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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.
Truth and reconciliation for Iran
August 3rd, 2009
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.
Iran: Toward an Understanding of Contemporary Events
July 7th, 2009
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.
Six Essential Books on Iran
July 6th, 2009
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.