Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A team of researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Yale has published a study in […]
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Moaddel Guest Op-Ed: Iran’s Crisis and the U.S. Option: Support Mousavi now or fight Ahmadinejad tomorrow
Mansoor Moaddel writes in a guest editorial for IC: The current civil uprising in Iran reflects not just a protest against a rigged election. Nor […]
5,000 March Silently in Iran
CNN is reporting that 5,000 dissidents marched silently on Shariati street near a major mosque in downtown Tehran, ostensibly in honor of cleric Mohammad Beheshti, […]
Maliki Says Iraq can Patrol Own Cities
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki maintained Saturday that Iraq is ready to provide its own security in the cities, as US troops cease patrolling. This […]
Mousavi’s Web Site Closed; Manages to send Message to Iranians Abroad
CNN says that Iran’s National Security Council met recently with opposition leaders Mir Hosain Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Mohsen Rezai. Ismail Kowsari, spokesman for the […]
Mousavi Agrees to Seek Rally Permits; 9 am Bazaar Gatherings called in Iran
AP is reporting that opposition leader Mir-Hosein Mousavi has agreed to the Interior Ministry’s demand that he apply for a permit one week in advance […]
200 Killed in One Week in Iraq
As the dramatic events in Iran have taken the world focus off Iraq, the news that some 200 people, mostly civilians, were killed in bombings […]
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 […]