Videos: Funeral Cermeony of Ayatollah Taheri truns into mass protest

Note: Ayatollah Taheri was a criticizer of Supreme Leader Khamenei (see for example this one).

Chants: "Dictator, Dictator, Hopefully you cannot sleep well"

Iran's upcoming presidential election; a chance to make a new discourse?

Iran Election Protest 2009

"The green movement" supporters, me included,  believed and believe that Iran's presidential election of 2009 was rigged . Now, the next Iran election is coming. It is scheduled to be held on 14 June 2013. What do we plan to do? 

Islamic Republic Gives Up, Nasrin Sotoudeh ends Hunger Strike

Few minutes ago we got the good news, for which we were waiting since 49 days:

Nasrin Sotoudeh ended her hunger strike after 49 days after the Iranian government finally ends the travel ban of her 12 yrs old daughter!

Amnesty International: Let's step up the pressure right now to demand Nasrin's freedom

We're lobbying for Nasrin's freedom at the United Nations, and coordinating global public pressure through the media. We need to back this up by flooding prison authorities with thousands of messages from around the world calling for Nasrin to be kept safe.
 Your message will be sent directly to the Supreme Leader of Iran and the Iranian Ambassador to Australia, Canberra. (Please click here to sign)

You want to read more about Nasrin Sotoudeh? Here my suggestions:
If you don't know who she is, read this one.
If you want to know why she is praised so much, read this one at guardian.
If you want to know more about her current sitaution, look at persian banoo's blog.

Muslims that we Like

1. There are Muslims, who watch parts of a film to see how their prophet is insulted. Later, they punish people who had nothing to do with the movie.  The radical Muslims are probably the only reason that more than 2.5 million people have clicked on the video till now. The 13-minute portion of the movie "Innocence of Muslims" was so scandalously reported that it made me curious enough to watch. However, I couldn’t even finish the short clip. Why? It was low budget, poor quality and boring. The radical Muslims are probably the only reason that more than 2.5 million people have clicked on the video at this time.

2. There are also Muslims who are actively on the street to fight against the fanatical, violent Muslims. They want to present their Islam. In the photo above we see a woman with a scarf, one without. They want to tell the world that their Islam is a peaceful Islam -- an Islam that doesn't represent "killing". And they want to stop "killing" in the name of their religion. We like such Muslims.