Keeping the Change: Iran - Its People and Their Power

"In a meeting with representatives of the Human Rights Defenders Centre and National Council of Peace, Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi announced that he is ready for any eventuality .The disputing ...

"In an apparent shift from the Bush administration's efforts to foster regime change in Iran by financing opposition groups, the Obama White House has all but dismantled the Iran Democracy Fund.While the ...

"Iran has convicted an Iranian-American academic for his alleged role in the post-election unrest in the country and sentenced him to more than 12 years in prison.The state IRNA news agency reported the sentencing of Kian Tajbakhsh on Tuesday. ...

"During national election campaigns in any country, politicians are known to make bold declarations and set lofty goals. Very few deliver even on a fraction of those promises. More importantly, when the direction of the political winds change, so do the principles that they supposedly stood for. ...

In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate!With Salaam and greetings!During his occultation or disappearance it is possible to establish contact with His Holiness the Hidden Imam (may God speed his return). ...

Translation courtesy of Enduring America"Explaining the “National Unity” planThis phrase has been used in media in different ways and it is good to separate them from each other. In the meeting ...

"After Jundallah terrorist ring carried out a bloody attack in southeastern Iran, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev expressed readiness to help Iran fight "terrorism"."The fight against the threat of terrorism ...

"Negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group -- the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany -- began on Thursday, October 1. Iran's negotiating team was led by Saeed ...

Radio Free Europe reports (below) that a suicide bomber killed several Revolutionary Guard officials today in the Sistan-Baluchistan province. Attacks against Iranian forces in this part of the country ...

"Ayatollah Hoseinali Montazeri in response to a letter by reformist cleric Mohsen Kadivar announced that building nuclear weapons is “un-Islamic.”Drawing on his authority as an Islamic scholar, ...

A note to readers, this report from state-run Press TV references Bahari's confessions, broadcast on Iranian state television, to giving "false and biased [news] reports". It is widely believed that Bahari's ...

Based upon a piece in ILNA, Mowj Camp reports today that the family of Neda Agha-Soltan will receive financial support from Iran's Martys' Foundation if it accepts that the Republic's enemies are responsible for their daughter's murder. ...

"Ayatollah Khomeini, the founding father of the Islamic Republic, became a hero and the leader of the opposition to the Shah when he criticized the capitulation laws that granted U.S citizens protection from prosecution in Iran. ...

"A notorious judge has been dismissed and his department has been merged into the Revolutionary Court.The departure of Judge Hassan Haddad, deputy prosecutor for security affairs, was announced by Hossein ...