Good Will in Iran Jul 4, 2009
"His group also visited the town of Abyaneh, founded in 900 A.D. and Shiraz, home of the famous wine-making grapes. In Qom, the religious center of Iran, they spoke with an ayatollah, a name given to respected leaders among Shiite Muslims."He seemed very smart, very hospitable and let us pepper him with questions," Boland said.Despite the predominance of government and religious rules, Boland said he did see small signs of rebellion, like women dressed from head to toe in black sporting bright... (Helena Independent Record)
Iran views: Anger remains Jul 2, 2009
SISYPHUS, 26, STUDENT, SHIRAZ, via email. It is really difficult to predict what will happen next, but one thing is for sure, the government will never give in to people's demands. (BBC News -- Europe)
The reality in Iran Jul 1, 2009
Prior to 1979 there was an active embassy and trade office in Tehran and consulates (branch offices of the embassy) in three other Iranian cities, Isfahan, Shiraz and Tabriz. Now, what is going on in Iran, according to me. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
'When they want to hit me, I say hit' Jun 25, 2009
At Shiraz University, riot police clubbed women dressed in black robes. "Don't beat them, you bastards," one man yells. (CNN -- World)
Iran views: 'Police everywhere' Jun 24, 2009
Mehrdust, 25, Shiraz, via e-mail ... Amateur video footage taken in Shiraz in recent days ... There's been no sign of demonstrations in Shiraz since Saturday. (BBC News -- Africa)
Photo gallery Jun 24, 2009
Another showed that the unrest had spread beyond the capital -- police clad in riot gear dispersing a crowd at a university in the southern city of Shiraz, beating screaming women with their batons. Witnesses in Tehran said crowd members were chanting "Death to Khamenei!" and "I will kill whoever killed my brother!" The latter phrase dates to Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution that brought Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to power. (CNN -- International)
Evolution of a new Iranian revolution Jun 23, 2009
So the angry energy unleashed last week from the northern Caspian coast to southern Shiraz is the natural sequel, spurred on by 21st-century technology and the Internet. Each of the first three phases left indelible imprints on Iranian politics. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
Viewpoints: What next for Iran? Jun 23, 2009
Demonstrations also took place in a number of other towns, such as Shiraz, Esfahan, Tabriz and Yazd, but many other major towns, such as Mashhad, have been relatively quiet. However, unless the opposition manages to spread the demonstrations to other parts of Tehran and other cities around the country, or nationwide strikes are organised, for example by oil workers and the Bazari (merchant class), it would be difficult to imagine that the demonstrators could continue their protests indefinitely. (BBC News -- Africa)
Police battle Tehran protesters Jun 22, 2009
Amateur video showed clashes erupting in the southern city of Shiraz and witnesses reported street violence in Isfahan, south of Tehran. Other footage posted in the hours after the crackdown showed blood pouring from a young woman s nose and mouth as frantic people tried to help her. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Violent Clashes in Iran Jun 22, 2009
Outside Tehran, there were rumors of unrest in Shiraz, Esfahan, and Tabriz. Iranian exiles gathered in Paris called for an end to Iran's theocratic dictatorship, and about a thousand people turned out at a rally in , as well. (Slate)
Polka-dot jilaabah not a hit in Tehran Jun 22, 2009
Jean wore her brown manteau, and I wore mine in black, every day of our three-week journey, as we traveled from Tehran to the Caspian Sea, over the Elborz Mountains, through high-plateau desert, with stops at such fabled cities as Isfahan and Shiraz. What one wears under a manteau is no one's business, making it easier for women bound for Iran to pack a suitcase than it is for men who can wear whatever they please (but with that whatever always in view). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Mousavi: The Man of the Hour Jun 21, 2009
Ahmadinejad has assured observers that "Iran is the most stable nation in the world." But on the streets of Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, and other Iranian cities, a broad alliance of Iranians are literally shouting from the rooftops that they will not accept the risible vote tallies announced by the government -- a two-to-one landslide for Ahmadinejad. "Death to the Dictator" is on many lips. (Townhall.com)
