Tag Iran protests

The repression starts in Iran

Night raids terrorize Iran residents “Witnesses are telling us that the Basijis are trashing entire streets and even neighborhoods as well as individual homes trying to stop the nightly rooftop protest chants,” Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human…

My enemy’s enemy is still my enemy

To badly mix metaphor with a Charlie Daniel lyric, I couldn’t resist chasing this dead horse once more around the parking lot. Because when an “Iran cleric urges severe punishment for rally leaders” I’m guessing that means lots of prison…

Maelstrom

Iranian women upon landing in US: “We’ve seen people being beaten to death” Iran media: 8 Basijis shot dead during protests Driving home from a meeting last night on peaceful streets to our condo in a quiet area, I pondered…