Following the example of Ayatollah Ali Sistani in calling for a separation of religion and state is Ayatollah Amoli of Iran.
“When one person alone enacts, executes and judges the law, there will be problems” (Translated from Mowj news)
Amoli, who led the Friday prayers sermon in Qom, believes that the best way to resolve the current [...]
It was rumored this morning on Twitter from Iran tht Mohsen Makmakbaf was arrested by the Iranian government. Mr. Makhmalbaf is Iran’s premier film maker. He spoke with Foreign Policy Magazine in Paris in which he discussed the election. On 6/23 in Italy, he made this video.
In this video: [...]
Hamad Saber has posted pix of the protests, including days five and six. Go here to see them.
Just like the U.S., Iran has a Constitution which guarantees certain rights yo the citizens. What the current Iranian government is doing to its citizens, and demanding/recommending be done to its citizens violates their Constitution. What would happen anywhere in the free world if te sitting government violated their Constitutions? We in [...]
I know. Nothing new there. Corrupt leaders always blame someone else when the people get sick and tired of repression and take to the streets. Today’s Guardian UK writes:
According to the BBC’s monitoring service, Iranian al-Alam television has been continually broadcasting “confessions” by two alleged members of the Mojahedin-e-Khalq, also known as [...]
In a letter published by the Guardian (UK), Mr. Makhmalbaf writes that he was given the responsibility, by Mir Hossein Mousavi, to tell the world what is happening in Iran.
They have asked me to tell how Mousavi’s headquarters was wrecked by plainclothes police officers. To tell how the commanders of the revolutionary guard [...]
Today, Tehran Bureau printed quotes from Tehran residents who stated their opposition to Republican/neo con calls to interfere in the domestic situation in Iran.
A voice from central Tehran earlier this morning (Sunday 21 June):
If Obama moves to support the demonstration in strong terms, this camp will lose and Ahmadinejad will gain ground; also [...]
Yesterday’s Tehran Bureau published a letter from a young Iranian. This letter tells the story of the hopes and dreams of young Iran.
and four years of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad started.
By the end of the four years, we were desperate for change. Hope materialized in the shape of Mir Hossein Mousavi, who happened [...]
Open Letter to all my Lebanese friends
June 16, 2009
Dear Lebanese friend
I am sure you have seen the awful images circulated on the news and internet, images captured by millions of Iranians and sent out to the world, so at least someone could hear their side of story as well. Images and video shots that are [...]
TwitPic: Naghshe Jahan Sq / Esfehan / IRAN #iranelection
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