Here is a youtube clip of pictures of Khamenei and Khatami being set alight during Charshanbeh Suri in Iran.
Iran: Workers and families march on 13th day of strike
Haft-Tapeh Sugar Cane Workers’ Strike Shush, Iran – May 17, 2008 Thousands of Haft Tapeh sugar cane workers marched today through the town of Shush…
We demand the release of jailed workers and dropping of the cases against five Haft-Tapeh sugar cane workers
JOINT STATEMENT of the Free Union of Iranian Workers, Trade Association of Kermanshah Electrical and Metalworkers, Shahoo workers… We demand the release of jailed workers…
Disturbing tactics to break jailed workers in Iran
Javanmir Moradi and Taha Azadi continue to be detained by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry following their arrest on 1st May for taking part in this year’s…
Honour killings & honour oppression
Today I will be attending a conference organised by the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation on ‘honour’ related crime, violence and oppression at the…
Finally – the blasphemy law is dead and buried
The House of Commons voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to support the abolition of the common law offences of blasphemy and blasphemous libel. This was the…
Iran: fears grow over continued detention of May Day activists
9 May 2008 There are growing concerns over the continued detention of three activists arrested in connection with this year’s May Day events in Iran.…
On Fitna, the Movie
Fariborz Pooya interview with Maryam Namazie and Bahram Soroush on Secular TV Fariborz Pooya: Fitna, a 17-minute movie by Dutch politician Geert Wilders, shows passages…
For Du’a
I have struggled hard to find the words to commemorate sweet 17 year old Du’a. And still I cannot find any words to do her…
Q&A at conference commemorating Du’a
To see my response at the conference commemorating Du’a on whether men are to blame for women’s rights violations, exaggerating the extent of Islam’s role,…