Middle East

‘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

Iranian authorities are resorting to scare tactics to intimidate the daughters of Mir Hossein Mousavi, a leader in Iran’s opposition Green Movement. On Thursday, Kaleme, a ……Read More

‘House arrest inhumane and illegal’ The continued house arrest of Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi, the leaders of the Green Movement, violate the provisions ……Read More