I blame grad school, family obligation, unexpected road trips, a severe round of bad news in the media and being sick for the delay in this. It takes a toll on a person to dig through the news day after day reading these stories. After the last one and Kennedy's death...my heart just hurt too much to keep up with the bad news constantly coming out and the conflicts with my other commitments. I'm sorry.
Chants from Quds Day protests.
Some of the slogans chanted were:
Palestine, we are just like you
Oh [Imam] Hossein, Mir Hossen [Mousavi]
Karroubi, Mousavi, we support you
Death to Russia
Torture, rape, have no longer any effect
Not Gaza, not Lebanon, I’ll die for Iran
Leave Palestine alone
Long love [Dr. Saeed] Hajjarian [the jailed reformist strategist], long live Mousavi
Long live [Grand Ayatoollah Hossein Ali] Montazeri, Long live Karroubi
The real Basiji, Hemmat and Bakeri [two commanders killed in Iran-Iraq
war, whose families support the Green Movement]
Long live Montazeri, long live [Grand Ayatollah Yousef] Sanei
And to Ahmadinejad:
Shut up liar
Get lost liar
Resign, Resign! Where is your 63% [of the vote], liar
Green Sea Movement Updates
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United 4 Iran <- Information on Protests on Ahemdi's UN visit. Want to protest? Go here. Important Links for Quds Day Protests
google maps <- The green houses have video of the protests Hamed Saber's Picasa gallery of photos
Youtube Playlist <- 85 videos from protests not just in Tehran Tabnak <- pictures of the protest Payvand Iran News <- more photos Enduring America's Qods Day posts <- video footage, reports from protesters and witnesses, etc Green Brief
Green Brief Josh Shahryar's inside information from Iran (Mostly uninterrupted postings since June 17, 2009) <- Newsvine version iran.whyweprotest forum version
Because of how long I've been gone I have chosen only three newspaper sites to post articles from. There wouldn't be enough room if I went to all 15 of the sources I usually go to.
Los Angeles Times
U.S. offered assurances about Iranian exiles days before Iraqi raid (August 19, 2009 - A Times Staff Writer)
Obama says Mideast peace process is in a 'rut' (August 19, 2009 - Greg Miller)
Ahmadinejad to retain Iranian foreign minister, a move likely to reassure Western diplomats (August 20, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
Iran's Ahmadinejad softens tone before Cabinet vote (August 21, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi and Ramin Mostaghim)
Iran cleric calls for arrest of opposition leaders (August 22, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
In Iran, report of secret burials brings call for inquiry (August 23, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
Iranian hard-liners target 2 major reform parties (August 26, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
Head of Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council dies of cancer (August 26, 2009 - AP)
Iraq Shiite leader Abdelaziz Hakim dies (August 27, 2009 - Liz Sly)
Nuclear drive a casualty of Iran's turmoil (August 28, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
Iran's supreme leader downplays foreign links to unrest (August 28, 2009 - Ramin Mostaghim)
Iran's Ahmadinejad urges prosecution of opposition leaders (August 29, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
United Arab Emirates seized Iran-bound ship with North Korean arms (August 29, 2009 - AP)
Israel has Iran in its sights (August 30, 2009 - OpEd - Micah Zenko)
Ex-Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff sees risk in current anti-terror policies (August 30, 2009 - Sebastian Rotella)
Hard-line Iranian prosecutor fired (August 30, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
Honduras' coup must not stand (August 31, 2009 - OpEd - Robert White and Glenn Hurowitz)
Iran says it's ready to reopen nuclear talks (September 02, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
Iran Cabinet vote a boon to Ahmadinejad (September 04, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
Belgian arms trader jailed in Alabama (September 04, 2009 - Sebastian Rotella)
Iran's Mousavi urges continued civil disobedience (September 06, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
Iran announces plan to purge universities of Western influences (September 07, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
Ahmadinejad levels new broadside at opponents (September 08, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