Tense Tehran waits for next move Jun 21, 2009
Amateur video suggested clashes also erupted on Saturday in the southern city of Shiraz and violence was also reported in Isfahan, south of Tehran, AP news agency reported. State TV reported that a suicide bomber had struck at a shrine of revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, but there was no independent confirmation of this. (BBC News -- Africa)
Clashes In Tehran As Protestors Defy Ban Jun 21, 2009
Amateur video showed clashes erupting in the southern city of Shiraz and witnesses reported street violence in Isfahan, south of Tehran. "I think the regime has taken an enormous risk in confronting this situation in the manner that they have," said Mehrdad Khonsari, a consultant to the London-based Center for Arab and Iranian Studies. (CBS News)
Khamenei backs Iranian election result Jun 20, 2009
At least 15 people died in the protests, seven in attacks on university dormitories in Tehran and Shiraz, south of the capital, and eight in an Azadi Square march on June 15 when security forces fired on protesters, the BBC's Persian service reported. Iranian state-run Press TV said on Thursday Mr Mousavi addressed the protesters, calling for calm and restraint. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
News of Iran, edited in Newton Jun 20, 2009
But Tehran Bureau s reports from areas outside the capital, including Shiraz and Isfahan, suggested that opposition to Ahmadinejad was also considerable in smaller cities and rural areas. The site s output has been uneven in recent days. (Boston Globe)
Western rights group calls on Iran to end crackdown Jun 20, 2009
"There have ... been reports of violent attacks by security forces on demonstrators and students in the provincial towns of Shiraz, Isfahan, Tabriz, Bandar Abbas, and Mashhad," Human Rights Watch said. Copyright. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Living in Iran: Your views Jun 20, 2009
SISYPHUS, 26, STUDENT,SHIRAZ. I live in Shiraz and it is not like Tehran where there is almost always a protest. (BBC News -- Africa)
Iran Tries To Arrest Its Way Out Jun 19, 2009
There are also reports that two other students were killed during a similar raid in the southern city of Shiraz. Iran's Interior Ministry ordered an into Sunday's attack. (Slate)
NYT: Updates on Irans disputed election Jun 19, 2009
The BBC Persian Web site also received this of the peaceful protest on Thursday at the Shah-e-Cheragh shrine in Shiraz. This is the same protest shown in the photographs that were uploaded to TwitPic we posted earlier today. (MSNBC -- International)
SHOWDOWN AT PRAYER CALL Jun 19, 2009
Tehran was a sea of black yesterday as hundreds of thousands of demonstrators, clad in the color of mourning, marched to pay tribute to 11 anti-regime protesters killed by security forces this week -- eight in Tehran, two in Shiraz and one in Tabriz. Similar marches were held simultaneously in most major cities across the nation -- with some, such as those in Tabriz and Shiraz, attracting record crowds. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Key arrests in crackdown Jun 19, 2009
It says there have been reports of people arrested in provincial cities such as Zahedan, Tabriz, Mashhad, Babol and Shiraz. The New York-based International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran says at least 200 people have been arrested across Iran. (BBC News -- Africa)
Search site aims to rival Google Jun 19, 2009
Protests in Shiraz, Iran. Cohen's Bruno film premieres. (Yahoo News -- Internet and WWW)
Mousavi Joins Iran's Grieving Protesters Jun 19, 2009
"Across the country, I hear that people are unhappy, [in] big cities, small cities, towns and villages. I hear the violence is much more in smaller cities than in big cities because the media is showing what is happening in Tehran but not what is happening in Shiraz or Isfahan," he said. He said he was determined to keep protesting, adding, "if we go on this way, I think and I feel, a change might happen.". (ABC News)
Latest eyewitness reports Jun 18, 2009
