Arash Aramesh

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said July 15 that Iran needs to find courage to cooperate with the international community. According to BBC Persian service, Medvedev said that Iran had been one of Russia’s primary trade partners for years, but this does not mean the Russian government will be indifferent towards Iran’s nuclear program. more»

Shayan Ghajar

Opposition website RoozOnline, run by Iranian exiles living abroad, published an interview with prominent opposition leader Zahra Rahnavard. Rahnavard, Mir Hossein Moussavi’s wife, is very popular within the Green Movement and has proven to be a bellwether for signs of change in its internal dynamics. more»

Arash Aramesh

Since the evening of July 12, when Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientists who was reportedly in the United States for almost a year, showed up at the doorsteps of the Interest Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Washington, D.C., state-run media in Iran have treated the story with caution and, at times, even with silence. more»

Arash Aramesh

The government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced in the first week of July that it intended to raise taxes on Iran’s merchants and members of the bazaar, the country’s traditional center of goods and merchandise distribution. This tax hike was estimated to be as high as 70 percent. The bazaar in Tehran reacted and launched a general strike. more»

Shayan Ghajar

Iran’s Nuclear Chief, Ali-Akbar Salehi, stated July 7 in a press conference that the American-led sanctions efforts may impact the speed of Iran’s nuclear program, according to ISNA, a state-run student news agency. more»