An Iranian court convicted on Sunday the editor and a contributor of a banned newspaper over a series of charges, including lying about Islam and spreading anti-regime propaganda, reports said. The media watchdog banned the reformist Bahar daily in October 2013 after it published an article the authorities deemed as an insult to Shiite […]
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Editor arrested after report claiming voter fraud
A journalist for an Iranian news website says its editor has been arrested after reporting that there is an audiotape of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad discussing vote rigging in his disputed 2009 re-election. Ahmadinejad’s office strongly denied last month’s report on the Baztab website, and so far, no audiotape has surfaced. The president’s supporters claim […]
Interview with Professor Ehsan Yarshater, the Founder and Editor of Encyclopedia Iranica
I want to thank you Dr. Ahkami and Persian Heritage magazine for giving me the honor to be interviewed.