THE EYERANIANS

Mothers of 230 Iranian youth, who were arrested after attending a rock concert, gathered outside Karaj police station on August 4th, to find out about the whereabouts of their children a “satanist” rave

Apparently those who want to bring Democracy to Iran don’t know anything about Freedom of speech. Hossein Derakhshan, one of the first Iranian bloggers and also a long time critic of the Iranian government has received a legal notice from Mehdi Khalaji who is employed by the conservative Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Other [...]

Throughout IRAN Pictures taken by Ali Majdfar China’s Chery to open auto factory in Iran History of the Iranian Air-Force Now you are Iranian – The Facebook Culture Wars Mehdi Khalaji wants to shut down Hoder.com + $10,000 Iran carpet firm shrugs off US sanctions threat Iran to join wheat exporting states Iranian authorities lash [...]

Oppressed societies have longed used Political humor as a response to their tyrannical regimes. Humor is a form of peaceful protest to the government in control and an excellent stage to point out the flaws of the ruling authorities. As Social Cultural Anthropologist, Stanley H. Brandes, mentions in his article on effects of political humor [...]

  The ITF and its affiliates, together with the ITUC and members of Global Unions have been campaigning in support of independent workers’ movement in Iran. For more than 20 years, state-run Workers House and Islamic Council exist but have failed to represent workers’ genuine demands. Tehran Bus Workers’ Union (Vahed Syndicate) was established in [...]

Thats the title of Scott Glover’s article in Los Angeles Time about tasering of an Iranian student in UCLA’s library. You can watch the original video on YouTube. Even with use of force policies that are “unduly permissive,” a UCLA police officer violated department rules when he repeatedly shocked a student with an electric Taser [...]