidential Elections
The USG Open Source Center Translates Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s sermon on Friday regarding the finality of the presidential election results and the impermissibility of […]
Mourning Rally Biggest Demonstration Since Monday in Tehran; Khamenei to Address Nation
Thursday’s march in Tehran was just enormous, several hundred thousand strong. AFP writes, “Many in the huge crowd walked silently and lit black candles as […]
"This Movement is Becoming More and More Creative"
This was posted to an email list; since the author says it can be used any way we like if it stays anonymous, I’m putting […]
Day of Mourning, Protests, Called by Mousavi on Thursday
Mir-Hosain Mousavi, who maintains he won last Friday’s presidential election despite official assertions that he lost 2 to 1 to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is calling for […]
Iran Election Fraud: Moaddel on Ballen and Doherty
Mansoor Moaddel, a valued colleague, is a sociologist and an important interpreter of the contemporary Middle East who has done a lot of work with […]
OSC: Protests in Shiraz, Isfahan; Reformists say they Have Documentary Proof of Fraud
The USG Open Source Center translates articles from the Iranian press on disturbances in Shiraz and Isfahan. I conclude that the protests are not just […]
Wednesday sees Another Big Protest
Iran expert Ali Ansari says he expects the protests to continue, saying that Iran is in for a “long hot summer.” Me, I wouldn’t be […]
Another Day of Rallies Planned; Press, Internet Crackdowns Announced
Mir-Hosain Mousavi, leader of the reform faction in Iran who maintains that last Friday’s elections was stolen, has rejected as inadequate the government’s offer of […]
We don’t have Mousavi supporters, it’s now all of Iran…
Report on Tuesday’s Demonstration for Mousavi in Tehran from an eyewitness. Again, I was sent this by an academic, but will not give the name […]