Argentine officials have long blamed Iranian leaders for orchestrating the attack and directing Hezbollah militants for carrying it out, but Tehran has denied any involvement. (Iran has also been accused of bombing the Jewish embassy in Buenos Aires two years earlier.) Rezai was the head of Iran's Revolutionary Guard at the time of the attack. Vela ... Continue reading »
An Iranian director not seen in public since being sentenced to six years in prison for alleged anti-regime propaganda is to make a triumphant return at the Cannes film festival tomorrow.
Mohammad Rasoulof will be presenting his filmManuscripts Don’t Burn - made secretly in Iran - on Friday, The Independent can reveal.
Rasoulof has not been seen ... Continue reading »
DUBAI (Reuters) - Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has accused Iran's leadership of incompetence and ignorance just days after he was barred from standing in an election next month, the opposition Kaleme website reported on Thursday.Rafsanjani's comments appeared to add to the political conflict between those loyal to the leadership and op ... Continue reading »
The next few weeks in Iran -- with the elections and the political drama around it -- can prove decisive in determining whether a non-violent, narrow and arduous path towards democratization will remain in the medium term or whether the Middle Eastern powerhouse will turn more repressive, unfree and undemocratic for years to come. The idea that the ... Continue reading »
با رد صلاحیت کاندیداتوری رفسنجانی برگ دیگری در تاریخ سیاسی رژیم سیاه اندیش جمهوری اسلامی رقم خورد. سپاه بعنوان قدرتمندترین نیروی درون نظام به رقیبان خود بویژه آخوندها -روحانیت- اعلان نمود، که با سیستم تحمیل اسلام آنها در دراز مدت نمی توانند سیاست توتالیتر غارت و چپاولگری خود را به خطر بیاندازد و آینده حاکمیت خود را بدون آخوندها پیش بینی می نماید ... Continue reading »
FILE -- In this Saturday, May 11, 2013 file photo, former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 78, waves to media, as he registers his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry in Tehran, Iran. Iran’s election overseers say they will bar physically weak hopefuls from running in ne ... Continue reading »
The next few weeks in Iran -- with the elections and the political drama around it -- can prove decisive in determining whether a non-violent, narrow and arduous path towards democratization will remain in the medium term or whether the Middle Eastern powerhouse will turn more repressive, unfree and undemocratic for years to come. The idea that the ... Continue reading »
با خواندن نامهی سرگشاده ایرج مصداقی و واکنشهایی که در پی داشت، گریستم. چرایش بماند... «در زندگی حرفهایی هست برای نگفتن. حرفهایی که سر به ابتذال گفتن فرود نمیآورند. حرفهای بیتاب و طاقت فرسا که همچون زبانه های بیقرار آتشند و کلماتش, هر یک، انفجاری را به بند کشيده اند. کلماتی که پاره های بودن آدم اند...» _________________ آنچه البته به جایی نرسد ف ... Continue reading »
Iran has been on the United States’ radar for a long time for its ongoing and controversial nuclear program. Something that has been dramatically overlooked, however, is its state of religious freedom. Iran routinely and systematically makes it difficult for religious minorities to practice their faith safely and openly. The worst case of this p ... Continue reading »
( خوشا شیراز و وضع بی مثالش ) ( خداوندا نگه دار از زوالش ) Sweet is Shiraz and its comparable site! O God, preserve it from decline! In 1783, Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá'í travelled through Persia with the expectation that the advent of the Qá'im, the Promised One of Islám is drawing near. Amongst his students was a gifted young man named Siyyid Kázim- ... Continue reading »
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