" Overnight, university dormitories in several Iranian cities were reportedly raided. A computer engineering student sent an email to the BBC News website describing the raid at Shiraz university. "We were at the library preparing to start a protest. There were about 100 of us. (BBC News -- Africa)
Rights Groups: Reformists Seized in Iran Crackdown Jun 18, 2009
In the southern city of Shiraz, tear gas was used in a university library where security forces beat students and detained about 100 people, the group said. And in the northern town of Babol, armed paramilitaries and plain-clothed officials surrounded Babol University and targeted students in dormitories, witnesses told Amnesty. (Fox News)
Iran accuses U.S. of meddling after disputed vote Jun 18, 2009
One such image, purportedly from the southern city of Shiraz, showed crowds walking in the street around a burning motorcycle that some say belonged to pro-government militia members who attacked protesters. Mousavi and reformist former President Mohammad Khatamiwrote a letter to the State Security Council, the country's highest authority on internal security, to complain about attacks on protesters by plainclothes "basiji," a paramilitary force under the Revolutionary Guard. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Iran Protests: Twitter, the Medium of the Movement Jun 18, 2009
we hear 1dead in shiraz, livefire used in other cities RT. As is so often the case in the media world, Twitter's strengths are also its weaknesses. (Time.com)
Iran blames US as poll crisis deepens Jun 18, 2009
BBC's Farsi-language news site reported Wednesday that protests also occurred in Shiraz, Tabriz and Mashad, though no serious violence was reported in those cities. A crackdown on dissent continued, with more arrests of opposition figures reported, and the country's most powerful military force _ the Revolutionary Guard _ saying that Iranian Web sites and bloggers must remove materials that ``create tension'' or face legal action. (India Times, India)
Iranian opposition grows broader Jun 18, 2009
Rallies attracting thousands have popped up across the country including the central historic city of Isfahan, the conservative northeastern city of Mashhad and Shiraz in the south. It is not just the election many people in the streets are angry about. (Boston Globe)
Rallying cry in the face of arrests and violence Jun 18, 2009
As well, protesters have uploaded videos to YouTube that purport to show unauthorised demonstrations in Isfahan, Shiraz, Tabriz and other cities. LA Times, Guardian and agencies. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Ayatollahs combine concessions with warnings Jun 18, 2009
At the same time the government TV station admitted that there had been mass protests, not just in Tehran but also in the big cities of Shiraz and Isfahan. A news presenter reported on clashes between demonstrators and security forces in the northern province of Kurdistan. (Salon)
Iranians defy media restrictions Jun 17, 2009
Fahimeh emailed BBC Persian TV from Shiraz, dismissing such warnings as random scare tactics. The words she described finding on her answerphone: "We know you went to the rally on Monday, if you repeat that again, we will deal with you" match those described in an email by Parinaz. (BBC News -- Americas)
Iran Elections Jun 17, 2009
Mousavi's Web site reports that a protestor has been killed in Shiraz, while the BBC is reporting instances of live fire being used by police in provincial cities. 1. (ABC News)
Key cleric denounces Iran's presidential election Jun 17, 2009
In a voice mail to U.S. government-funded Radio Farda, and posted on the Web site of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a woman who identified herself as Zeinab from the city of Shiraz said students gathered in front of university dormitories and protested peacefully. Montazeri's pointed public comments provided fresh evidence that a serious rift has opened at the top of Iran's powerful religious hierarchy after Khamenei endorsed the official election results and the harsh crackdown against the... (AZCentral -- News)
Iran's Twittering Youth Organize Protests That May Outlast Ahmadinejad Jun 17, 2009
Those forces used live ammunition against demonstrators in Tehran, Tabriz, Mashad and Rasht, according to the New York-based Plastic bullets were used against crowds on university campuses in Tehran, Isfahan and Shiraz, where at least one protester was killed, it said. I think the situation is very similar to China in 1989, , the groups coordinator, said by phone. (Bloomberg -- UK)
