Archive - Jan 2011

Panahi and Nourizad

Most people know that Iran is occupied by an Islamist regime but not all understand to what degree this occupation pervades. As an Iranian film-maker who was born and raised under the reign of the Islamic regime, I can show in my work the injustice and inequality of my society. Ahmadinejad pushed for militarization of the regime and reestablished the Islamic fundamentalism in Iran, censorship was imposed rapidly and film making and cinema were under complete restriction by the government>>>

There is Hope for Sargord,Not the Ayatollah and Ahamadinejhad

What would IC do without Sargord? >>>

IRI Unlikely Trade Partenrs

Since its inception, the Islamic government of Iran has been building close economic and political associations with many different countries particularly with those with anti religious regimes>>>

Voices Being Buried Alive

Zaynab Jalalian, a 27 years old Kurdish woman, was arrested in Kermanshah in early 2007. She was dispatched to the infamous Sanandaj prison soon after. This is the same prison which bears witness to Ehsan Fattahian’s execution, and the tragedy of two sisters Nasrin and Shahla Ka'bi who were violently annihilated. The same place which is plagued by the memory of Shahriar who was forced to carry on his back the tortured body of his brother Ahsan (Nahid) to an untimely and unjust death by the bullets of a firing squad>>>

Stanford University President Responds Directly to PAAIA Over Retired Professor’s Anti-Iranian Remarks

Stanford University’s president, Dr. John Hennessy, today assured PAAIA that controversial remarks made by a retired faculty member does not reflect the university’s views or admission policies >>>