by Sadra | Feb 11, 2010 | Blog
Only 24 hours before the February 11, 2010 celebration of the Islamic Revolution of 1979, a student activist and member of Daftar-e Tahkim-e Vahdat told International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that over the past few days, fear has enveloped Tehran streets. He...
by Sadra | Feb 11, 2010 | Blog
Video of protestor being beaten; re-affirms the chants of “vahshi” Probably the most heart-wrenching video I’ve seen yet. One of the riot-police has a shirt-less protestor by the neck, before pushing him into the ground and pummeling him mercilessly....
by Sadra | Feb 11, 2010 | Blog
An appeals court has reduced Iranian American researcher Kian Tajbakhsh’s sentence to five years. Behzad Nabavi’s sentence has also been reduced to five years. Earlier there was news about the six year prison sentence of Mohsen Safaee Farahani, 61. General and...
by Sadra | Feb 11, 2010 | Blog
In this video taken in Tehran today, people are chanting for a referendum, referring to the recent calls from Karroubi’s party for a national referendum. According to the Green Voice of Freedom: The statement by the National Trust Party [Karroubi’s party]...
by Sadra | Feb 11, 2010 | Blog
In Tehran, taxi drivers call out destinations: Vanak, Vanak, Vanak. Tehran Pars, Tajrish, Arjentine, Resalat, Pol-e Hemat… If you are traveling to any of these places, you hop in and wait for the car to fill up. Everytime a taxi driver shouted out Azadi, which...