the Boston Globe Jun 17, 2009
Iran's Disputed Election - The Big Picture - Boston. (Use j/k keys to navigate). (Harper's Magazine)
Huge protest over election results in Iran Jun 17, 2009
Police clashed with pro-Mousavi demonstrators in Esfahan and Mashhad, and authorities fired in the air to disperse protesters in Shiraz, the Associated Press reported. This article appeared on page A - 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Supreme Leader orders inquiry into fraud claim Jun 16, 2009
Outside the capital, clashes between demonstrators and security forces were also reported in Mashad, Tabriz and Shiraz. Guardian News & Media and agencies. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Iranian Protests Become 'Twitter Revolution' Jun 16, 2009
"My wife spoke with relatives in Shiraz: 'They can't arrest 65 million people' was the comment," wrote American ".". User "," a California lawyer, seemed to be spending most of his morning reposting tweets from Iran. (Fox News)
Seven killed during Iran protest Jun 16, 2009
One of Mr Mousavi's websites said a student had died on Monday in clashes with hardliners in the southern city of Shiraz. Foreign concern. (BBC News)
Iran Supreme Leader Orders Probe of Vote Fraud (1:15 p.m.) Jun 16, 2009
One of Mousavi's Web sites said a student protester was killed early Monday in clashes with plainclothes hard-liners in Shiraz, southern Iran. But there was no independent confirmation of the report. (WTVR.com, VA)
Obama 'troubled' by Iran violence Jun 16, 2009
Page last updated at 08:08 GMT, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 09:08 UK. Iran to hold election recount. (BBC News -- Americas)
AP: Iran Vote Extended With Massive Turnout, Challenger's Office Attacked Jun 16, 2009
In the southern city of Shiraz, people waited for hours with temperatures nudging 100 degrees (37 C). About 500 people stood in line to vote at the Shahchragh shrine, the burial site of a Shiite saint. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Iran rally defies ban; 1 protester dead Jun 16, 2009
One of Mousavi's websites said a student protester was killed early Monday in clashes with plainclothes hard-liners in Shiraz in southern Iran ... Police in Shiraz fired in the air to disperse several pro-Mousavi gatherings. (USA Today)
Bypassing Iran's firewalls Jun 16, 2009
Ahmed is an unemployed graduate in Shiraz who has joined a pro-Mousavi rally every day since the results came out ... Ali, also from Shiraz, emailed the BBC Have Your Say to describe his experiences at Monday's rally in his city ... Ladan got in touch with BBC Persian TV: "My sister and her friends went to the famous Molla Sadra Street in Shiraz. There were lots of guards and police on motorcycles attacking people.". (BBC News -- Africa)
Poetic justice of a green revolution Jun 16, 2009
Blue states - where the big urban centers are Tehran, Shiraz, Tabriz and Isfahan, go green, Mousavi's color. Those boycotting the election go blue. (Asia Times Online)
State radio: 7 killed in Tehran clashes Jun 16, 2009
One of Mousavi's Web sites said a student protester was killed early Monday in clashes with plainclothes hard-liners in Shiraz in southern Iran but there was no independent confirmation of the report. 1. (Albany Times Union)
At least seven killed in Iran protests Jun 16, 2009
Police in Shiraz fired in the air to disperse several pro-Mousavi gatherings. Fars Province Police Gen. Ali Moayeri said officers had been "authorized to shoot. From now on we will respond harshly.". (MSNBC -- International)
Iran Blames US, Israel for Deadly Mosque Bombing May 30, 2009
Iran blamed a similar bombing of a Shiite mosque in the country's southwest in April 2008 on three men it said had ties to the U.S. The bombing in the city of Shiraz, located some 550 miles (885 kilometers) south of Tehran, killed 14 people. Last month, Iran hanged the men, who the court said were members of a little known monarchist group that wants to overthrow the country's ruling Islamic establishment. (Newsmax)
Iran hangs three over deadly mosque bombing - report May 30, 2009
A blast in a mosque in the southern city of Shiraz killed 14 people in April last year but the country has otherwise been relatively peaceful. Iran has in the past accused the United States of supporting Sunni rebels operating on its border with Pakistan. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Iran mosque blast kills 19 May 29, 2009