The U.S. and Iran: It's time to talk (September 08, 2009 - Editorial)
Iranian cleric stands his ground against authorities (September 09, 2009 - Ramin Mostaghim and Borzou Daragahi)
A primer on Afghanistan's political situation, and the U.S. role (September 09, 2009 - Michael Muskal)
Election turmoil complicates L.A. exhibit of Iranian artists' work (September 10, 2009 - Raja Abdulrahim)
Iran submits proposals for possible nuclear talks with world powers (September 10, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi and Julia Damianova)
U.S. rejects Iran's proposal for talks (September 10, 2009 - Paul Richter)
Lebanon's political crisis deepens as prime minister-designate abruptly quits (September 11, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
EU calls for nuclear talks with Iran (September 12, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi and Ramin Mostaghim)
Rethinking our Iran strategy (September 13, 2009 - OpEd - Robin Wright and Robert Litwak)
October talks scheduled on Iran's nuclear program (September 14, 2009 - orzou Daragahi and Julia Damianova)
Iran, world powers to hold nuclear talks in October (September 15, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
Iran's aviation regulation seen as a factor in air crashes (September 15, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
Powerful Iranian cleric barred from delivering Quds Day prayers (September 17, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi)
Israel rebuffs inquiry into Gaza war crime allegations (September 17, 2009 - Richard Boudreaux)
Lebanon's Saad Hariri renominated as prime minister (September 17, 2009 - Reuters)
Remarks by the president on strengthening missile defense in Europe (September 17, 2009 - Office of the Press Secretary The White House)
Fact Sheet on U.S. Missile Defense Policy (September 17, 2009 - Office of the Press Secretary The White House)
Yemen rebels, government issue contradictory claims of battlefield success (September 17, 2009 - Haley Sweetland Edwards and Borzou Daragahi)
Obama overturns Bush-era plan for missile shield in Eastern Europe (September 18, 2009 - Julian E. Barnes and Greg Miller)
Background on Europe missile shield and Obama's decision to scrap it (September 18, 2009 - Michael Muskal)
Russia unlikely to offer concessions in response to U.S. halting of missile shield (September 18, 2009 - Megan K. Stack)
Missile defense shield won't be missed (September 18, 2009 - Editorial)
Protesters flood Tehran streets (September 19, 2009 - Borzou Daragahi and Ramin Mostaghim)
Babylon & Beyond blog: IRAN: Despite newspaper closure, rape allegations continue (August 19, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: IRAN: Human-rights lawyer finds himself a target, once again (August 19, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: IRAN: Ahmadinejad aide proposes Evin Prison diet plan (August 23, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: EGYPT: How guilty are those in the 'Hezbollah cell'? (August 23, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: IRAN: Officials blame alleged rape victim for his own jailhouse attack (August 24, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: IRAN: Popular analyst seen smiling at his 'show trial' (August 26, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: IRAN: Proposed education minister accused of making up his degrees (August 29, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: IRAN: Tehran prosecutor 'promoted' into obscurity? (August 31, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: IRAN: Lawyer spent 10 weeks in prison 'for nothing' (September 01, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: IRAN: Report of second letter from Obama to Tehran [Updated] (September 02, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: IRAN: Jailed former government official tells his story (September 05, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: IRAN: Caspian Sea states shut Tehran out of summit (September 08, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: IRAN: Authorities investigated victim instead of rape, opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi says (September 09, 2009)
