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Tag Archives: Iran
How the Hijab became the Symbol of Male Resistance in Iran
An email from an Iranian friend from IGHLRC:
Earlier this week, The Iranian authorities arrested Majid Tavakoli, a student leader, who spoke at an anti-government rally in Tehran University, marking the Student Day in Iran. To humiliate him, the authorities published a picture of him wearing women’s headscarf, an old practice by the government to prove to the [...]
An Iranian Education
This is a guest-post by Robin Simcox
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The merits of Columbia University hosting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2007 have always been somewhat dubious. So it is interesting that it has now emerged that the university was paid $100,000 by the Alavi Foundation, an alleged Iranian front group, two months before agreeing to host the dictator.
The Alavi Foundation [...]
A Very Islamist Coup – Iran and the Hojjatiyeh Society
This is a guest post by Abu Faris
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Duplicity and deviousness are almost bywords of Islamist organisations. The violent, bigoted and now frighteningly influential Hojjatiyeh Society in Iran is no exception. Gripped by a bloodthirsty and truly bizarre millenarianist theology, the Hojjatiyeh have now achieved influence over the most powerful organs of state power in Iran. [...]
Iranian government employee involved in British ‘Prevent’ programme
This is a guest post by Sheikh Spear
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Iran is a brutal theocratic dictatorship that executes minors, stones adulterous women to death, persecutes religious and ethnic minorities and murders and imprisons non-violent protestors for calling for free and fair elections.
It is also not exactly supportive of the UK’s struggle against Islamist extremism. The Iranian government [...]
Posted in International Affairs, Islamism, PVE, Your View Also tagged Fareena Alam, Press TV, Radical Middle Way 34 Comments
“Press TV speaks for itself” – so right!
I work at Press TV because it broadcasts the truth about what is happening in the world.
Says Roshan Muhammed Salih, Press TV’s head of news in London. A regular writer for the Iranian propaganda channel, he wrote in today’s Guardian’s Comment is Free defending what many of us would not even begin to comprehend defending: [...]
The Press TV Pantomime
Seth Freedman has written a great piece for Comment is Free. In it he demolishes any lingering shreds of an argument that Press TV could be described as anything other than a propaganda mouthpiece for the Iranian state. In the line of fire is anybody who continues to defend that sorry shoddy station.
When Press TV [...]
Posted in Blogosphere, International Affairs Also tagged Press TV, Seth Freedman, Yvonne Ridley 2 Comments
Update(d) from Kensington
There is a small but perfectly formed protest ongoing outside the Iranian embassy in London.
As London drives by confused and in a hurry, British based Iranians are protesting because their family and friends in Iran cannot. But the malignant influence of the regime extends this far, where many of the protesters are forced to cover [...]
Demonstrations in a Police State
Here in London, for anyone wishing to show solidarity with the Iranian people, there will be a demonstration today (9 June) to mark the anniversary of the 1999 Iranian student protests which were also brutally suppressed by the regime. It starts at 6 PM and the organisers request that attendees wear green if possible and [...]
Clerical Mutiny
Iran’s biggest group of clerics have declared Ahmadinejad’s re-election to be illegitimate and have condemned the subsequent crackdown.
The statement by the Association of Researchers and Teachers of Qom is an act of defiance against the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has made clear he will tolerate no further challenges to Mr Ahmadinejad’s “victory” over [...]
“Tipping Point” in Iran