- Iran election's initial results trickle in, 03rd March, Al Jazeera (74)
- "Reformists crave reconciliation", states HOPI secretary Mark Fischer, interview with Yassamine Mather (65)
- Ideas to empower the anti-war movement (62)
- Useful Links (58)
- Swiss govt freezes more Iranian assets, 18th April 2012, John Heilprin, Associated Press (58)
- Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 'blocked from Olympics', Andrew Woodcock, Belfast Telegraph, May 18th
- Iran oil sector hit by 'cyber attack', By Mohammad Davari (AFP), 23rd April 2012
- Swiss govt freezes more Iranian assets, 18th April 2012, John Heilprin, Associated Press
- Marathon support - This Sunday April 15
- Hopi weekend conference: April 21-22, central London
- Public Event: College Green, Dublin March 20th By Keeping Iran's Heart Beating- Stories of Women's Rights Activists.
- Iran reports high turnout in parliament vote, Al Jazeera, March 04th
- Iran election's initial results trickle in, 03rd March, Al Jazeera
- Embargo on Iran could reignite Western Recession, 03rd March, Tehran Times, Press TV
- Iran: all options remain on the table
Imperialism finds new pretext for threats
Imperialism finds new pretext for threats
As Iranian workers went out in remarkable numbers for May Day, a new dispute over some small islands in the Gulf shows that despite apparent progress on the nuclear question a new source of tension has been found. Yassamine Mather reports.
A week can be a long time in politics, but in Iran it can seem more like a year.
War threats and Iran's impoverished workers
War threats and Iran's impoverished workers
The Iranian people are the main victims of the sanctions campaign, insists Majid Tamjidi
Over the last few years western governments have created an atmosphere of war against Iran and in the last few months severe sanctions have come into effect. In addition we face the threat of military attacks by Israel against Iran’s strategic centres, including nuclear facilities.
Ideas to empower the anti-war movement
Ideas to empower the anti-war movement
Michael Copestake reports on HOPI's successful weekend school
“The only thing that is certain is uncertainty,” said Labour MP John McDonnell in his talk at the April 21-22 weekend school organised by the Hands Off the People of Iran at the University of London Union.
We must mobilise against the threat of war with Iran says Yassamine Mather, 19th April 2012
On Saturday April 14, Iran attended talks on its nuclear programme with six world powers in Istanbul. In the end, this ‘summit’ was little more than talks about talks - to take place in May in Baghdad. The uneasy stand-off continues and the strong possibility remains of an attack on Iran within months. Indeed, the outcome of the meeting has provoked a degree of cynicism, with press outlets in the US, the UK and Israel pointing out that Syria now seems to have learned the ‘Iran method’ - that is, agree to talks simply to buy time and postpone intervention.
Time is fast running out - It is clear that the Obama administration is preparing US public opinion for war, Yassamine Mather, 12th April 2012
On Saturday April 14 Iran will attend talks with six world powers. The US has indicated this is Iran’s “last chance” to avoid military intervention and the Obama administration is taking very specific demands to the talks as preconditions for further negotiations: for example, Iran “must immediately close” a large nuclear facility allegedly built underneath a mountain if it wants to avoid a devastating strike.