ISRAEL: Prime Minister Netanyahu's secret trip to...where? (September 09, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: IRAN: Will U.N. sideline human rights concerns? (September 12, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: IRAN: A glimpse into the Bahai seven's coming trial (September 12, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: LEBANON: Druze leader Jumblatt says Iran can supply nation's weapons (September 13, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: IRAN: Mehdi Karroubi refuses to back down from rape allegations (September 14, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: IRAN: Ayatollah calls government a 'military regime,' calls for clerical revolt [Updated] (September 14, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: IRAN: Book says U.S. spies pump Dubai visa applicants for intel (September 16, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: IRAN: Revolutionary Guard sternly warns protesters before Quds Day (September 17, 2009)
Babylon & Beyond blog: IRAN: Video shows opposition protesters using government holiday to rally (September 18, 2009)
Photographs of Protests
The Guardian
Hardline women won't help Iran (August 17, 2009 - Massoumeh Torfeh)
Abbas's Sudan trip is ethical (August 19, 2009 - OpEd - Nicholas Blincoe)
Critics purged as Ahmadinejad nominates new Iran cabinet (August 20, 2009 - AP)
Iran lets in UN inspectors ahead of nuclear report (August 20, 2009 - Julian Borger, diplomatic editor)
Ahmadinejad chooses wanted man for cabinet (August 22, 2009 - Aidan Jones)
Iranian prosecutor demands 'full punishment' for senior opposition figure (August 25, 2009 - Mark Tran)
Barack Obama on brink of deal for Middle East peace talks (August 25, 2009 - Ewen MacAskill in Washington and Julian Borger)
US takes on Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran's nuclear programme in one massive gamble (August 25, 2009 - Julian Borger and Ewen MacAskill in Washington)
Israeli and Palestinian officials predict peace talks may resume within weeks (August 26, 2009 - Julian Borger)
Palestinians let down by the west (August 27, 2009 - Letters)
US peace plan gives Israel too much (August 27, 2009 - Peter Beaumont)
Iranian MP claims sexual abuse of protesters has been proved (August 27, 2009 - Mark Tran)
Finger-wagging won't help Muslim women (August 28, 2009 - Geraldine Brooks)
Ahmadinejad calls for prosecution of opposition leaders (August 28, 2009 - AP)
The grip of Iran's Revolutionary Guards (August 28, 2009 - Henry Newman)
Iran is continuing nuclear activity, says United Nations watchdog (August 28, 2009 - Julian Borger, diplomatic editor)
Neither Islamic nor a republic (August 29, 2009 - Massoumeh Torfeh)
Afghanistan: a question of stamina (August 30, 2009 - Doug Beattie)
Obama's olive branch to Iran (August 31, 2009 - Joschka Fischer)
First Iranian film shot in US since 1979 gets under way (September 01, 2009 - Ben Walters)
Iran offers to resume nuclear talks (September 01, 2009 - Julian Borger, diplomatic editor)
Politics Blog: Meanwhile in Iran ... (September 01, 2009 - Jonathan Freedland)
Iran calls for nuclear talks as further sanctions loom (September 01, 2009 - Julian Borger, diplomatic editor)
Iran anoints anti-Jewish bomb suspect as defence secretary (September 02, 2009 - James Sturcke and agencies)
Reformists accused of plotting unrest in Iran (September 02, 2009 - Mark Tran)
Iran appoints bombing suspect as defence minister (September 03, 2009 - David Batty and James Sturcke)
Iran appoints first female cabinet minister for 30 years (September 03, 2009 - Simon Tisdall)
Argentina's deadliest terrorist attack (September 03, 2009 - )
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's cabinet includes female minister and man wanted over terror attack (September 03, 2009 - Julian Borger, diplomatic editor)
We can't give up on Afghanistan (September 04, 2009 - Sunny Hundal)
Iran sanctions likely as nuclear talks stall (September 07, 2009 - Julian Borger, diplomatic editor)
Russia denies Arctic Sea was carrying arms destined for Iran (September 08, 2009 - Luke Harding in Moscow)
Agents raid offices of Iran reformist leader Mahdi Karroubi (September 08, 2009 - AP)
Iran's revolution? The hardliners won (September 08, 2009 - Simon Tisdall)
Syria and Iraq's diplomatic storm (September 09, 2009 - Ranj Alaaldin)
Iranian hunger strikers ready to die in support of raided refugee camp (September 09, 2009 - Mark Tran)
Iran rules out negotiations over uranium enrichment (September 09, 2009 - AP)
Iran's overture given short shrift by western powers (September 10, 2009 - Julian Borger)
A green day for Iran (September 10, 2009 - Meir Javedanfar)
Saad Hariri steps down as Lebanon's political crisis continues (September 10, 2009 - Hugh Macleod in Beirut)
