Shayan Ghajar
While Secretary of State Hillary Clinton decried the use of the internet for illegal purposes in her February 15 speech on internet freedom, she may not have had the Anonymous hacker group, a loose amalgamation of international hacktivists, specifically in mind. However, Anonymous, using methods often criticized by American lawmakers, has managed to irk a number of other governments in recent weeks, first in Tunisia, then in Egypt, and now–Iran. more»
Arash Aramesh
Po-government media tried to ignore clashes that took place February 14 between anti-government demonstrators and security forces in the Iranian capital and other major cities. But the patience of a few news agencies ran short. Fars news, a semi-official news agency with intimate ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, wrote, “Agents of the United States and Zionism were defeated again.” more»
Arash Aramesh
There are reports from Tehran that Mehdi Karroubi, a prominent opposition leader, is under house arrest following his letter to the Ministry of Interior requesting an official permit for a demonstration to be held on Monday, February 14. According to Mir Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi, the February 14 demonstration would be in support of the Egyptian people’s uprising against the government of President Hosni Mubarak. more»
Arash Aramesh
Mir Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi, leaders of the opposition inside Iran, asked the government to issue official permits for a demonstration on February 15 in support of the Egyptian people. The government is expected to deny their request, as it has done in the past. more»
Arash Aramesh
Iranian officials and the state-run media in the Islamic Republic have tried to portray the anti-government uprising in Egypt as another “Islamic Revolution” and the beginning of the formation of an “Islamic Middle East.” more»
