Category: Iran

According to Khurshid Alam, a natural disaster and climate change expert, packing an earthquake bag would be a “big asset.”

I made this music video clip with the help of my whizz-bang editor friend Karen Rodriguez and a generous musical donation from Tiny Spark. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA0BPct_yEE]

  Here is a link to my photos on Demotix of the protest at the Iranian embassy in London on July 25 2009. http://www.demotix.com/news/global-protests-iran

It was midnight in Tehran when a sexy young Swede named Viktor knocked on my door and invited me to the world’s third highest ski resort. I said ‘alrighty’ and went back to bed.

  Iranian Photography Now is edited by Rose Issa,  an independent curator and producer of contemporary visual arts and film from the Middle East and North Africa, and the Director of Beyond Art Productions.  I met with her to discuss her latest project.  The luminous hardback contains the works of 36 photographers, some very well known, such as Amirali […]

Hi Jess When Mousavi was the Prime Minister during the Iran-Iraq War, Khamenei [now the Supreme Leader] was president. They used to argue with each other about how the country should be run. Mousavi was good in government back then. Although the economy was very bad, he tried his best not to put economic pressure […]

Hi Jess Last night the Guardian Council confirmed the validity of election, which is just what we expected from the beginning.  I’m wondering how Ahmadinejad can look people in the eye and how he can join any international meetings as the president of Iran.    Ahmadinejad and his allies believe that power only comes from […]

Hi Jess The circumstance in Tehran and other cities is too military.  So many people have been arrested.  There are some strange interviews on TV with people who have been arrested, as though to show that those arrested are drug smugglers or they were cheated by British or American radio or TV.  I really cannot write the name of […]