Diplomatic ambush threatens UN 'super-agency' for women (September 11, 2009 - Mark Tran)
We must save besieged Iranians in Iraq (September 11, 2009 - Geoffrey Bindman)
Iran set to allow first transsexual marriage (September 11, 2009 - Robert Tait)
TV drama gains Islamic approval as 'Lost-mania' grips Iran (September 13, 2009 - Robert Tait)
Iran agrees to October nuclear talks (September 14, 2009 - Julian Borger, diplomatic editor)
Six Iran activists in dock as mass trial continues (September 14, 2009 - AP)
Tearing Yemen apart: As clashes revive fears of a Saudi Arabia-Iran proxy war, the US is focused on al-Qaida's presence in a troubled nation (September 14, 2009 - Simon Tisdall)
Chinese jeans bearing name of God anger Iranians (September 15, 2009 - Robert Tait)
US forced to seek regional alliances as its power wanes, says thinktank (September 15, 2009 - Richard Norton-Taylor)
Ahmadinejad's desperate gamble (September 17, 2009 - Ranj Alaaldin and Nicholas Zanjani)
Obama abandons missile defence shield in Europe (September 17, 2009 - Luke Harding in Moscow and Ian Traynor in Brussels)
Iranians urge IMF to investigate Turkey's £11bn 'windfall' (September 17, 2009 - Robert Tait in Istanbul)
US missile system's track record: test delays, failed launches, missed targets (September 17, 2009 - Ian Sample, science correspondent)
Missile shield had to go to save Barack Obama's foreign agenda (September 17, 2009 - Julian Borger, diplomatic editor)
US missile defence: Shooting down Bush's plans (September 18, 2009 - Editorial)
Scrutiny of US foreign policy (September 18, 2009 - )
* News Live Blog: New protests in Iran (September 18, 2009 - Matthew Weaver)
IAEA secret report: Iran worked on nuclear warhead (September 18, 2009 - Julian Borger)
Did the US do a deal with Russia? (September 18, 2009 - Meir Javedanfar)
'Death to the dictator' chant protesters as Ahmadinejad denies Holocaust (September 18, 2009 - Ian Black)
Pictures from Protest (September 18, 2009)
Tehran Bureau
A Call for Human Rights Protection in Iran (August 18, 2009 - SAM SASAN SHOAMANESH at The Hague)
History Used and Abused (August 19, 2009 - ERVAND ABRAHAMIAN)
Stalinist Show Trials: Part Four (August 25, 2009 - MUHAMMAD SAHIMI in Los Angeles)
The Paranoid Style in Iranian Politics (August 27, 2009 - ERVAND ABRAHAMIAN)
Street Fightin’ Soosool: Social Class and Tehran’s Geography (August 31, 2009 - MOHAMMAD KHIABANI)
Majlis Day 2 (August 31, 2009) Photographs from Parliament
Majlis Day 3 (September 01, 2009) Photographs and notations from Parliament
Cleaning up after the men (September 05, 2009 - )
My revolutionary friends (September 05, 2009 - SETAREH SABETY in Nice)
The Nuclear Thing & Other Persian Riddles (September 10, 2009 - Dispatch from Tehran)
*Stuck Between America and Iran: The relation Dubai has with both (September 17, 2009 - JIM KRANE) I highly recommend this to read
When the Clinton administration enacted U.S. sanctions in 1995 — under pressure from the Israel lobby — the UAE initially ignored them. It was, in effect, like Spain asking Texas to cut ties with Mexico.The Great Tehran Expo Privatization Scandal You’ve Never Heard Of (August 17, 2009 - MOHAMMAD KHIABANI in Tehran)
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In the neutral atmosphere of Dubai, Bush and Ahmadinejad looked like angry men who shared philosophies and methods. Both hail from the extreme right wing of their nation’s political sphere, both leaned on support from religious fundamentalists and rural bases; both used simple language with anti-intellectual overtones; both required external enemies – in this case, each other – to legitimize their grip on power. Neither had much use for diplomacy.
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With Saddam out of the picture, the UAE sees Iran as its chief military threat, especially given Iran’s nuclear program and its arsenal of ballistic missiles. The UAE’s defense strategy means sustaining a first strike and praying for allies — the U.S., France and Britain — to arrive.
In one sense, the United States is both the cure and the sickness. The most plausible reason Iran would assault the UAE would be in retaliation for a U.S. or Israeli strike on its territory. This possibility led UAE president Sheikh Khalifa to publicly forbid the United States from using UAE territory to attack Iran. He also banned the U.S. military from using its Abu Dhabi-based spy planes to conduct intelligence missions over Iran.
