Neda Agha Soltan

Shell Supports Iran's Murderous Mullahs; Should We Be Supporting Shell?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Energy, Cnbc, Alaska, Department of the Interior, World, Royal Dutch Shell, Oil, Iran, Neda Agha Soltan, Beaufort Sea, Wall Street Journal, Iran's Mullahs, National Iranian Oil Company, Shell Oil, Business News

The callous greed in the oil patch seems to know no limits. Here we have a company, Royal Dutch Shell, bursting with earnings, at the apogee of its yearly returns, going after the last dollar or Euro to make things fatter still.

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Is Apple Launching a Pre-emptive Strike Against Free Speech?

Timothy Karr | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Egypt, Censorship, Steve Jobs, Flickr, Apple, Global Internet Freedom, Iphone, Youtube, Twitter, Neda Agha Soltan, Net Neutrality, Facebook, Free Speech, Technology News

So you think you control your smartphone? Think again. Late last week reports uncovered a plan by Apple, manufacturer of the iPhone, to patent technology that can detect when people are using their phone cameras and shut them down.

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The Web As a Spotlight: An Alternative Look at Technology in the Arab Spring

Ben Cole | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Neda Soltan, Yemen, Twitter, Arab Spring, Egypt Revolution, War Reporting, Middle East, Youtube, Ivory Coast, Nicholas Kristof, Neda Agha Soltan, Overseas Reporting, Facebook, Technology, Syria, Technology News

Technology has not only made it possible for people around the world to peer into lives and circumstances across the globe, it's made many worldwide events impossible to ignore.

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Shirin Neshat: Artist of the Decade

G. Roger Denson | Posted 05.25.2011

More than any other artist I can call to mind, the impact of Neshat's work far transcends the realms of art in reflecting the most vital and far-reaching struggle to assert human rights.

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Iran's Women: Canaries in the Coal Mine

Azar Nafisi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Iran Human Rights, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran Women's Rights, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, Iranian Revolution, Iranian Women, Sakineh, Iran Stoning, Shiva Nazar Ahari, Iran Women, Neda Agha Soltan, Iran Green Movement, Neda, Mohammad Javad Larijani, World News

Iranian women have once more become the standard by which degrees of freedom can be measured. Their resistance will not only shape Iran's future, but have far-reaching effects on Muslim countries and the way Islam is defined.

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HBO Battles To Show 'For Neda' Documentary In Iran

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hbo, Iran, For Neda, Iran Protests, Neda Documentary, Iran Election, Neda Agha Soltan, Neda, Media News

NEW YORK — HBO has aggressively sought to get its documentary on Iranian dissident Neda Agha Soltan seen by as many people as possible within Ir...

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The Real Race for Iran: Human Rights Vs. Tehran's Defenders

Josh Shahryar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Race for Iran, Tehran, Iran Elections 2009, Neda Agha Soltan, World News

Under this "legitimate" Iranian Government, freedom of speech is severely curtailed. Newspapers are regularly banned, journalists regularly imprisoned.

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Generation Mubarak/Generation Facebook

Mona Eltahawy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Police Brutality, Egypt, Iran, Neda Agha Soltan, Hosni Mubarak, Khaled Said, Human Rights, USA, Torture, World News

NEW YORK - When a young Egyptian died from what his family, activists and witnesses say was a savage police beating, many of his peers - the generatio...

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The High Price of Independent, Dissident Filmmaking in Iran

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hamid Dabashi, Iran Election, Islamic Republic of Iran, Film, Iran, Independent Film, Montreal Film Festival, Middle East, Iran Protests, Neda Agha Soltan, Jafar Panahi, Film Directors, Dissidents, Babak Payami, Political Prisoners, Berlin Film Festival, Columbia University, World News

After weeks of silence, the Iranian government has said it detained internationally acclaimed filmmaker Jafar Panahi for making an anti-government film inside his house. His family completely denies the accusation.

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Iran Uprising: Is Mousavi Becoming Irrelevant?

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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To Samir Kassir and Neda Agha-Soltan

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Syria, Samir Kassir, Barak Obama, Damascus, Iran, Cairo, Walid Jumblatt, Freedom, Tehran, Democracy, Neda Agha Soltan, Lebanon, Independence, America, Beirut, World News

For Samir, Neda and the many others who lost their lives for democracy, we should keep up the fight, with or without American support.

