Mohammad Reza Heidari, a former high-ranking Iranian diplomat in Norway, announced in December that he was quitting the foreign ministry and not returning to Tehran. He now lives in Oslo, where he spoke with insideIRAN.org more»
Kaveh Ghoreishi
SOLEYMANIEH.Iraq—“Maybe it is our taste in food, or maybe it is our cultural proximity to Iran. But whatever it is, Iranian goods and products, especially foods, are much more popular here than items we receive from Turkey.” more»
Arash Aramesh
A new popular opinion survey conducted by ISPA, Iranian Students’ Polling Agency, shows that residents of Tehran believe that the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been unsuccessful in moving forward Iran’s nuclear case and in selling the government’s message to the public. ISPA, which operates under the Ministry of Higher Education, polled 1172 residents of Tehran this month. more»
Nejat Bahrami
TEHRAN—Recent strikes in Tehran’s bazaar have made the unrest the center of political and economic discussions in Iran. The dispute between the government and the bazaar is more important than other political conflicts because in the eyes of most Iranians, the bazaar is the traditional ally of the Islamic Republic and even played a significant role in the 1979 Islamic revolution. more»
Editor’s Note: A series of discussions were held during the week of July 1 in Brussels, as the European Parliament focused on human rights abuses and civil society in Iran. InsideIRAN conducted the following interview in Brussels with Delbar Tavakoli, a journalist who worked for thirteen years in Iran and recently fled to Paris.
Q: How does the government in Iran manipulate the Internet? Please provide some examples that you have seen of this sort of manipulation and misuse. more»
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