Potkin Azarmehr blogs about the secular pro-democracy struggle in Iran at azarmehr.info. In February 2009, he won the The International Council for Press and Broadcasting Media Award in the 'Cutting Edge New Media category'. In 2010, during the peak of the post-election protests in Iran, the number of unique visitors accessing the blog almost reached 100,000. He tweets at @potkazar
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIran's precision engineered elections
The Islamic Republic of Iran's engineering of its so-called elections starts from the very day the Guardian Council...
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Published in: HomeCampaign to free Arash Sadeghi
Iranian civil society activists Arash Sadeghi and Golrokh Ebrahimi-Iraee are victims of the regime's emboldened judiciary.
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Published in: HomeThe battle of the veil
The compulsory veil is a contentious issue in Iran, but what happens when Khomeini's words are used against the...