Yahoo! News: Voices of Iranian rights activists are being heard

by Sadra | Dec 19, 2009 | Blog

Fri Dec 18, 5:12 pm ET WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States said Friday that the voices of Iranian human rights activists are being heard, as it welcomed the adoption of a non-binding UN resolution condemning abuses by Tehran. “The United States welcomes the...

Guardian.co.uk: Twitter ‘hijacked by Iranian hackers’

by Sadra | Dec 18, 2009 | Blog

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Guardian.co.uk: Twitter hack by ‘Iranian Cyber Army’ is really just misdirection

by Sadra | Dec 18, 2009 | Blog

More than one site has been hit by the pro-Iranian hackers who briefly misdirected web traffic for Twitter to their own site The ‘Iranian Cyber Army’, apparently a pro-Iranian group, briefly misdirected Twitter users. (Translations of the text welcome.)...

CH. 4 – Iran: Basij member describes election abuse (Video & Article)

by Sadra | Dec 17, 2009 | Blog

فارسی Channel 4 News: A defecting member of the infamous Basij militia, the men who wounded and killed in the aftermath of the Iran elections in the summer, talks to Lindsey Hilsum about what he witnessed. Updated on 16 December 2009 By Channel 4 News...

TIME out on half-a-million votes

by Sadra | Dec 16, 2009 | Blog

14-December 2009 In the last 6 months, I’ve spent an unhealthy amount of time refreshing Twitter from my browser, hoping for some snippet of news from inside Iran. Before June 12th, most of my tweets were limited to snarky comments about my job or the weather. Reading...