15 Dec 2009 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost, News and features
Several people have been arrested in Tehran over the tearing up of a picture of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, during anti-government demonstrations last week. State television broadcast footage of what it claimed were opposition supporters tearing up and trampling on a picture of Khomeini during an anti-government student-led demonstration. All of those arrested are currently being held in detention although Iranian authorities have refused to give names or numbers. Read more here
8 Dec 2009 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost
Iranian authorities have threatened tougher action on protesters after tens of thousands marched at universities across the country in the biggest anti-government rallies since the disputed June elections. Dozens of people are reported to have been arrested after violent confrontations. Foreign journalists were banned from reporting on the rallies, and the Iranian authorities closed down mobile phone networks and severely restricted internet access. According to The Times dozens of government agents on motorbikes have surrounded the Tehran office of Mir Hossein Mousavi, the opposition leader, to prevent him attending rallies and the country’s chief prosecutor is threatening to arrest him. Read more here
20 Nov 2009 | Uncategorized
This is a guest post by Jenni Hulse
Last night, Index on Censorship hosted a screening of An Iranian Odyssey: Mossadegh, Oil and the 1953 CIA Coup, directed by Canadian-Iranian journalist and filmmaker, Maziar Bahari.
The film played to a full house, with latecomers finding room in the aisles. The atmosphere felt particularly celebratory as the screening had originally been arranged as part of a campaign for Bahari’s release, after he was detained in Tehran’s Evin prison in June. Happily, he was freed without charge on 17 October and allowed to return to the UK.
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16 Nov 2009 | Events
An Iranian Odyssey: Mossadegh, Oil and the 1953 CIA Coup, directed by Maziar Bahari
19 November 2009
6.30pm-8.30pm
Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3GA
Film screening followed by panel discussion chaired by Malu Halasa, with anthropologist and filmmaker Ziba Mir-Hosseini and filmmaker and editor Simon Ardizzone.
An Iranian Odyssey tells the story of the CIA coup that toppled the government of Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953 and laid the foundations for the continuing stand-off between Iran and the West.
It is directed by filmmaker and journalist Maziar Bahari, who was detained without charge in Tehran for nearly four months while he was reporting on the fallout from the elections. He was released on 17 October.
To reserve a place call 020 73242 570 or email [email protected]