In April 2008, the bombing of a packed mosque in the southern city of Shiraz during evening prayers left 14 people dead. The strike in Shiraz was the first in decades in Iran's Persian heartland. (iAfrica.com)
Explosion in mosque kills 15, wounds 80 in southeast Iran May 29, 2009
Iran hanged three men last month for their involvement in a bombing inside a Shi'ite mosque in April 2008 that killed 14 people in the southern city of Shiraz. Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Explosion in Iranian Mosque Kills 15 May 29, 2009
Iran hanged three men last month for their involvement in a bombing inside a packed Shiite mosque in April 2008 that killed 14 people in the southern city of Shiraz, about 550 miles south of Tehran. The blast went off as the mosque's cleric was delivering a weekly speech denouncing the Bahai faith and Wahabiism an austere brand of Sunni Islam practiced mostly in Saudi Arabia, according to local news reports. (Fox News)
At least 19 killed, 80 wounded in Iran mosque blast May 29, 2009
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Iran arrests 104 at 'Satanist' party May 27, 2009
Iran has arrested more than 100 "Satan-worshippers" in a raid on a concert in the southern city of Shiraz where people were drinking alcohol and "sucking blood", a newspaper reports. "One hundred and four members of a Satan-worshipping group were arrested at a party and immoral concert in Shiraz (on Sunday)," local Revolutionary Guards chief Abbas Hamidi was quoted as saying by Jam-e Jam newspaper on Wednesday ... "The session was held in a garden outside Shiraz and the Satanist ceremony was... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
* World News Quick Take May 24, 2009
A woman and three men have been hanged in the southern city of Shiraz, a newspaper reported yesterday. The woman, identified only by her first name Afsaneh, was executed on Wednesday for killing her husband with the help of her lover, the Etemad newspaper said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Iranian opposition pans Ahmadinejad over death May 4, 2009
A posting on that site said a bus carrying students from the southern town of Fasa was involved in a road accident that killed one student and wounded several others during a 200km journey to the city of Shiraz for the presidents appearance at a stadium ... The parliamentary Web site quoted Ali Akbar Moqassemi, a local Education Ministry official, as saying that the students were not forced to go to Shiraz. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Iran Hangs 3 for Involvement in Mosque Bombing Apr 11, 2009
The three, who were not identified, were hanged in Abdel Abad prison in the southern city of Shiraz near where the attack occurred, the agency said ... The mosque that was bombed is part of the Rahpouyan-e-Vesal cultural center in Shiraz, about 550 miles (885 kilometers) south of Iran's capital, Tehran ... Bombings are unusual in Shiraz, where tourists come to see the ruins of nearby Persepolis, an ancient Persian kingdom that was a center for ceremonies and worship. (Fox News)
Another round of Ahmadineboom Mar 19, 2009
Mohammad Ali Abtahi, a close adviser to Khatami, although extolling his decision "from a moral point of view" (considering the other two reformists would not back down), recalls one of Khatami's first, triumphal campaign rallies, in Shiraz, to stress how he was the only real winner among reformists. It will be very, very hard for Mousavi and Karoubi to captivate all the reformist masses, as they lack Khatami's unequivocal appeal, especially to women and the youth. (Asia Times Online)
Roger Cohen: What Iran's Jews say Feb 23, 2009
The trumped-up charges of spying for Israel against a group of Shiraz Jews in 1999 showed the regime at its worst. Jews elect one representative to Parliament, but can vote for a Muslim if they prefer. (International Herald Tribune)
Will Obama say 'we're sorry'? Feb 13, 2009
When Khomeini died, Shayegan identified him and the shah as the two juxtaposed Irans: imperial Iran and the painful Iran of the blood of the martyr, "a juxtaposition that symbolizes an unreal dream: as the 12th century mystical poet Ruzbehan from Shiraz would say, this 'dementia of the inaccessible'.". The good news is that from Obama's point of view, the "inaccessible" can become more than accessible with just a simple "we're sorry". (Asia Times Online)
