On what was meant to be a day of anti-American sentiment, anti-government protesters instead took to the streets in Tehran, Iran. Today is the 30th anniversary of the Iranian takeover of the American Embassy in Iran and the beginning of the Islamic revolution that put the Shah of Iran in power in 1979. Demonstrations for [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’
November 4, 2009
Live Post: Large Protest in Tehran
Reports are surfacing from Tehran, Iran that thousands of people are taking to the streets on this 30th anniversary of the storming of the U.S. Embassy. Protests have been occurring since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s reelection in June, with hundreds arrested since then. Dozens have been killed, including Neda Agha-Soltan, who was shot in the chest by [...]
September 23, 2009
Delegations Walk Out on Ahmadinejad Speech
U.S., Canadian, and other state delegations walked out or Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s United Nations speech tonight after he accused Israel of “inhuman policies.” Delegations had threatened a walkout if the President again made comments denying the Holocaust, as he has done as recently as September 18th. Ahmadinejad also said the June elections were fair [...]
September 18, 2009
Iranians Protest Ahmadinejad, Support Palestine on Quds Day
Residents of Tehran and other parts of Iran took to the streets earlier to today to mark Quds Day, a traditional day of rallies held in support of Palestine on the last Friday of Ramadan. People used the occasion to voice their political views, including support for opposition of current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and disapproval [...]
August 28, 2009
DJ AM Found Dead in New York Apartment
Adam Goldstein, aged 36 and known as DJ AM, has been found dead in his New York City apartment. The popular DJ survived a plane crash last year, along with Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, in which all others on board perished. There are reports that he died from a drug overdose, but those reports cannot [...]
August 27, 2009
Iran Dismisses Charge of Foreign Agent Involvement in Protests
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, now says that he does not think foreign agents played any role in fomenting the protests that followed the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June, Guardian.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu wrapped up his 4-day European tour today with a visit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel where he asked [...]
August 16, 2009
Afghanistan Quietly Reintroduces Sharia Law
With Afghanistan’s presidential election coming up on August 20, current President Hamid Karzai is working to build support amongst various Afghan voting blocs. Critics say that is the reasoning behind Karzai’s recent approval of a law that allowsAfghan Shia men to practice sharia law. Some of the provisions of sharia law, which many say [...]
