Neda Agha Soltan

Iran Condemns Oxford For Honoring Neda Agha-Soltan, Slain Protester

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 11.11.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has protested to an Oxford University college over a scholarship in memory of the slain Iranian student who became an icon o...

Iran: Male Clerics Call for Justice While Female Parliamentarians Advocate for Discriminatory Laws Against Women

Sara Dehghan | Posted 10.17.2009 | World


Sara Dehghan

In Iran, appointing loyal hardline females to ministries does not translate into women's equal rights. It is another cunning strategy by Ahmadinejad's government to fool the world.

The Unconstitutional Un-Islamic Republic of Iran

Melody Moezzi | Posted 09.14.2009 | World


Melody Moezzi

With increasing accounts of rape, torture, forced confessions and skewed judicial proceedings, the Iranian government is losing any credibility it had left, including any legitimate claim to Islam.

Iranian Police Beat Protesters At Neda Graveside Memorial (VIDEO)

AP/Huffington Post | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 08.30.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian police fired tear gas and beat anti-government protesters with batons to disperse thousands at a graveside memorial ...

Iran's Red Tulip Revolution

Melody Moezzi | Posted 08.29.2009 | World


Melody Moezzi

With each death at the hands of the regime, a martyr is born, and with each martyr, the seed of revolution is planted.

The Basij Are Cordially Invited to Join the Opposition

Melody Moezzi | Posted 08.25.2009 | World


Melody Moezzi

Thanks to their new duties, which include increasingly violent and inhumane acts, reports of Basiji taking protesters up on their invitations to join the opposition movement are growing.

The Guest is God's Friend: The Detention of Iason Athanasiadis in Iran

Sandy Tolan | Posted 08.02.2009 | World


Sandy Tolan

Iason's detention is part a pattern of arrests and detentions of foreign reporters and Iranians working for Western news agencies.

Neda Agha Soltan: The Face of a Movement

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 07.30.2009 | World


Madeleine M. Kunin

Neda Agha Soltan is the martyr, and her visage is the image, which may resurrect the dreams of so many women and men around the world for equal justice.

Guardian Council Declares Vote Valid After Partial Recount

AP | JIM HEINTZ | Posted 07.30.2009 | World


EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay...

Michael Jackson and the Media (Hello! What Happened to Iran?)

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 07.27.2009 | Media


Marcia G. Yerman

The watershed image of loss for me of the past week was not the "King of Pop." It was the picture of Neda Agha Soltan looking squarely into the camera, for what may have been a passport photo.

Iranian Film Shirin Shows Faces Of Iran's Women

The Guardian | David Parkinson | Posted 07.26.2009 | World


There's a horrific irony that Neda Agha Soltan should become an icon of Iran's struggle in the same week a sensitive study of the Iranian female face ...

Iran Uprising: Is Mousavi Becoming Irrelevant?

Stuart Whatley | Posted 07.24.2009 | World


Stuart Whatley

Who is running the show? Is Mousavi really guiding the movement on the streets, or is the street guiding Mousavi?

Guardian Council Rules Out Vote Annulment In Iran

AP | WILLIAM J. KOLE | Posted 07.24.2009 | World


CAIRO — Overwhelmed by police and left with limited alternatives, Iranian demonstrators resorted Tuesday to more subtle ways of challenging the ...

Iran's Fine Green Line Between a People's Right to Protest and Violence

Patt Cottingham | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living


Patt Cottingham

Although the US is a nation of immigrants that came here to escape repressive regimes or governments, as a society, we have largely forgotten what it is like to put our lives on the line to call forth change.

Americans Salute Neda And Show Solidarity With Iranians

Posted 07.23.2009 | Eyes & Ears


Americans from coast to coast turned out this weekend to show their support for protesters in Iran and to memorialize the fallen. The graphic video o...