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But everyone knows that only the United States can protect them if there is real trouble. “When the sheikhs dial 911, it doesn’t ring in Paris,” Kestenbaum says.
Nepotism & the Larijani Dynasty (August 20, 2009 - MUHAMMAD SAHIMI in Los Angeles)
Principlist MP grilled by journalist about jailhouse visit (August 24, 2009 - Tabnak)
Meet Etelaat and its “Nokias” (August 30, 2009 - SAYA OVAISY in Tehran) Etelaat = Iranian version of KGB
Can Majles block Ahmadinejad’s advance? (August 31, 2009 - Reporting from Tehran)
Unstoppable (September 03, 2009 - ) Pictures of Parliament and the List of the Appointments and what their votes were
IRGC’s deeply-rooted animosity for reformists (September 04, 2009 - MUHAMMAD SAHIMI in Los Angeles)
Mousavi on the “Green Path of Hope” (September 05, 2009 - MUHAMMAD SAHIMI in Los Angeles)
Another Cultural Revolution? (September 06, 2009 - RASOOL NAFISI)
Difficult Days Ahead (September 10, 2009 - MUHAMMAD SAHIMI in Los Angeles)
Censoring Reformists Out of Existence (September 13, 2009 - MUHAMMAD SAHIMI in Los Angeles)
Quds Day Updates (September 18, 2009 - Tehran)
Patriots and Reformists: Behzad Nabavi and Mostafa Tajzadeh (August 11, 2009 - MUHAMMAD SAHIMI in Los Angeles)
London Calling (August 19, 2009 - D. PARVAZ in London)
Ahmadinejad’s Security Cabinet (August 20, 2009 - MUHAMMAD SAHIMI in Los Angeles)
Hajji Corleone, Sonny Seyyed and the Rapists who got away (August 21, 2009 - HANA H. in Tehran)
The Bloody Red Summer of 1988 (August 25, 2009 - MUHAMMAD SAHIMI in Los Angeles)
Isolated, weak and as delusional as ever (August 29, 2009 - MUHAMMAD SAHIMI in Los Angeles)
Shariati on Religious Government (August 31, 2009 - MUHAMMAD SAHIMI)
Ahmadinejad & Family Take on ‘New’ Foreign Policy (September 02, 2009 - MUHAMMAD SAHIMI in Los Angeles)
IRGC declares open war on the reform movement (September 05, 2009 - Reporting from Tehran)
Coup Leaders Afraid to Face the People (September 06, 2009 - MUHAMMAD SAHIMI)
Where is Iran headed? (September 08, 2009 - MUHAMMAD SAHIMI in Los Angeles)
So, in summary, here is where the author believes the Islamic Republic is headed: A situation in which the fissures at the top become even deeper, as the hardliners’ circle of ‘insiders’ become increasingly smaller, while at the same time, the anger and frustration of the people rapidly grows.Iran's Animal Farm: Animal Farm meets 1984 (September 10, 2009 - HANA H. in Tehran)
Unless the hardliners somehow decide to retreat and undertake deep and lasting reforms, the nation is moving toward a confrontation between the unarmed, but determined majority of the people, and the highly armed small minority that the hardliners represent.
It is frightening to even imagine what the result of such a confrontation might be. At a minimum, it would mean incredible bloodshed. But the most frightening possibility would be the disintegration of the country, given the composition of Iran’s diverse population.
Co-opting Quds Day (September 17, 2009 - MUHAMMAD SAHIMI in Los Angeles)
Perhaps the strongest call for participation in Quds day came from Hojatolleslam Sayyed Hassan Khomeini, grandson of Ayatollah Khomeini. In a thinly disguised rebuke of the hardliners, he announced that “Quds Day is International; it is not exclusive to Quds. It is a day for the oppressed to resist against the oppressors,” implying that it is also a day of protest against repression and oppression in Iran. In effect, he was responding to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who, during his sermons in last Friday’s prayer, declared that, “Quds Day is only for Quds [Jerusalem].”
