In every Iranian crisis, the BBC has come in for blame, perhaps in part because of its history in Iran. “BBC Persian service has a

اسماعيل فصيح در سن 75 سالگي درگذشت. فرح عدالت ـ همسر اين نويسنده‌ي پيش‌كسوت ـ با تأييد اين خبر، به ايسنا، توضيح داد: اسماعيل فصيح

شادی صدر، وکیل، حقوق دان و فعال حقوق زنان، که به همراه تعدادی از اعضای گروه میدان زنان، پیاده در خیابان کریم خان در حال

Iran’s opposition leaders are making a public appearance at Friday prayers for the first time since a disputed presidential election on 12 June. Reports say

        No. Not “detainees”.   “Detainees” is a bullshit word. It’s like “collateral damage”.  Stop using it. Now. Don’t say it anymore.

Tens of thousands of opposition supporters massed at Iran’s main Islamic prayer service Friday, attempting a show strength at one of the country’s most important

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Friday a “large group of Iranians” had doubts about last months disputed presidential election and

اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی در اولین حضورش در نماز جمعه بعد از انتخابات اعلام کرد که باید اعتماد مردم به جمهوری اسلامی احیا و از زندانیان

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian police detained at least 15 people and used tear gas and batons to disperse supporters of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi outside

The clear cut Julius Ceaser’s Veni, vidi,vici, (I came, I saw, I conquered) it was not, this of course being a facetious reference to the

Jon Leyne during interview about today’s events said Friday Prayers normally broadcast live in Iran, was not broadcast on Iranian TV today. Reuters report: it was

بیایید برای خودخواهی و دیکتاتوری برای چندمین بار ایران را ویران و جوانان را به خاک و خون نکشانیم. نکته هایی که به نظر من

“‌در اين زمان پدرم را سوار بر ماشين كردند كه به دانشگاه ببرند ولي هنگامي كه مقابل دانشگاه پياده شد تعدادي از نيروهاي لباس شخصي

REDWOOD CITY (July 17, 2009) – A San Francisco Bay Area organization devoted to providing Persian language and culture training to its local community has

Although Rafsanjani delivered his two sermons seemingly in the framework of unifying the nation, it was unmistakeably highly critical of the hard-liners. Even when he

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has appointed Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie to be the country’s new first vice president, AFP reports. Mashaie came under fire in Iran

A powerful video put together to tell the story of the Iranian people’s struggle for freedom superimposed on Iranian themed images.

You can now send text message to the 12th Imam as follows.  Cost is $0.50 a message.  Send all texts to #$90865$# for all carriers

13 June 2009 Live Images — The youth are paying for their fathers’ sins. 1979 brought them Islam, and now the new generation has to

I am excited to announce our next chat guest, Hadi Khorsandi.  Of course he has always been very nice to iranian.com and to his friend,

In response to “Iran, a reflection”: When a person is completely powerless, and any form of resistance is futile, she may go into a state

در هر دلی، می تپد، ان عشق فراوان، به ازادی کم و کسر نباشد، ما قانع نیستیم، هیچ به جز ان مطلق ازادی، بر این

For 30 years, Iran has cast itself as a leader of resistance to Israeli and Western policies, and few of its leaders have done as

Rafsanjani outlined his proposal for getting the country out of what he called a crisis. He made it clear that his proposal is the result

Three weeks ago I wrote: “after the election Karoubi has shown more leadership and courage and the torch should be passed to him(http://iranian.com/main/node/70437) ,” and reiterated