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The highway between Kerman and Yazd in eastern Iran that leads to Pakistan and the Persian Gulf is always clogged with traffic. It's vital for trade and has been for centuries. While giant articulated lorries and fume-belching...
V.V.S. Srikant When I told my family and friends that I was planning to go to Iran, the immediate reactions ranged from a serious question about my sanity to a prediction of my being flogged in public. Yet I went as I was...
Statistical studies have proved inexact and inconclusive as far as detecting any real evidence of fraudulent manipulation. This followed Dr Ansari_s initial reaction to the election results on the 13th June which he described...
By Jane Stillwater. According to the Associated Press, "A Russian-made Iranian passenger plane carrying 168 people crashed shortly after takeoff Wednesday, nose-diving into a field northwest of the capital and shattering into...
Reporters Without Borders The man who has been orchestrating the crackdown on journalists and demonstrators since 12 June 2009, Tehran prosecutor general Said Mortazavi, has had a long career as a human rights predator. It is...
Source: Chatham House findings: For the survey published Sunday, researchers worked from the province-by-province breakdowns of the 2009 and 2005 results, released by the Iranian Ministry of Interior, and from the 2006 census...
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Informed Comment In two Conservative provinces, Mazandaran and Yazd, a turnout of more than 100% was recorded. At a provincial level, there is no correlation between the increased turnout, and...
Quelle: Guardian: Kamran Daneshjou, the head of the ministry’s election commission has attributed the reported 141% participation in the town of Taft to the good weather in Yazd province, where the town is situated. Daneshjou’s...
Claims that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election was rigged have been bolstered by an analysis of the official results by British academics In the conservative provinces of Mazandaran and Yazd, the number of votes cast exceeded...
Taft, a town in the central province of Yazd, had a turnout of 141%, the site said, quoting an unnamed “political expert”. Kouhrang, in Chahar Mahaal Bakhtiari province, recorded a 132% turnout while Chadegan, in Isfahan...
