Live interviews are rare on Iranian state television, for obvious reasons. Going off-script means there’s a chance to evade the censors, which give the audience only the version of the news that is approved by authorities.
Category: Sufi news
Four societies appeal to Iran for release of optics student
The Committee for Concerned Scientists has set up an online petition calling for the release of Omid Kokabee. BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA — SPIE has joined with three other societies in appealing to the leadership of Iran to free Omid Kokabee, an Iranian PhD student.
Mehdi Karroubi Declares: “I Will Not Retreat Even an Inch and Will Remain Steadfast and True to My Convictions!”
August 31st, 2011 – [SahamNews] According to SahamNews, Hossein Karroubi [Mehdi Karroubi’s eldest son], his wife and children and Fatemeh Karroubi [Mehdi Karroubi’s wife] were finally allowed to visit with Karroubi yesterday.
Report: Iran’s parliament speaker to visit North Korea
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani will visit North Korea on Sunday on a three-day trip, Iran’s parliament news service said.
Clarification and Answering to the Questions (Part Two)
Majzoobān-i Noor Website: Our respectable audiences and dear faith brothers could send us their questions and get their answers in these series of papers.
Iranian MP warns against “absolute” support for Syria
Iranian MP Ahmad Avayi has warned against giving “absolute” support to the Syrian government, maintaining that the protests are legitimate popular movements staged by “pious people.”
Chocolate may protect the brain and heart
Eating high levels of chocolate could reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke, according to a review of previous research.
Iranian Exiles Flock East, to Multiethnic Malaysia
Iranian protesters offer roses to Malaysian police at a demonstration against the Iranian government in Kuala Lumpur on March 2, 2011 By John Krich / Kuala Lumpur Above the outdoor cafés of this city’s trendiest suburb, some 60 exiles are busily dubbing Brazilian soap operas, Japanese cartoons and American music videos into Farsi. They […]
Iran rejects Russian engagement, No longer interested in nuclear deal with West
Zachary Keck,DC Foreign Policy Examiner Last Friday I wrote a post on Russia’s recent attempts to court North Korea and Iran. In the post I noted that the Kremlin’s strategy was already paying dividends as both regimes had indicated that they were interested in pursuing Moscow’s various initiatives.
U.S. patent filed by scientific Advisor to Iran’s leader: Theft of intellectual property?
Dr. Vaez zadeh, Scientific Adviser to Iranian Leader A Professor at Tehran University and a scientific adviser to Iranian leader and President Ahmadinejad, Dr. Sadegh Vaez-Zadeh is among Iran’s highest ranking and most influential officials. Yet he has been accused by an Iranian inventor of intellectual property theft.