Middle East

‘Our struggles and freedoms connected’ More than seventy figures in the Syrian opposition have expressed their support for the anti-government demonstrations in Iran on 14 ……Read More

‘Arab Iranians part of Green Movement’ says Arab activist Ardeshir Amir-Arjomand, a top advisor to opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, has condemned the violent clampdowns ……Read More

‘Allow peaceful demonstrations,’ Amnesty urges Iran Users in Iran are finding it increasingly difficult to access the internet in the lead-up to pro-opposition demonstrations on ……Read More

Akbar Amini, the protester who climbed atop a crane during opposition demonstrations a year ago, was detained after being interviewed by opposition media in recent ……Read More

Recently, James R. Clapper, Director of National Intelligence released an "Unclassified Statement for the Record on the Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community for ……Read More

Two very smart friends — Josh Landis and Nadim Shehadi — had interesting things to say in the comment section of the last post. I ……Read More