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Voices for Peace

August 8th, 2009

This public announcement was made about a year ago. It shows 50 Iranian-Americans talking about Iran and peace. It’s good stuff:

Meet the Ayatollahs

August 6th, 2009

Exellent article on the New Statesman website about the various ayatollahs in Iran.

As Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is sworn in again as president amid further protests, Juan Cole, one of the world’s leading experts on Shia Islam, introduces the senior clerics whose conflicting views are influencing events in Iran.

Read the full post here.

Ransom

August 5th, 2009

This song was made by a group of young Iranian to commemorate those who lost their lives in the demonstrations of June 2009.

You can download the track here.

An open letter in the Guardian by anit-war Iranian academitcs of US/UK universities:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/iran-truth-reconciliation-commission/print

Thanks to Mehregan for the link.

Freedom Glory Project

August 3rd, 2009

Bella ciao, Iran

August 1st, 2009

‘Persepolis’ updated

July 9th, 2009

An updated version of “Persepolis”, the graphics novel by Iranian-French artist Marjane Satrapi, illustrating the current uprising in Iran http://www.spreadpersepolis.com. This one is done by two of her fans.

Source: The Daily Dish

From ratiojuris.blogspot.com:

Inspired by Dean Jim Chen’s post, Tehran, June 15, 2009, I thought I would provide a list of books that enable one to better understand contemporary events, if only by placing them in socio-political context and historical perspective.

Read the full post with a comprehensive list of books on Iran, click here.

Even with news breaking daily in Iran, the first book I send myself and other readers back to has to be Roy Mottahedeh’s “The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran,” which was first published in 1985

Written by Laura Secor of the New Yorker. Read more here.

Good Night in Tehran

July 3rd, 2009

Courtesy of the Daily Dish.