Mosleh Zamani is a young man who has served six years in prison after he was arrested at age 17 for “illegitimate relations” with his

Today, October 10th, is the World Day Against the Death Penalty. Morbidly ironic, Behnoud Shojaee’s execution on this day is a stark reminder of the

In the aftermath of the June uprising and the brutal ways in which peaceful protesters were beaten, murdered, imprisoned, raped, and tortured, Iranians have begun

For the Iran, a hope series. One day in a not so distant future, there will be a better Iran, an Iran which has woken

With tens of people still unaccounted for after the recent unrest in Tehran and with the ongoing arrests made in recent weeks, Iranians’ silent protest to

All things said, IRI rulers’ current decisions have been consistent with their thinking and actions about Iranian people and voices of dissent–intimidate, persecute, torture, and

تو به خود نگاه می کنی آينه سياه می کنی پرده بر ترانه می کشی پنجره تباه می کنی من ، ستاره آه می کشم

Today I learned from my friends in Iran that the seven imprisoned Bahai leaders are under trial in Tehran at this time.  Their trial is being held

Delara Darabi, the young woman who had allegedly committed a murder under the age of 18 and who had received an unfair trial had to

Outside their group of followers worldwide, the People’s Mojahedeen Organization members inside Iraq is a doomed group these days.  Many Iranians disdain the group for its

Whether intimidated and forced to leave the country, imprisoned, forced to make fake confessions, tortured, or murdered while imprisoned, Iranian journalists and bloggers continue to

“Iranian police have issued a directive that only saleswomen be employed in women’s clothes shops across the Islamic republic, a newspaper reported on Saturday.The move

Rulers of the Islamic Republic of Iran have a real obsession with bones of dead people.  21 years after the Iran-Iraq war ended, IRI continues

Of all the crimes the Islamic Republic of Iran has committed, the mass executions of 1988 continue to be the most revealing of the regime’s

Brothers Arash and Kamiar Alaei, noted for their dedicated work on AIDS issues in Iran, were accused of “soft subversion” through their western contacts, imprisoned

Did you ever wonder where the Akhoonds came from? Did you ever wonder where the millions of their minions and enablers in the form of

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was in Qom today attending a clergy gathering at Qom’s Theological School (Hozeh Elmieh).  Addressing the gathering, he announced that he and his

Reuters reports that the 3,500 residents of Mojahedeen Khalgh Organization’s Camp Ashraf in Iraq have been told by the Iraqi government that their camp will

I ran across an item in the news this morning.  Someone had written a letter to Senator Barbara Boxer about the latest crackdowns and arrests on Bahais

A virtual community such as Iranian.com promises to be accessible from many individuals’ keyboards  in their homes and offices all over the world.  It is

In all the excitement about what happened at Iranian universities and particularly at Tehran University on Sunday, one important piece of news was somewhat lost.  During the

A well-known photographer’s photo exhibition has been closed in Tehran and a day later, the art gallery showing the exhibition has also been shut down.

Looks like Mahmoud finally caught on–if you say stupid things, everyone will know about it and you will look, well, stupid! I remember the first

How many years out of a person’s life is “enough time” spent on a cause? Ahmad Batebi gave nine years of his life to the

Have you ever wondered why having a Vali-e Fagheeh at the top of Iranian power pyramid is an irrefutable and direct violation of the human