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Today is the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran – the original one in 1979 which  overthrew the Shah and ushered in the era of theological “vilayat-e-faqih” rule by the Ayatollah. There’s probably no better resource on the history and background of Iran’s history before and after the Islamic Revolution than the novel Persepolis…

I was saddened to hear of the violence in Iran during Ashura, in which Ali Mousavi (the nephew of reform candidate Mir Hosein Mousavi) was among the protestors who were shot and killed by the security forces. Police denied however that anyone had died in the clashes, which witnesses said came as tens of thousands…

This is not just heavy-handed and the perfect stereotype of police-state thuggery, but also oddly clownish and pathetic: Iranian authorities confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi’s medal, the human rights lawyer said Thursday, in a sign of the increasingly drastic steps Tehran is taking against any dissent. In Norway, where the peace prize is awarded,…

Here’s a running translation from another blogger of Rafsanjani’s sermon, along with a compilation video of the reaction in Tehran: The moazzen is saying the azan. Rafsanjani just got introduced to the podium. Sound of loud chants we can’t make out. Rafsanjani: Please sit down so we can make time for the speech. Chants again.…
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