Briefing on the latest developments in Iran: The 99% camp vs the 1%

The reflection of the ongoing events around the world on the politics of Iran is dynamic and fast; events that might be directly related to Iran, such as economical, political, structural crisis of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) as well as economic sanctions, war threats, or indirectly related events such as  revolutions in Middle [...]

Peace in Iran = The overthrow of the Islamic regime by revolution

[last revision] February 20, 2012 The conflict escalation between Western governments and the Islamic republic of Iran(IRI) is unprecedented. People in the West rightly want to do something about it. In order to take the right position, a short analysis of the situation is necessary. Let’s first look at the track record of the two [...]

Which side are you on?

There are two approaches to the political developments in Iran Pro 1% In this approach events are looked at from the perspective of the power struggle of the states; ie which state(s) benefits from what action, that is, the benefit of the 1%. In this approach the questions raised are: Why/What do the IRI(Islamic Republic [...]

Campaign to free Jailed Workers in IRAN

In Iran workers are routinely arrested for going on strike, for building a union or for celebrating May Day. That is what happened to bus workers in Tehran: Over 700 of them were arrested when they went on strike in 2006. Some of their leaders, such as Mansoor Ossanlou, are still in jail, and some have been fired from their jobs. It happened to sugar cane workers

What makes Sakineh free

In my opinion, there is no such a thing as an absolute self-relied phenomena in society. We can claim that the campaign to Save Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani is exclusively about Sakineh's life but then I would ask how come almost "nobody" cared about it last year or nearly 2 years ago when we launched the initial campaign? ("nobody" includes the mass-media). Is Sakineh's case isolated from what has been going on in Iran in the past year and a half? Is stoning a self-relied phenomena, has nothing to do with theocracy, specifically theocracy in Iran? What is so specific about

Reflections on ” A response to Mohammad Mostafaei’s remarks”

AG: My previous writing “A response to Mohammad Mostafaei’s remarks” generated the following responses on Facebook some of which are very insightful, informative and articulate including Mohammad Asangaran’s. Mohammad Asangaran For a more elaborated response click below: آسنگران يادداشت كوتاه زير را تكميل كرد و با جزييات در نوشته اي با اين عنوان منتشر كرد۔ [...]

A response to Mohammad Mostafaei’s remarks

Abbas Goya September 6, 2010 Fact Sheet: Mohammad Mostafaei is NOT Sakineh’s lawyer. Sakineh’s children have dismissed Mostafaei officially. As per Sajjad’s open letter Mostafaei has never directly taken the status of Sakineh’s lawyer but via a female lawyer, and even that lasted for a short time and cost Sakineh’s family a considerable amount of [...]

“Stop Ahmadinejad from entering United Nations” campaign

As an addititional measure in “Stop Ahmadinejad from entering United Nations” campaign, you’re encouraged to send a fax and/or an automated note to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Fax: +1 212-963-7055 All you need to do is to put your name, email and click send w/ the automated objection note @ http://iransolidarity.org.uk/NoANUN Thank you