Los Angeles (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – In our post-election blues, many pundits have started a post-mortem exploration of what went wrong with the […]
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Baez: We Shall Overcome/ Ma Piruz mishavim yek Ruz
Joan Baez adds her support to the Iranians campaigning for more rights, singing “We Shall Overcome” with Persian stanzas toward the end. End/ (Not Continued)
Michael Jackson, Islam and the Middle East
Michael Jackson’s sad death at age 50 has provoked an outpouring of emotion around the whole world. Because of globalization, it is an event that […]
Mousavi Vows to Continue Efforts; Ahmad Khatami calls for Death Penalty on Protest Leaders
At his Friday prayers sermon on Friday, hard line cleric Ahmad Khatami (no relation to former president and liberal Mohammad Khatami) called for capital punishment […]
Ahmadinejad Slams Obama; 70 Professors Arrested; Wednesday Protest Violently Attacked
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who stands accused of stealing the recent election in Iran, lashed out at Barack Obama on Thursday. He demanded an apology […]
70 Dead in Bombing of Shiite Area, Baghdad
A massive bomb shook Shiite east Baghdad on Wednesday, killing 70 persons and wounding 135. It was unclear, Ned Parker of the LAT reports, who […]
Washington and the Iran Protests: Would they be Allowed in the US?
President Barack Obama had this to say about the Iran crisis on Tuesday: ‘ First, I’d like to say a few words about the situation […]
30 Killed in Iraq Violence; Kurds: Oil Contracts ‘Unconstitutional’
Bombings and other violence left 30 dead in Iraq on Monday, and the three-day death toll is 100. Monday’s strikes included a bombing of a […]
Guardianship Council Rules out Annulment of Election Results; Reformists Planning Strikes, Mourning
Iran’s Guardianship Council, a sort of clerical senate on Tuesday ruled out any cancellation of the results of the recent presidential election, as called for […]
IRGC Breaks up Demonstration in Downtown Tehran
AKI is reporting that Iran’s national guard, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, with help from the popular militia, Basij, just broke up a demonstration by […]