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I am with you.
This will be short and entirely unoriginal. I'm not trying to make the Rec list today. Normally, my motivation to write for Daily Kos is the same as yours: a desire to serve change, promote good, be a...
View ArticleWho really won in Iran?
While Iran has declared Ahmadinejad the Winner, these numbers have been leaked out of Iran showing how the votes really accumulated: (To see chart, click here.)
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Iran's Fear Of A George Soros-Funded "Velvet Revolution"
As the aftermath of the contested Iranian election continues, it's worth remembering that it isn't a military attack by the U.S. or Israel that the Islamic Republic of Iran fears most. It's a...
View ArticleEU sell out Iranian nation
European Union in their rush to please the Islamic regime in Iran accepted Ahmadinejad's election with a watered down concern about alledged electional (typos are from them) irregularities
View ArticleLieberman Calls for 'Solidarity' with Iranians Who Voted to 'Hope for Change'
It's not that I enjoy quoting Joe Lieberman(clown-CT), especially being a CT resident, and If you look back at my diary history - like most of us - I have not been a fan of him for quite some time....
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Early Report Day 3:First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they...
The streets are filled with Green in Tehran, as Mousavi appears before the people that elected him.
View ArticleIran And Twitter ACTION ALERT UPDATEDX2
One of the most amazing stories of our time is the uprising in Iran by moderates. Moderates that simply want to have electoral representation that is fair and accountable. The debate that Ahmadinejad...
View ArticleChronicling the Iran Election Crisis
Update: The contents of this diary have been moved to an independent blog at Green Revolution Chronicle. The diary will no longer update. The purpose of this diary is to collect primary information...
View ArticleIran Liveblog - News Review, Important Links and How You Can Help
With many of the diaries on the Reclist approaching 800+ comments I'm offering this one up to continue the great tradition of liveblogging here at DKos in an attempt to consolidate and help organize...
View ArticleGreen Revolution: Iranians demanding CHANGE
Stories are circulating about the mass distribution of a list stating the movement's "demands" at today's protest in Tehran. If this story is accurate (and here's hoping these incredibly brave young...
View ArticleIran Tonight....
I have been unable to un-glue myself all four days and I dunno how many nights from Twitter. It seems like this is an event that is monumentous in scope for the meaning for polical movements, media...
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Hashemi Rafsanjani And The End Game In Iran
Events in Iran continue to develop at a rapid pace. In a victory for protesters, Iran's top cleric denounced the election results: "No one in their right mind can believe" the official results from...
View ArticleIranian Leadership Soap Opera
Khomeini, Khamenei, Kathami, Montazeri, Rafsanjani, Mousavi, Ahmadinejad,.... mind boggling? Not really. These are the names of some of the gentlemen, together with perhaps another handful....who are...
View ArticleReporter arrested in Iran
A Demotix citizen-journalist has been arrested and had his camera seized in Iran. The contributor, who submitted videos from the streets of Tehran to Demotix, contacted us late last night after being...
View ArticleBaby Steps
Originally published on June 17, 2009 at Yo Mama For Obama Progress, whether economic, political or social, takes time. Real progress is the culmination of minute baby steps, all adding up to real...
View ArticleIranian Special Forces Protect Mousavi Protesters
My apologies for the shortness of the diary but this bit of news seems important enough to post on its own. According to the Nico Pitney live-blog at HuffPost, The Independent correspondent Robert Fisk...
View ArticleMnSC Al Franken Decision due Tomorrow--Coleman's Legal Team off to Tehran
It's expected that the long awaited decision by the Minnesota Supremes will occur tomorrow. As they appear to support the opinion of the "three-judge panel" the decision may be a forgone conclusion....
View ArticleIran In The Midst of Many Sub-Revolutions
We have seen the images online and on television. 500,000 Iranians marching in unison towards one goal, for their voices to be heard and for change in their country. However, as easy as it may appear...
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Early Report Day 6: -Partially Redacted- Protests continue in Iran.
Today I'm bringing you a exclusive interview with ProtesterHelp who was attacked yesterday. First pictures. The protests do not end! The question remains, Where are their votes? "I am not afraid to die...
View ArticleA beginner's guide to Iranian politics
This is mainly meant for my friends, coworkers, and anyone else who feels a little confused about what is happening in Iran. I realize that this is an extremely simplified version of history and...
View ArticleKeeping up with Iran this morning...
Mousavi has called for another mass rally today, called a "Mourning" rally for the now over 30 killed by government soldiers in the ongoing protests over the Iranian elections. And these rallies are...
View ArticleCracks in the System: Iran There and Gay Rights Here
Originally published on June 18, 2009 by Yo Mama For Obama This post will be a continuation of my last one, dealing with the people’s insurgency in Iran and the fight for equal rights here in America.
View ArticleLetter from Iranian Official: "Ahmadinejad Came In 3rd Place"
Can this be the "smoking gun" some were hoping for? A secret letter from Iran's interior minister to Ayatollah Khamenei has recently surfaced that declares Mousavi the frontrunner in the recent Iranian...
View ArticleWEAR GREEN! Show SOLIDARITY with our brothers and sisters in FREEDOM!
It's the least we can do. I understand, "wear X color for Y cause" campaigns are WAY overdone in our society. But come on. Anyone who supports the Iranians marching for freedom while wearing a Red...
View ArticleEarly Report Day 8: The US Congress is full of tools.
Yes I missed day 7, and in a way I'm missing day 8, and 9, and 10 and so forth. Because I'm a student, and I swear if I don't put off staying up late and writing these things im gonna flunk the summer...
