Iranian Opposition

Biased Journalism in The Guardian

Ali Safavi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ali Safavi

The Guardian recently took out the red pen and brazenly changed the wording in a piece regarding the MEK to say: "a guerrilla Sunni-Marxist movement" -- a label used by the regime to disparage the organization in the public eye.

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Iran Protest: Tehran Police On Alert For Festival Demonstrations

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian riot police and militiamen fanned out around Tehran on Tuesday in a major show of force during a national festival that a...

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Iran Crisis Needs a Firm Response

Ali Safavi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ali Safavi

In his 35-minute speech, the firebrand president of the Iranian regime defied logic and overstepped all bounds of deceit. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the US to join a "humane movement" to abolish all nuclear weapons.

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The Latest Tool for Iran's Opposition: iPhone Apps

Jamal Abdi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iphone, Green Movement, Iranian Opposition, Android, Iran Sanctions, Iran, National Iranian American Council, Iranian Election, Barack Obama, World News
Jamal Abdi

Voice of America announced that it will unveil a new app for iPhone and Android mobile devices that will enable Iranians to upload videos, photos and other content to the VOA's Persian News Network

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New York, New York: My Kind of Town

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Clinton Global Initiative, United Nations General Assembly, Iranian Opposition, Barack Obama, Matt Damon, United Jewish Appeal, Haiti, water.org, Iran, Iranian Election, World News
Reporters Uncensored

It won't surprise Ahmadinejad that the largest gathering of Iranians in exile in thirty years will be waiting for him here in New York City with green bandanas -- but the sight of rabbis next to them might.

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Iran: Entainment -- A Way Forward

Mark Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Fowler

The only real chance for success in reaching out to Iran is to implement a carefully crafted strategy of engagement and containment. Call it a policy of "entainment," if you will.

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Iran's Revolutionary Guard Orders End To All "Deviant News Sites"

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI and BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran directly accused the United States of meddling in the deepening crisis over a disputed presidential election and broadened i...

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WATCH: How Iranian Bloggers Are Taking On Their Government

GlobalVoices | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Opposition in Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Internet Access, Freedom of Speech, Iranian Opposition, Suppression in Iran, Bloggers, New Media, Iran, Iran a Nation of Bloggers, Censorship, Bloggers in Iran, Video, World News

Motion design students at the Vancouver Film School created a powerful film about how young Iranians use blogs to voice their opposition to their gove...

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