Belfast (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Since the beginning of Israel’s latest offensive against the Palestinian people in Gaza in October of last year, […]
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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 […]
Truck bomb Kills 70, wounds 170 in N. Iraq
A truck bombing at a Shiite mosque in Taza, Iraq, near the northern oil city of Kirkuk killed 70 and wounded 170 just after noon […]
Mousavi Defies Khamenei; Police Attack Protesters at Inqilab Square; Downtown Tehran Burning
Mir Hosain Mousavi issued a powerful implicit denunciation of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday, and insisting again that the results of the presidential election […]
It Begins
AP reports that Iranian riot police have deployed tear gas and water cannons against protesters who were gathering for another big demonstration in Tehran. Aljazeera […]
Crunch Time in Tehran; Karroubi says Protests will Go On; And, What Khamenei Said
Reformist presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi said Saturday morning that the 4 pm GMT rally on Saturday against the alleged stealing of the presidential election in […]
Live Blogging Khamenei’s Friday Sermon
A correspondent in Iran sent along these thoughts, written as Khamenei was speaking on Friday: “Rough notes…The event is like the old Red Square May […]
"I’m Listening to all my Favorite Music; Maybe Tomorrow I will be Among those Killed"
The owner of this site is tidying affairs in preparation for dying Saturday at the hands of the Iranian security forces. Mousavi supporters are planning […]
Lyons: Khamenei’s Past Power Play against the Clerics May Weaken him Now in Confronting the Reformers
Jonathan Lyons writes in a guest op-ed for IC: As the latest political drama unfolds in Iran, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei may yet come to […]
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 […]