This is my summation of President Joe Biden’s Middle East policies for Tomdispatch.com. Check out Tom Engelhardt’s searing introduction. And note his recommendation for my […]
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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 […]
Mousavi, Defiant, Calls for More Rallies
Reformist presidential aspirant Mir Hosain Mousavi called Monday morning for another round of big street protests by his supporters against the attempt of the regime […]
Chatham House Study Definitively Shows Massive Ballot Fraud in Iran’s Reported Results
An authoritative study from Chatham House (pdf) , the renowned UK think tank, finds that with regard to the official statistics on the recent presidential […]
More Details on Saturday’s Demonstrations
Update This video posted by BBC is worth watching all the way to the end. Update: A friend passed on this further eyewitness account of […]
Daughter of Rafsanjani Arrested; Death Toll for Saturday at Least 10; Khatami calls for Impartial Panel
The death toll caused by the state’s crackdown on the demonstrations in Iran on Saturday has risen to 10-13, with 100 injured. The regime has […]
OSC: Larijani admits Majority Has Doubts on Election Results, Urges Respect for them
The USG Open Source Center puts into English the gist of an interview in the official Iranian press with Speaker of the Parliament Ali Larijani […]
Mousavi Letter Translated
The below is not my translation but was sent by a kind friend.- JRIC Mir Hossein Mousavi has published on his Web site “Kalemeh” (The […]