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18 March 2012

A Love Letter From Israel to Iran

Written by Fred Petrossian · Ideas, Arts & Culture

A message of love from Israelis to Iranians sounds stranger than fiction in these tense years where Iranian and Israeli governments threaten each other constantly. But we see examples of just this in a new Facebook campaign.

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16 March 2012

Iran: A Nowruz New Year Without Goldfish?

Written by Fred Petrossian · Arts & Culture, Environment

Goldfish have a special place in the Iranian New Year, Nowruz, celebrating the first day of Spring (March 20). But every year animal rights defenders and bloggers launch campaigns to encourage people not to buy them.

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12 March 2012

Brazil: What Happens If There's Another Oil Crisis?

Written by Richard de Araújo · Translated by Alex Higson · War & Conflict, Economics & Business

The rise in the price of oil caused by the impasse between the Western powers and Iran has been a cause for concern not just for the European and North American markets, but also for less vulnerable economies such as the Brazilian economy. On the other hand, opportunities are arising for a new chapter in Brazil's economic history.

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9 March 2012

Iran: Cartoonists Rage Against Khatami for Voting in Election

Written by Fred Petrossian · Arts & Culture, Elections

Mohammad Khatami, the former reformist president of Iran voted in parliamentary elections on Friday, March 2, 2012 going back on his word that he would refuse to vote until political prisoners were freed and the constitution was respected. His actions drew ire from reformists keen on boycotting elections.

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8 March 2012

Iran: Women Say No to the War Monster

Written by Fred Petrossian · Human Rights, Protest

The Iranian Islamic regime has ignored International Women's Day for more than three decades. It does not recognize March 8, and has even banned women organizations from celebrating the day. But each year Iranian women both in the real and virtual world stil celebrate.

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2 March 2012

Iran: “Should We Vote Again?”

Written by Fred Petrossian · Elections, Governance

The Islamic Republic is preparing for parliamentary (Majlis) election on Friday, March 2, 2012. While several opposition groups have called for boycotting the election, the Iranian state is employing anti-Western propaganda to bring citizens to the polls.

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27 February 2012

Iranian News Agency “Improves” Oscar Speech by Asghar Farhadi

Written by Fred Petrossian · Arts & Culture, Politics

Iranians are overjoyed with the news that Asghar Farhadi's film “A Separation” was awarded an Oscar for best foreign language film. Farhadi's acceptance speech attracted even more attention after Fars News, a semi-official news agency added their own words to the transcript.

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23 February 2012

Iran: Letter from Jailed Blogger Details “Blue Sky of Pain”

Written by Fred Petrossian · Freedom of Speech, Human Rights

Dr. Mehdi Khazali, a jailed Iranian blogger and publisher, wrote a letter this month from prison describing a “blue sky of pain” of his first-hand experience with the injustice of jails in Iran, where prisoners face torture and arbitrary death sentences.

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13 February 2012

Iran: Internet Blackout Ahead of Protest Day

Written by Fred Petrossian · Human Rights, Protest

Internet and email services in Iran have become partially inaccessible in recent days with no explanation from the government. Bloggers suspect it has to do with opposition movement protests scheduled for February 14.

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23 January 2012

Iran: Sanctions Bite, and the Iranian Currency Falls

Written by Fred Petrossian · Ideas, Governance

Iranians are facing a financial tsunami as the national currency (Rial) loses value day by day as sanctions against Iranian oil and the banking system get tougher.

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Updates about Iran

12 April 2012

Updates

Reporters Without Borders says Iranian authorities have put detained Iranian web developer Mohammad SoleimaniNia under pressure to have his skills for running ‘The National Internet'. Iranian government have already talked about launching a network inside called ‘The National Internet'. RSF has urged for immediate release of Mr. SoleimaniNia who has been under arrest for last 3 months. He “hosts and manages websites of many Iranian civil society communities and intellectuals”, due to RSF report.

• Hadi Nili

10 April 2012

Farsi

A few hours after announcement on Facebook acquisition of famous mobile application Instagram, Iranian users are complaining about losing access to their older photos on the service. Mehrdad, based in Tehran, says [Fa]: ‘I can not load any image older than a couple of days without anti-filter tools'.

• Hadi Nili

9 April 2012

Farsi

Here is a video cartoon, portraying what Iranian users face in Iran for connecting to the Internet. The video invites online users around the world to follow #ConnectIran tag on twitter.

• Hadi Nili

7 April 2012

Updates

According to news sites and blogs,86-year-old mother of an Iranian political prisoner and former MP wrote a letter to Ali Khamenei, Islamic Republic's Leader.
Ghasem Sholeh Sadi's mother compare Khamenei to Iran's shah and criticized his policy.

• Fred Petrossian

Updates

Anidshehnovin says [fa] that we should boycott Iranian government's national internet because using it means being trapped by intelligent services in Iran. National internet will take off in June according Iranian government. Read more here.

• Fred Petrossian

31 March 2012

Farsi

Iranians are going to celebrate the “Earth Hour” today Saturday 31st of March. Here in this Farsi-language website, Iranians are organizing the “Earth Hour” events, including turning-off lights for an hour ‘to protect the planet'. Parham, an Isfahan-based user, tweets: ‘They are going to turn off Si-o-se Pol (historical bridge) in Isfahan. I guess this is the first time I would see this bridge to be in darkness'.

• Hadi Nili

21 March 2012

Updates

Mehdi Khazali,blogger and publisher, has been released from jail on bail. You can see here his photos before and after hunger strike.

• Fred Petrossian

Updates

President Obama's Nowruz message to Iranians has been visited more than 62000 times in YouTube. Iranians wrote different comments for this message, from praising Obama to criticize sanctions.

• Fred Petrossian

20 March 2012

English

Paul Mutter blogs about the newest permutations of a social media campaign started over the weekend by two Israeli graphics designers that is called “We Love Iranians,” aimed at raising public awareness against the steady march to war the Likud government has been taking Israel on towards Iran. The meme, which uses cat pictures, has “gone viral” in Israel.

• Amira Al Hussaini

18 March 2012

Updates

Leila Farjami has dedicated a poem to Omid Reza Mirsayafi,a blogger who died in prison three years ago.Read more here.

• Fred Petrossian

Comments on "Iran"

Iran: Government prohibits 'foreign' mail services

That's a brilliant move to contain outside propaganda.

It is quite common in Iran to carry large amounts of cash. There are no credit cards. And there are no...
Solana, I'm not big on credit cards, I like to walk around with at least $100,000 in my pocket.
Who carries around that amount of money in a bag?