▼ Author Community Vote 204 days ago Nazila Fathi Iran Disrupts Internet Service Ahead of Protests - — In an effort to disrupt communications and head off huge opposition demonstrations planned for Thursday, the Iranian authorities on Wednesday drastically slowed Internet service in Iran and shut down text messaging services … 212 days ago Nazila Fathi Iran, With Opposition Protests Continuing, Executes More Prisoners - — Every Thursday since last April, Davoud Rahmanipour traveled to the notorious Evin prison in northern Tehran for a weekly visit with his son, Arash, 19, who was being held there while his lawyer appealed his death sentence. 315 days ago Nazila Fathi Iranian Journalists Flee, Fearing Retribution for Covering Protests - — TORONTO — For two months Ehsan Maleki traveled around Iran with a backpack containing his cameras, a few pieces of clothing and his laptop computer, taking pictures of the reformist candidate Mir Hussein Moussavi during the presidential campaign. 343 days ago Nazila Fathi Reformist Details Evidence of Abuse in Iran's Prisons - — TORONTO — A leading opposition leader, Mehdi Karroubi, issued a statement on Monday giving new details of prison abuse allegations in Iran, just days after a judicial panel rejected such claims and the country's supreme leader warned of a “harsh response” to those making them. 66 days ago Nazila Fathi In Tehran, a Mood of Melancholy Descends - — TEHRAN — An eerie stillness has settled over this normally frenetic city. In more settled times, the streets are clogged with honking cars and cranky commuters grousing about the lack of decent parking. — But on Saturday, few cars and relatively few people were on the streets. 77 days ago Nazila Fathi Bracing for New Protests, Iran Issues Media Warning - — TEHRAN — Tehran braced for a possible third day of defiance by opposition supporters on Wednesday after Iran's leaders failed to halt huge demonstrations against last week's disputed election results. — Placed on the defensive … 78 days ago Nazila Fathi Iran Agrees to Partial Recount of Disputed Ballots - — TEHRAN — Less than 24 hours after the largest demonstrations here since the 1979 revolution and the reported deaths of seven protesters, Iran's Guardian Council said Tuesday it was prepared to order a recount of disputed ballots … 137 days ago Nazila Fathi Iran Sentences American Journalist to 8 Years in Prison - — A revolutionary court has sentenced an Iranian-American journalist, Roxana Saberi, to eight years in prison after convicting her of spying for the United States, her lawyer said Saturday. — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton … 147 days ago Nazila Fathi Iran Issues Cautious Response to Obama - — TEHRAN — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that Iran would welcome talks with the United States but said that any change in American policy toward Iran should be “honest.” — President Obama said in a message late last month … 204 days ago Nazila Fathi Iran Offers 'Dialogue With Respect' With U.S. - — TEHRAN — After the icy mutual hostility of the Bush era, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran on Tuesday made a conditional offer of dialogue to the Obama administration, saying Tehran was ready for “talks based on mutual respect and in a fair atmosphere.”