Arash Aramesh

In an apparent attempt to offer an olive branch to the West, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave a forceful but measured speech at the United Nations May 3, saying the idea of producing nuclear weapons was “disgusting” and the international community must work together to rid the world of nuclear weapons. more»

Arash Aramesh

Mir Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi, leaders of the opposition Green Movement, are making new efforts to reach out to Iranian labors and teachers. May 1 and May 2 are Labor Day and Teacher’s Day in Iran respectively. more»

Arash Aramesh

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Broadcasting systems (IRIB) commonly referred to as the Iranian radio and television decided to air parts of a trial in which Hossein Shariatmadari, the editor of hardliner Kayhan newspaper and the representative of the Supreme Leader in that publication, provided his defense against a number of complaints filed against him over the past few months. Among the plaintiffs is Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi. more»

Arash Aramesh

Mir Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi met on April 26 to discuss plans for the one -year anniversary of the June 12 election. In this meeting, the two leaders of the opposition Green Movement called on the Iranian people to join protest rallies throughout the country marking the anniversary of what they have repeatedly called a rigged election. more»

Arash Aramesh

Less than a year since violent protests erupted in Tehran and other major cities of Iran, Kayhan, Iran’s largest state-owned newspaper with intimate ties to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, dedicated its main headline on April 25 to praising anti-government protestors in Cairo. Kayhan’s front-page read, “Cairo has become the city of protests against Mubarak,” implicitly praising the protestors in Egypt. more»