http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204251404574342922895240380.html?mod=googlenews_wsj By MICHAEL JACOBSON AND MARK DUBOWITZ After a fraudulent election and its brutal aftermath, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his junta must now be persuaded that their pursuit of nuclear weapons will be unbearably costly. The Obama administration appears poised to implement what Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called “crippling sanctions” if […]

Azar Aal-Kanaan is an Iranian woman who has been arrested in Islamic Rep. of Iran, took to the prison, tortured and brutally raped…. she is telling her story and describing what has happened that night in the prison….

Hundreds, probably thousands, have been arrested in Iran since the presidential election on 12 June. Human rights and campaign groups such as Human Rights Watch, the Campaign for Human Rights in Iran and Reporters Without Borders have been collecting and publishing the names of those dead or detained. We have brought those lists, and reports […]

A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Camp Ashraf in Iraq, which supersedes the political beliefs and differences. Iraqi military units have forcefully assaulted the compounds of the Iranian opposition group Mojahedin-e-Khalgh leaving four killed, hundreds wounded or disabled, and tens taken away. This attack is a serious violation of the human rights of every person residing in Ashraf City

Last night inside the Nokia Theatre: fashionable representatives of LA’s glitterati, enjoying the ESPY awards. Outside the Theatre: determined members of LA’s Persian community, insisting that Nokia answer for contributing to Iran’s fascist panoptic regime. A quick reminder about the scope of the Finnish telecom giant’s craven collaboration with Khamenei, Ahmadinejad, and their ilk: In […]

Libel Lawfare:Silencing Criticism of Radical Islam

6:26pm UK, Tuesday July 21, 2009 http://iranian-americans.com/wp-admin/post-new.php Iranian riot police have clashed with hundreds of pro-reform protesters in central Tehran and detained dozens, a witness said, in the latest unrest over June’s disputed election. The witness said demonstrators were chanting slogans against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the government, including: “Ahmadinejad — resign, resign” and “Death […]

Los Angeles to vote on transit contracts Los Angeles Times-July 17, 2009 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/17/siemens-risks-losses-due-to-iran-ties/ One of the world’s largest engineering firms, Siemens, could lose hundreds of millions of dollars in sales to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) because it sold Iran equipment used to spy on dissidents. California politicians and Iranian human rights advocates […]

Dai from PAIC debate Alireza Namvar Haghighi on VOA

Saturday- July 18, 2009
Subject: The Iranian uprising and the prospect of US policy toward Iran