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)
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)
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)
Search site aims to rival Google Jun 19, 2009
Protests in Shiraz, Iran. Cohen's Bruno film premieres. (Yahoo News -- Internet and WWW)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 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)
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)
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 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)
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)
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)
At least 19 killed, 80 wounded in Iran mosque blast May 29, 2009
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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)
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)
New project is bringing Vivier to the world Mar 15, 2008
The composer's travels through Asia had a huge influence on his work: One of the pieces in the Psappha concert is Shiraz, a piano composition from 1977, that Vivier wrote after visiting Iran. His time in Bali and Japan informed his works and the instruments used in them. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Iran hard-liners winning vote Mar 15, 2008
In Tabriz in the northwest, Shiraz in the south and Sabzavar in the northeast, residents said the turnout appeared around the same or less than in 2004 elections, when hard-liners captured the parliament. But in the afternoon, state television said turnout among the estimated 44 million eligible voters was higher than that the 51 percent officially reported in 2004. (MSNBC -- International)
Iranian nights Feb 22, 2008
Next up is Shiraz, known both for its universities and its grapes, where you can visit a traditional teahouse, the Bagh-e Eram gardens, and, yes, more mosques. The group will make a guided side trip to Persepolis, the ancient Persian capital, and check out the rock-cut tombs at Naqsh-e Rustam, the burial site of Darius the Great, who ruled in the 6th century B.C.. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Welcome to the desert Feb 8, 2008
Yet for a city renowned for its religious conservatism, Yazd is far more tolerant and open-minded than cities more accustomed to tourists such as Isfahan and Shiraz. This may be because Yazd is also the birthplace of the Zoroastrian religion. (CNN -- International)
News in brief Jan 30, 2008
Fifty-one others were given suspended sentences of up to a year for similar offences in the southern city of Shiraz, Iran's judiciary department said yesterday. The sentences will renew concern among human rights groups, which say Iran systematically persecutes its 300,000-strong Baha'i community. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Iran jails Bahai 'propagandists' Jan 30, 2008
They were convicted for propaganda against the system in the southern city of Shiraz, a judiciary spokesman said, without giving details ... The authorities said they were proselytising in the southern city of Shiraz under the cover of helping the poor. (BBC News -- Africa)
The state of the (Iraqi) union Jan 30, 2008
But in Baghdad, now virtually a Shi'ite city like Shiraz, Salafi-jihadi suicide bombers continue to attack Shi'ite markets or funerals - especially in mixed neighborhoods, even those only across the Tigris from the Green Zone. Sectarian militias - although theoretical allies of the occupation, paid in US dollars in cash - continue to pursue their own ethnic cleansing agenda. (Asia Times Online)
Hour-by-hour forecast Jan 3, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 01/03/08 07:15:48 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 55% Visability: 10 miles (16 km). (Florida Today)
Sneak peek at a desert Armageddon Jan 3, 2008
Even under a limited counterforce scenario where not more than 10 Iranian cities are attacked (Tabriz, Qazvin, Tehran, Esfahan, Shiraz, Yazd, Kerman. Qom, Ahwaz, Kermanshah), though Israel has the ability to attack all major Iranian cities, the casualties range from 16 to 28 million. (Asia Times Online)
Iran: Protests Lend Momentum To Students' Struggle Dec 10, 2007
Similar protests spread the next day to the cities of Hamadan, Isfahan, Mazandaran, Shiraz, and Kerman, where students reportedly openly criticized Iran s disputed nuclear program. "Since the academic year began in October, the students movements and activities have not stopped," Iraj Jamsheedi, an independent journalist, told RFE/RL from Tehran. (EurasiaNet.org)
Disillusionment and anger Dec 8, 2007
A holy of holies in an ultra-conservative country, it is out of bounds to western tourists who catch only a blur of blue tiles from their coaches as they are escorted down the motorway to the archaeological sites of Esfahan, Persepolis and Shiraz. As the sun burns red, dozens of cranes and earthmovers move along the horizon. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Alireza Jafarzadeh: Iranian Deception: IAEA's Nuclear... Nov 21, 2007
They included Sharif University of Technology, Amir Kabir, Tehran, Beheshti, Shiraz, and Science and Industry universities which were all used by the IRGC. As I revealed in The Iran Threat: President Ahmadinejad and the Coming Nuclear Crisis (Palgrave: 2007), in mid-1980s, Maj. Gen. Mohsen Rezai, at the time in command of the IRGC, had approached a number of expert scholars, asking them to help the regime get the bomb, which it needed, as it does now, to dominate the region. (Fox News)
Iran's former nuclear negotiator charged with 'spying for Britain' Nov 16, 2007
Sharper business thinking from our award-winning team. Navigation - link to other main sections from here. (Yahoo News -- Iran)
Alireza Jafarzadeh: Tehran's Nuclear Ally Nov 14, 2007
By 1987, the IRGC had set up research and development centers at various universities throughout Iran, including at Tehran and Shiraz Universities as well as Sharif University of Technology. In 1987, the IRGC hired 14 Sharif graduates. (Fox News)
Iranian women tackle rugby Oct 27, 2007
Other women's rugby teams in the country are from Golestan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Semnan, North Khorasan, Shiraz and Isfahan. Source: Agencies. (Aljazeera.Net)
Iranian women tackle rugby in Islamic republic... Oct 26, 2007
Other teams in the country are from Golestan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Semnan, North Khorasan, Shiraz and Isfahan. Copyright AFP 2007, AFP stories and photos shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. (The Drudge Report)
Iran hangs 12 for rape and murder Oct 19, 2007
Three men were hanged for rape in the city of Shiraz ... The three men in Shiraz were hanged at the scene of their crime. (BBC News -- Africa)
Iran hangs three men in public for rape Oct 17, 2007
The convicted men were put to death at the site of their crime in the southern city of Shiraz, the Fars News Agency said, without giving details on the location. "These three criminals were charged with kidnapping, disturbing public security, rape and molestation," it quoted Shiraz Public Prosecutor Jaber Baneshi as saying ... "Disguised as taxi drivers, they kidnapped two women and molested them after taking them to gardens near Shiraz," he said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Iran dam sparks protest over ancient tomb Oct 3, 2007
The 2,500-year-old tomb of Cyrus the Great, a revered king of the Persian Empire, is seen at Pasargadae outside Shiraz, south of Tehran ... They say the project may increase humidity in the arid area near the city of Shiraz, which they believe could damage the limestone mausoleum ... Ringed by bare and tawny hills, Pasargadae is one of Iran's eight world heritage sites, though it is not as well preserved or famous abroad as Persepolis, erected by Cyrus' successors closer to present-day Shiraz. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Abolfath Ardalan; engineer fled Iran Sep 24, 2007
Based in Shiraz, the company became an acclaimed research, technology, and manufacturing center with an emphasis on developing advanced weapon systems for the military. The company had working agreements with many high-tech US firms, and Dr. Ardalan founded an English-language school in Shiraz for the company's 3,000 employees, many of whom were American or European. (Boston Globe)
Harvard scholar gets leader's OK to be buried in Iran Sep 14, 2007
His affection for Iran and its people grew during his scholarly pursuits, and he wants to be buried near Arthur Pope, his mentor and predecessor as director of the Asia Institute in Shiraz. Frye said he made similar requests to Ahmadinejad's predecessors. (Boston Globe)
Iran Hangs 21 People in One Day Sep 6, 2007
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