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A Year of Blood and Promise in Iran

James Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Movement, Neda Agha-Soltan, Twitter, 22 Bahman, Sea of Green, Iran Election, 13 Aban, Poetry, Iran, Change, 16 Azar, Ahmadinejad, Human Rights, Students' Day, Revolution, #Iranelection, Neda, Qods Day, Elections Live, World News

This article originally appeared on Dissected News, where James will be live-blogging the events surrounding the anniversary of the June 12th election...

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The Evolution Will be ooVood

Mark Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran, Fela Kuti, Music, Green Revolution, Neda Agha Soltan, Skype, Electronica, Technology, Censorship, Oovoo, Freemuse, Technology News

With governments still largely in control of the streets and able to monitor or block access to sites like YouTube, Myspace and Facebook, what technologies are left to overcome connect people in meaningful ways?

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Deconstructing Ajami

Fabio Periera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ajami, Neda Agha Soltan, Oscars 2010, Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani, Middle East, Iran Protests, Entertainment News

No single film will bring peace to the Middle East, but films like Ajami provide a new context for understanding the Israel-Palestine conflict.

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Neda Video Wins Polk Award: Iran Protest Death Video First Anonymous Winner Of Journalism Prize

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Grann, David Rohde, Neda Video, Polk Award, Neda Polk, Neda Agha Soltan, Neda, George Polk, Video, Media News

NEW YORK (Associated Press) -- The unnamed people who captured on video and made public the shooting death of an Iranian protester have been chosen to...

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

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oxford University, Iran, Neda Agha Soltan, Neda, Neda Agha-Soltan, Iran Protests, World News

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...

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Iranian Protesters Should Be Time Magazine's "Persons of the Year 2009"

Yasamin Beitollahi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Person of the Year, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Neda Agha Soltan, Iran Election, Iran Twitter, Iran Protests, Los Angeles News

If an innocent girl is shot halfway across the world, does she make a sound? Yes, and the whole world hears her.

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

Sara Dehghan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iranian Women, Ahmadinejad Cabinet, Fatemeh Ajorlou, Neda Agha Soltan, Taraneh Mousavi, Saideh Pour Aghaei, Iran Women's Rights, Iran Cabinet Female Members, Iran Rape, Iran Women's Movement, Election, Iran, Poor Aghayee, Parliament, Majlis, Saeedeh, World News

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.

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The Unconstitutional Un-Islamic Republic of Iran

Melody Moezzi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taraneh-Mousavi, Shiraz, Iran Twitter, Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Laleh, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Friday-Prayer, World News, Karroubi Rape, Shah, Iran, Green Movement, Shi?A, Mehdi Karroubi, Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, Iran Protests, Revolution, Iranian Constitution, Iranian Election 2009, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Rafsanjani, Islam, Neda Agha-Soltan, Rape, Ayatollah, Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran-Opposition, Rape Iran, Shi?Ite, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Martyr, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Evin, Constitution, Show Trials, Iranian Election, Martyrs, Neda Agha Soltan, Neda, Torture, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, World News

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.

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Mousavi Barred From Neda Graveside Memorial By Iranian Police

AP/Huffington Post | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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Iran's Red Tulip Revolution

Melody Moezzi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shiraz, Iran Twitter, Underground Railroad, Media, Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Friday-Prayer, World News, Shah, Iran, Shi?A, Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, Iran Protests, Revolution, Iranian Election 2009, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Rafsanjani, Neda Agha-Soltan, Ayatollah, Ayatollah Khamenei, Facebook, Shi?Ite, Martyr, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iranian Election, Martyrs, Neda Agha Soltan, Neda, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, Laleh, Taraneh-Mousavi, Tulip, Evin, Iran-Opposition, World News

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

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The Basij Are Cordially Invited to Join the Opposition

Melody Moezzi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Rafsanjani, Ayatollah, Shiraz, Iran Twitter, Underground Railroad, Media, Ayatollah Khomeini, Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Facebook, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Friday-Prayer, World News, Shi?Ite, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Shah, Shi?A, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iranian Election, Tehran, Neda Agha Soltan, Neda, Iran Protests, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iranian Election 2009, World News

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.

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

Sandy Tolan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UK, Crackdown, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Clerics, Amnesty International, Iran, Nieman Foundation, Media, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Khamanei, Greek, Leyne, Documentary, Neda Agha Soltan, Committee to Protect Journalists, Christian Science Monitor, Neda, Iason Athanasiadis, World News

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

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Neda Agha Soltan: The Face of a Movement

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Neda Agha Soltan, Iran, Iran Election, Iran Protests, World News

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.

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Neda Agha Soltan Death: Ahmadinejad Orders Investigation Into Killing

AP | JIM HEINTZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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