December 2009
Thursday 24 December 2009
- Iranian Cleric's Death Sparks Renewed Protests: PBS Newshour - REPORT AIR DATE: Dec. 21, 2009 http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec09/iran_12-21.html Transcript GWEN IFILL: And we move on to Iran and the protests that won't go away. Margaret Warner reports. MARGARET WARNER: The streets of Qom, Iran's holy city and the center of its... (05:42)
Monday 14 December 2009
- Lessons in revolution, via YouTube: Times Online - From The Sunday Times December 13, 2009 Lessons in revolution, via YouTube http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article6954576.ece EVERY evening before dinner, Mohsen Sazegara disappears into the basement of his cosy suburban house in Virginia and makes a 10-minute home movie to post on YouTube.... (20:24)
Friday 11 December 2009
- Exiles keep Iran in touch: Los Angeles Times - The latest wave in the diaspora is tech-savvy and playing a key role in countering hard-liners at home. Mohsen Sazegara, a founder of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, posts daily videos on the Internet, working from his home in a Washington suburb.... (05:31)
- Fighting a Regime He Helped Create: The Wall Street Journal - By FARNAZ FASSIHI http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125980542530173987.html?mod=article-outset-box VIENNA, Va. -- From a dim basement just down the street from a train station here, Mohsen Sazegara is working to overthrow the leadership of Iran. He's done it before. Thirty years ago, as a hot-headed... (05:20)
- Review of The Next Founders, Voices of Democracy in the Middle East - Michael Rubin: Review of The Next Founders, Voices of Democracy in the Middle East http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/120517.html Source: Middle East Forum (September 2009) (11-24-09) [Michael Rubin, a senior editor of the Middle East Quarterly, is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise... (05:16)
- Iranian Crackdown Goes Global : Wall Street Journal - By FARNAZ FASSIHI http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125978649644673331.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_world NEW YORK -- His first impulse was to dismiss the ominous email as a prank, says a young Iranian-American named Koosha. It warned the 29-year-old engineering student that his relatives in Tehran would be harmed if... (04:24)