It’s all over for IranGovernment repression works. For months after Iran’s elections, Green Movement protests continued in the streets. But now, the streets are quiet as all the protesters are either locked up or shutting up, reports Stephen Kinzer from Iran.
Iran elections
I reported on the Iran elections and all I got was a lousy 13 years in prison
Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari was thrown into an Iranian prison for 118 days and then sentenced in absentia to 13 years imprisonment and 74 lashes. What did he do to receive such a punishment?
What it’s really like to be a dissident in Iran
An Iranian dissident gives a first-hand account of the latest violence on the streets of Tehran since Ashura: how members of the Green Movement are capturing militiamen, the battles between police and protesters and their disappointment in the actions of Barack Obama.
Iran on the brink of civil war
It’s not a revolution that seems inevitable for Iran, but rather civil war and social breakdown as the government and opposition divide the nation along religious and political lines. Abbas Barzegar reports from Iran.
The second Iranian revolution?
Iran is moving from election protests into a full scale civil disobedience campaign, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameni to blame, says Meir Javedanfar. Can Khameni save his regime or is its demise inevitable?
From the revolution to election rebellion: a history of student protests in Iran
An Iranian student looks back the vibrant history of student protests in Iran. Although today’s pulsating Iranian youth movement faces a unique set of challenges, it has the potential to change the country’s politics.
Iran’s radical street revolution is back
Iranian students are back out on the streets demonstrating, in the biggest wave of protests since the disputed June elections. But the movement is shifting from against Ahmadinejad to wider Iranian political complaints.
Iran: stay and fight or leave and live?
With the protests surrounding the Iranian elections, it raises a difficult question for young Iranians, writes Gabby Haynes, fight or flee? With an estimated 150,000 Iranians leaving every year, how can change come about if no one fights for it?
Iran’s opposition protests return: a live blog
Iranian opposition protesters are again taking to the streets, as officials mark the 30th anniversary of the US embassy in Tehran being taken hostage. Protesters are being reportedly beaten, injured and arrested. The Guardian live blogs the uprising.
Interview with Iranian blogger: stuff nuclear weapons, what about people’s lives?
Prolific Iranian blogger Mojtaba Saminejad updates the NY Times on the anger still bubbling inside Iran and why sanctions for nuclear weapons misses the human rights issues.
Iranian elections meet cute cartoons
Iranian politics is combined with whimsical illustrations, podcasts and text, in an interview with Hooman Majd, author of Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran. The docu-comic style has been dubbed the “cool new future for literary journalism.”
The revolution will not be tweeted
During post-election activity, we saw 220,000 tweets an hour about Iran, 3000 Iranian YouTube videos, 2 million blog posts, and Mir-Hussein Mousavi’s 100,000 friends on Facebook… but no revolution. Are we tweeting while Tehran burns? asks Jonathan V. Last.
