Here are a couple of videos I made when I was in Iran this year. I had two separate incidents with the Basij and a mullah – neither more than a little unpleasant. But had I been a Iranian woman incorrectly dressed in ‘hijab’ (my thighs were not covered by a baggy men’s shirt), the official […]
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‘The Basij attacked our cars and homes’ – letters from an Iranian protestor
19 Jun 2009: Iran , Letters from an Iranian protesterJune 16 2009 Day 4 of the protests Hi Jess It’s taken two 2 hours to attach a compressed file for you because the internet speed is so slow. I just keep trying and trying until it’s done. Uuuhhh… Stupid Ahmadinejad Government! It is trying to close our access to any kind of media. For […]
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17 Jun 2009: Iran“I WORKED AT EVIN PRISON”: The first interview with an ex-soldier of Iran’s most notorious prison speaks volumes about why Iranians are fighting for Mousavi.
15 Jun 2009: IranThe self-imposed victory by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran’s presidential elections over the weekend means that Iranians face more of the same for another four years. It is little wonder that they have taken to the streets when ‘more of the same’ involves a farcical democracy, a shocking lack of personal freedoms and the frequent violation […]
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Myanmar – shrouded in mystery, misunderstood and isolated for half a century.
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