Iran began its fourth mass trial of people accused of fomenting unrest after the disputed June presidential election today. The official IRNA news agency said earlier those to be put on trial in a Tehran Revolutionary Court included former Deputy Interior Minister Mostafa Tajzadeh, former Deputy Foreign Minister Mohsen Aminzadeh, former government spokesman Abdollah Ramezanzadeh, [...]
Guest Post by Gissou Azarnia
As Iran nears the end of a second week of protests, which was preceded by uplifting marches for free democracy but then swiftly marred by bloody governmental crackdowns, the question of what the future holds becomes much more difficult to answer.
By now, mostly through the power of Twitter, Facebook and [...]
Given the ongoing situation in Iran, where this weekend it has been reported that a number of protestors have been killed in clashes between the government forces amid the aftermath of the contested elections, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for an immediate end to arrests and the threat and use of violence [...]