THE EYERANIANS

Pro-Mousavi supporters have used a popular radical leftist’s song in a campaign video they made for him, which is also posted on YouTube. The song comes from leftist group the Fedaii Guerrillas, who fought against the Shah’s regime. Now Mousavi himself is accused of being one of the main perpetrators in suppressing the far-left opposition [...]

Iran Human Rights, May 27: The scheduled execution of juvenile offender Mohammadreza Haddadi has been halted. Haddadi’s defence lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei, wrote in a letter that Mohammadreza Haddadi’s execution, which was scheduled to take place this morning, was halted after an order from the Iranian judiciary. No further details have been provided.

URGENT ACTION APPEAL – From Amnesty International USA To read the current Urgent Action newsletter, go to http://www.amnestyusa.org/urgent/newslett.html ———————————- For a print-friendly version of this Urgent Action (PDF): http://www.amnestyusa.org/actioncenter/actions/uaa07108.pdf Note: Please write on behalf of these persons even though you may not have received the original UA when issued on March 13, 2008. Thanks! 26 [...]

Senator Dick Durbin said last week that the banks own Congress. That’s true. But they don’t come close to the hammerlock their brothers in the health insurance and drug companies have over the place. The drug companies and health insurance companies control every nook and cranny on the Hill. If you doubt it, look no [...]

For many Iranians, President Obama’s Norooz message to Iran seemed to indicate a more conciliatory approach towards the Islamic Republic. In his address, he said he was committed to diplomacy with Iran that “will not be advanced by threats.”  Though many may take this as a hopeful sign that the US rhetoric will tone down in [...]

The clip of my last week’s testimony in favor of HR 480 Judge Sharon “killer” Keller‘s impeachment from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals at the Texas House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence has been posted online.  Our group at the capitol included Scott Cobb, Gloria Rubac, Crystal Wilson, Terri Been (sister of Jeff [...]

The following is Prof. Michael C. Hillmann’s introductory speech to the Ferdowsi Teach-In at Texas titled, “Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh in America Today.”

In this video Bahram Moshiri talks about his visit to the University of Texas campus in Austin for the Ferdowsi Teach-In. I will post his talk on Ferdowsi as soon as I’m done with transfer and editing of it.

Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Time: 3:30pm – 5:00pm Location: Mezes #1.122 Those of us who attended last Thursday’s panel discussion featuring Shirin Ebadi at the LBJ Library Auditorium were disappointed. Both the comments of several panelists (e.g., no mention of any Iranian or American foreign policy makers or experts or researchers or the impending [...]