TagsTagsThis photograph was posted at a lot of blogs (including LGF) and even some mainstream news sites yesterday, after someone uploaded it to Twitpic; it seems to show Iranian protesters battling riot police to a standstill: But it turns out that the photo was not from Iran — it was taken ...
Iran, Protests, Ahmadinejad, Demonstrations, Photograph, Honduras, Hoax
According to numerous Twitter reports, the Iranian regime has blocked all Internet access today and only government sites remain connected to the web. IranNewsNow has a list of the activist leaders who were arrested yesterday: What will the regime do now? Arrest people.
[Video] The description for this video at YouTube translates what’s going on: People have cornered these security forces. People ask them ‘why do you do this to your people?’ and the riot guards ask for forgiveness, ‘Bebakhshid’ they can be heard to say. ‘You are Yazid’s - the Khalif against whom the ...
Here’s a collection of 127 photographs of today’s events in Tehran, from various sources: Niusha Boghrati’s Photos - Tehran’s Bloody Sunday.
This video gives you an idea of the size of today’s crowds protesting the Iranian regime: [Video] A commenter at YouTube translates the chants: People are chanting: “the coup government is the murderer of Neda”, “Khamenei is a murderer, his leadership in annulled”, “rape, crime, death to this regime”, “rape in prison, ...
The White House has made the following statement on the Iranian protests, which have now been under way for more than 12 hours: “We strongly condemn the violent and unjust suppression of civilians in Iran seeking to exercise their universal rights,” White House National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer said ...
This video shows protesters taking over Vali Asr Square in central Tehran — and shows the same ransacking of a Baseej station we posted earlier, from another angle. [Video] UPDATE at 12/27/09 12:21:29 pm: The latest Reuters video report on the events in Iran: Mousavi nephew, others die in Iran protests. [Video] UPDATE at 12/27/09 ...
Just posted at Twitpic: UPDATE at 12/28/09 12:42:29 pm: It turns out that this photo was not taken in Iran — it was from last June in Honduras: FILE - Supporters of ousted Honduras’ President Manuel Zelaya clash with soldiers near the presidential residency Tegucigalpa.
Another round of massive protests has broken out in Iran today; this video shows a crowd fighting back against the Iranian Baseej, the thugs and enforcers of the mullahs. Some Iranian sites are reporting up to 12 protesters killed by the thugs so far. [Video] UPDATE at 12/27/09 10:30:34 am: Andrew Sullivan has ...
Someone at the United Nations thought it would be a great idea for us to hear what thugs, dictators, and religious fanatics think about global warming. COPENHAGEN –Iranian Prime Minister Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe plan to address negotiators at international climate talks in ...
Global Warming, Science, AGW, Climate Change, Copenhagen, Ahmadinejad, Chavez, mugabe
Iran is erupting in demonstrations again, after state television repeatedly broadcast video of people burning pictures of the Ayatollah Khomeini and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Police surrounded the campus of Tehran University on Sunday, trapping hundreds of students protesting what they said were fabricated government images of the burning of a photo ...
Iran, Protests, Ahmadinejad, Demonstrations, Ayatollah Khomeini
The Obama administration is making more than symbolic moves to pressure Iran, as federal prosecutors file complaints to seize 4 mosques and a New York skyscraper owned by an Iranian front group. NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors Thursday took steps to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Proliferation, Barack Obama, Mosques
Go ahead, tell me you didn’t see this coming: Iran suggests it is not ready to export uranium. An Iranian diplomat said Monday his country wanted to buy fuel for its Teheran research reactor, the latest indication that Iran is not willing to ship most of its enriched uranium out ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Proliferation, IAEA
Surprising only those who haven’t paid attention to Iran’s history for the last 30 years, Iranian authorities waited until the last day to formally request “changes” to the latest IAEA proposal. Iran has formally asked for changes to an International Atomic Energy Agency proposal to ship nuclear fuel out of ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Proliferation, IAEA
With each missile test, Iran’s capability to deliver nuclear weapons is increasing. And with this new announcement today, we see that they’ve been carefully analyzing the best ways to protect their nuclear development sites, even if Israel launches a surprise attack: Iran put nuclear site near base in case of ...
Huge demonstrations have broken out again in Iran. In a clear rebuke to the Ahmadinejad regime’s support for Hezbollah and Hamas, protesters have taken to the streets chanting, “Neither Gaza, nor Lebanon, I give my life to Iran!” — on Quds Day, Iran’s “official” day of solidarity with the Palestinians. [Video] A ...
The Associated Press says they’ve seen a secret report from the International Atomic Energy Agency that Iran has the ability to make a nuclear bomb.
Daniel Freedman has a good commentary piece at Forbes, on Iran’s ’Dictaplomacy’.
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Barack Obama, Unclench, Diplomacy
Iran’s thug-in-chief said today that his new government is going to “bring down Western arrogance.” How’s that Unclenching Initiative working out, President Obama? TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran’s re-elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday his next government “would bring down the global arrogance,” signaling a tougher approach toward the West after ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, Protests, Barack Obama, Unclench
The Iranian thugocracy is holding three British Embassy employees arrested last weekend during the election protests, and a senior cleric says they are going to be put on trial. A senior Iranian cleric said today that several employees of the British Embassy in Tehran arrested in recent days would be ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, Protests, Britain
The Jerusalem Post cites unconfirmed reports from Iran that the regime has begun hanging supporters of Mousavi. As the Iranian authorities warned the opposition on Tuesday that they would tolerate no further protests over the disputed June 12 presidential elections, a report emerged of the hangings of six supporters of ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, Protests, Barack Obama, Diplomacy, Execution
Yesterday I asked if Barack Obama would still carry on with his naïve plans for diplomatic engagement with Iran, even as the blood of Iranian demonstrators was still warm on the streets of Tehran. Today we have the answer: Obama officials say talks with Iran still possible. Both Rice and David ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, Protests, Barack Obama, Diplomacy
Iran’s thug in chief says he’s surprised at Barack Obama, in an openly contemptuous statement. Iran’s hardline president lashed out anew at the United States and President Barack Obama on Saturday, accusing him of interference and suggesting that Washington’s stance on Iran’s postelection turmoil could imperil Obama’s aim of improving ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, Protests, Barack Obama, Diplomacy
Senior Iranian cleric Ahmad Khatami (no relation to Mohammad Khatami, who visited the US in September 2006) demanded today that the leaders of election protests be executed. Khatami, a member of the powerful Assembly of Experts, said the judiciary should charge the leading “rioters” as “mohareb” or one who wages ...