Pro-regime rally in Karaj City، 31 Dec 2009! Even they had closed the schools and offcials department, so people could join, and had brought people with buses from their home… this is the “HUGE” crowed they managed to gather!!!

Kidnap of five British hostages reportedly led by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Iran organised the kidnapping in Iraq of freed British hostage Peter Moore it has been claimed. The Guardian reported that Moore and his four bodyguards were taken to a camp inside Iran within a day of their kidnapping. The paper quoted a former member [...]

Archive Photo TEHRAN (Reuters) – An Iranian opposition website said on Thursday the government was moving troops and armored military vehicles to the capital on the day supporters of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi planned to hold a rally. “Hundreds of military forces and tens of armored vehicles … are moving toward Tehran. Some of the [...]

By Nick Wrenn, CNN (CNN) — From a small apartment in Toronto, Iranian exile Saeed Valadbaygi is trying to bring news from his country to the world. Using a network of Iranian journalists and eager volunteers back in Tehran, the 27-year-old former student collates reports, pictures and video for his Web site astreetjournalist.com. Having fled [...]

A catalogue of the private opulence and eccentric tastes of 70-year-old Ayatollah Khamenei and his family has been compiled by Iran’s opposition Green Movement from the accounts of the defector, who is said to be in hiding in France. Among his claims are that Ayatollah Khamenei has a voracious appetite for trout and caviar; is [...]

Ali Mousavi, nephew of opposition leader MirHosein Mousavi, was laid to rest under heavy security measures. Security officials handed over the victims remains to his family after removing it from the hospital on Monday. While the police claimed they were carrying out forensic investigations on the body, the opposition maintains they were trying to avoid [...]

US Senator John McCain on Wednesday called for “immediate sanctions” against Iran in the wake of a violent crackdown on protests, which left at least eight people dead. The remarks by the Arizona Republican were carried by the website of the Phoenix, Arizona-based news radio station, KTAR. McCain said that the United States should provide [...]

Reporters Without Borders said on Wednesday that the number of journalists killed because of their work rose to 76 this year from 60 in 2008. In its annual roundup, the Paris-based press freedom group said that at least 167 journalists remained in prison at the end of 2009. “Wars and elections constituted the chief threat [...]

Iran’s police chief on Wednesday warned those taking part in any “illegal” rallies to expect harsh treatment, three days after at least eight people were killed in protests. Esmail Ahmadi-Moqaddam, commander of the Law Enforcement Force, told reporters that the police had not been tough with protests before and protesters took advantage of such an [...]

Bahareh Hedayat, member of the Strength and Unity Council was Arrested Last Night. According to reports by Amir Kabir, the night before, Information Ministry forces went to the home of the head of public relations of Tahkim student organization to make the arrest. The agents  took Bahareh Hedayat’s personal belongings, including her computer. Mehdi Arabshahi, secretary [...]