Today is May 1st, the International Labor Day, and tomorrow, May 2nd, will be National Teacher’s Day in Iran. Labor activists such as Mansour Osanloo

Another occasion for protests is upon Iran.  In keeping with the by now standard procedure of defining the next occasion for protests, Charshanbeh Souri, the

They’ve got a nice little family business going, haven’t they? Their business is death and destruction, deceit, and duplicity. The three brothers now sit on

Thirty one years after the Islamic Revolution, two forces inside Iran come face to face tomorrow, February 11, 2010.  The Iranian regime, which has increasingly

This is the fourth blog I have created to keep track of developing news in Iran. Please bring any articles or news items you would

There is unofficial news that China has sold anti-riot armoured vehicles to Islamic Republic of Iran and the first shipment has already arrived in Iran. 

Despite orders banning memorial services for Ayatollah Montazeri on the occasion of the third day of his passing, people are gathering in different Iranian cities

Thank you everybody for participating in the developing news blogs I have been posting.  Our community showed its keen interest in news from Iran and

>>> This blog has moved here Saturday, December 26th and Sunday, December 27th mark important days in Iran.  Tasooa and Ashura are the ninth and

Thank you very much for your continued support in contributing to or reading the “developing news” blogs.  This is what I said in my last

There is news that Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri has passed away at his home in Qom.  The 87-year-old Grand Ayatollah had been marginalized by Islamic

“نابودی” کاری از مانا نیستانی

Clip Description:  Majid Tavakoli, the prominent student leader at AKUT was arrested on December 7 (Students Day) after giving a courageous speech to a crowd

سلام.  من امشب هر چه راجع به تظاهرات روی اینترنت، مخصوصا روی بالاترین، ببینم را می گذارم اینجا.  شما هم اگر چیزی خواندید یا ویدیویی

“دور باطل” اثر مانا نیستانی

TIME Magazine is deciding who will be .  Iranian Protesters are one of the candidates.  Though their editors will make the final decision, you can

Dr. Jamshid Jim Bakhtiar, whose performance as part of the University of Virginia football team earned him All-America honors in 1957 had his jersey retired

Confrontation (Moghabeleh) By Mana Neyestani Source: Radio Zamaneh:

You may remember that in October, I posted a blog, linking a RIA Novosti-Persian poll which asked Iranians about their perceptions of Russia’s image.  The

I don’t know what Mana Neyestani named this piece. I picked this title.

I guess some people in Moscow heard Iranians chant “Marg bar Roosiyeh” during the recent protests!  The new Persian website for RIA Novosti has posted

Mana Neyestani’s latest cartoon, in reaction to Ali Khamenei’s latest Friday sermon, threatening the regime’s critics and promising “harsh confrontation” if people take to the streets against

Three sorry excuses for women (make that human beings) were nominated by Fake President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for ministerial positions in his cabinet.  Two of them

سلام به همه ی مردم ایران و هموطنان خارج از کشور در یکماه اخیر به دقت اخبار و رویدادهای ایران را تعقیب کرده و می