The USG Open Source Center summarizes Rafsanjani’s sermon on Friday. Full translation to follow. FYI — Iran’s Rafsanjani Gives Tehran Friday SermonsCorrected version; providing updated […]

Made my way down the west side of Laleh Park, large crowed was gathered around a radio listening to Rafi [Rafsanjani] give the sermons, moved […]

AFP has more on the beating and cursing by hard liners or the Basij militia of Mehdi Karroubi, a reformist cleric and two-time presidential candidate, […]

Borzou Daragahi in Beirut and Ramin Mostaghim in Tehran have just filed a summary of Friday afternoon’s events in Tehran. They let slip about two-thirds […]

The USG Open Source Center translates an item from the opposition press alleging that the regime turned off cell phone service before Friday prayers in […]

Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s sermon at Friday prayers in Tehran on Friday will be closely watched for the signals he sends about the future […]

ITN reports on the bombings at hotels in Jakarta, Indonesia on Friday morning: Aljazeera English has a detailed interview with an eyewitness survivor: The difference […]

AP provides video of a memorable moment in President Barack Obama’s address to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People: What a difference […]

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton acknowledged in a major foreign policy speech on Wednesday that: ‘ “Today we and our Afghan allies stand ready to […]