Ali - Instablogs
Nov 5 2009
Mohsen Mirdamadi had been applauded as a hero by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini for helping to lead the takeover of the United States Embassy in Iran 30 years ago Wednesday.
Oct 27 2009
On Sunday, officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspected for the first time a controversial uranium-enrichment facility under construction near Qum, Iran, after the hitherto-secret site’s existence was disclosed last...
Oct 10 2009
Iran has sentenced an accused member of an exiled opposition group to death, Amnesty International said Friday in an appeal for Tehran to rescind the ruling. Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani was the first person to be sentenced to death in connection with the...
Oct 6 2009
On Thursday, F.B.I. agents descended on a house in Jackson Heights, Queens, and spent 16 hours searching it. The most likely reason for the raid: a man who lived there had helped coordinate communications among protesters at the Group of 20 summit in...
Sep 3 2009
he Arab European League (AEL) is being prosecuted for insulting Jews by publishing a cartoon suggesting they invented the Holocaust, the Dutch public prosecution office said on Wednesday. The office said it told the AEL, a lobby group for Muslim and...
Jun 30 2009
Iran’s top electoral body, the Guardian Council, has confirmed the victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the presidential election after a partial recount. News of the decision, which comes after a series of protests by the opposition against what it...
Jun 29 2009
Last year, while in Iran producing a documentary for public television, I observed freedom-loving people patiently making do under a repressive regime. It was clear that the people of Iran could ultimately win their freedom, but only if the struggle...
Jun 25 2009
Most reasonable people believe that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s reelection was a fraud, and that the leaders of Iran have lost any right they had left to rule. But there are still many people in America and Europe who do not entirely grasp how...
Oct 18 2008
The meat had been cooked, the sandwich almost assembled and assorted Guinness Book of Records dignitaries were patiently waiting by to give it their official stamp of approval.
Mar 4 2008
The U.N. Security Council ratcheted up sanctions on Iran on Monday for refusing to suspend nuclear enrichment and other sensitive activities, but Tehran dismissed the decision as illegal. There were 14 votes in favor, none against and one country,...