 RFE/RL Iran Report 23.06.2009 A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Iran.For more stories on Iran, please visit and bookmark our Iran page . |
| Where Is Your Honor? E-mails and voicemails sent to RFE/RL's Radio Farda on June 23. More Radio Farda voicemails and comments to Facebook from June 23. More  Jamming Foreign Access Authoritarian governments often to try to block public access to uncensored news during a crisis. But Tehran has gone a big step further -- jamming international satellite frequencies that normally carry Western government-sponsored newscasts in Persian. More  Iran Cancels Visit By Armenian Delegation A visit to Iran by an Armenian parliamentary delegation scheduled for last weekend was abruptly canceled by the Iranian side on June 20, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports, citing parliament spokesman Nairi Petrosian. More  What Iranian Media Are Saying From Tehran-based reformist newspaper "Etemad-e-Melli," owned by 2009 presidential candidate Mehdi Karrubi More  Influential Iranian Cleric Asks 'Why Shoot The People?' More Radio Farda listeners contribute voicemails on June 23. More  The British In Iran: Useful Villains With "students" reportedly planning a demonstration today outside the British Embassy today, there are distinct echoes of the 1979 U.S. Embassy siege. More E-mails and voicemails submitted in Persian to RFE/RL's Radio Farda on June 22. More People are leaving the headlights of their cars on. More  Women Take Matters Into Their Own Hands The tragic image of "Neda," bleeding on a Tehran street, has underscored the widespread participation of women in protests against Iran's disputed presidential vote. From street demonstrators to politicians' wives, Iranian women are being heard. More  Hashemi Rafsanjani Behind The Scenes? Rumors are rife that influential Iranian ex-President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is working hard behind the scenes to help resolve Iran's postelection crisis, possibly with an eye to a radical long-term solution. More A graphic video ostensibly shot on the streets of central Tehran during the postelection protests has quickly become an Internet symbol of the protesters' struggle against what they say was a rigged presidential vote on June 12. More Inspired by the tragic video of Neda, a young Iranian woman apparently killed during protests on the streets of Tehran, a Canadian singer and songwriter named Johnny Maudlin has written a song called "Neda (You Will Not Defeat The People)." More  June 20 Voicemails To Radio Farda Listeners phone in despite the official clampdown on telephones, Internet, and independent media. More  New Yorkers Express Solidarity With Iran Protesters Close to the UN headquarters in Manhattan, visibly distressed young Iranian women wearing black headscarves are chanting in Persian with a like-minded crowd. More  Tehran Diary: Dogs Of War "We were in my car speeding away from the war zone: cars, buses, trash cans, and motorbikes were on fire, stones flying through the sky. Tear gas canisters left white trails in the sky; we could hear the sound of gunshots. More Ely's Tehran Diary: Dogs Of War "We were in my car speeding away from the war zone: cars, buses, trash cans, and motorbikes were on fire, stones flying through the sky. Tear gas canisters left white trails in the sky; we could hear the sound of gunshots." More Footage From Tehran More  Khamenei On Crash Course For the past couple of months, we thought some kind of spring was coming to our beloved Iran. We deserved it, we thought, finally, after so many years. But after Khamenei's speech, it seems we are not in June or May, but still somewhere in December. More |