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Saxby, Mossadegh, and Mousavi
In case anybody missed this, Chris Matthews asked Saxby Chambliss if it might not be a good idea for the U.S. to be seen as meddling in Iran because the CIA overthrew a government there back in the...
View ArticleYou can't tell the players without a program: Color revolution in Iran -- or...
Usually the Left's POV is pretty cut and dried. We are for healthcare, against Republican hypocrite perverts, for Chavez, against waterboarding, etc. But I STILL don't know who the good guys and...
View ArticleLittle Sister is watching from the rooftops of Tehran.
Embedding of this YouTube video has been “disabled by request” but it still can be viewed via this link: http://www.youtube.com/... Little Sister is speaking to the world in Farsi, and breaking our...
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Iran speeches and statements -- word clouds
I've created some word clouds from http://www.wordle.net/ from speeches given over the past days in the wake of the Iran election, as reported/translated on Andrew Sullivan's blog. I find word clouds...
View ArticleThe Crack Becomes a Crevice
Originally published on June 22, 2009 at Yo Mama For Obama The citizenry of Iran is fighting tooth and nail for what is EVERY human being’s right: freedom. This uprising, based on the essential, most...
View ArticleIran at a crossroad
Mr. Mousavi must either immediately and actively lead the movement to a general strike and a true non-violent civil disobedience with the goal of stopping the economic machine of the Islamic Republic...
View ArticleChange of State: Setting the Tone
Why are some people across the political spectrum criticizing the President's stance and tone when it comes to what is going on in Iran? Why are they insisting, pushing and demanding the President...
View ArticleNew strategy in Iran
Both Andrew Sullivan and Al Giordano are reporting a potential new development in the tactics to be used by the resistance in Iran.
View ArticleThe Revolution Will Be Twitterized
The rebellion in the streets of Iran has taught us that in a world of technology and social networking, oppressive regimes no longer can operate in the dark. The world's reaction to the brutal killing...
View ArticleAccuracy in headlines on events in Iran
A few days ago the Iranian film director Mohsen Makhmalbaf uploaded a video of him giving a message to Mousavi from the Iranian people. The original video is in Persian and an English translation was...
View ArticleMousavi admits Ahmadinejad won the election, and the other big lie on Iran
What, you didn't read that? Well, that's because the headlines read the opposite: "Iranian Details Alleged Fraud." But if you remember, the last we heard from Mousavi, he was claiming he actually won...
View ArticleAn Iranian Pro-Democracy & Solidarity Photo-Video (DC)
Well, here's my first attempt at making a photo-collage & music video ("Stand By Me", the duet by Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora) with photos that I recently took at the rallies in DC i:), which were...
View ArticleNews from Iran-more protests, accounts of torture, abuse of imprisoned...
You know, the place that seems to have fallen off the face of the Earth since Michael Jackson died? Well, there's still news coming out-some of it hopeful, and some of it truly sickening. More below.
View ArticleIran -- Prayers Make History
Iran doesn't seem to making news so much lately, but the Green people of Iran are still fighting. Here is a beautiful piece written by a young Iranian about what's going on there now. Prayers Make...
View ArticleIran: Mousavi Backs Karoubi On Detainee Rape Charges
So Mousavi has written a letter to Karoubi supporting him in his claims that some detainees arrested in Iran for protesting the farcical election outcome have been raped. TEHRAN: Opposition leader Mir...
View ArticleIran Recap (yes, stuff's still going on over there!)
Like many of you, I intensely watched the Iranian protests in June, and cheered on the demonstrators, was shocked to see the photos of Neda and the others who were killed, and hoped-apparently in...
View ArticleGREEN IRAN: Mousavi's Nephew Martyred [UPDATED]
I'll admit it. I've been as bad as the news agencies at ignoring Iran this weekend. I heard that things were afoot, that the protests I'd followed so closely this summer, never really gone, were back...
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The Fall of Khamenei
Ahmadinejad and the Supreme Leader are adding fuel to the fire of a new Iranian revolution. Why we could be on the cusp of significant changes in the Middle East.
View ArticleBrad Sherman wants to hurt Iranians
Amidst the constant political posturing on Iran, most people at least acknowledge that measures should be taken to minimize the impact of sanctions on the Iranian people. People around the world were...
View ArticleEyes on Egypt & Region Liveblog #110
You are in the the 110th Child Diary of the Liveblog of the 2011 Egyptian Uprising and other uprisings spreading throughout the Mideast. We stand with our international friends and their courageous...
View ArticleIran & the Jasmine revolution
I'm glued to PBS's Tehran bureau, al Jazeera and whyweprotest.net these days, waiting to see if the heady scent of jasmine-laced freedom is strong enough to bring the bloody, inhumane rule of...
View ArticleIran Election = Florida 2000?
As I write, a diary on the rec list has Mousavi winning in Iran today. But wait! It's been deleted. That's how strange things are.Josh Marshall notes that the Iranian state media have called the...
View ArticleGOP's Catch-22 on Iran and Obama
One thing that I learned fairly quickly the election of 2008 is that the Republicans and GOP have mastered the art of the Catch-22. Don't get me wrong, Obama hasn't done too bad in doing the same...
View Article[169] Mousavi is hardly an angel
I hate to go against the flow here on Kos, there were probably some irregularities in the vote, and yes the result is not as we would have liked.However how much fraud went on is debatable and how the...
View ArticleIran's most consequential election in a generation is tomorrow.
Iran will elect a new Parliament along with the fifth “Assembly of Experts” on Friday, February 25.The Parliamentary elections occur every four years, and 290 representatives are elected. Five seats...
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