Here’s what we’ve been paying attention to this week. The shortcomings of mainstream journalism were exposed this week as seen in the coverage of the rapidly developing parallel stories coming in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing. It began [...]

EVERYBODY EXHALE, the Iranian space monkey was (probably) a fake. Last week, Iranian state TV announced that they had successfully launched a cute little monkey clear off into outer space. The “major achievement” coincided with the birthday anniversary of the [...]

Fatemeh Derakhshandeh Tosarvandan, an Iranian woman accused of adultery, is currently seeking asylum in Canada with her 16 year old son from the harsh punishment that awaits her back home if she is found guilty. In Iran, women convicted of [...]

One hundred and eight Syrians near the town of Houla have been murdered amidst a bloody crackdown on dissidents. President Bashar al-Assad continues to rebuke international condemnations of the atrocities carried out by his regime and of the legitimacy of [...]

Just a few days after Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama stated: Iran will have to face the consequences of not cooperating with the United Nations about their atomic energy research; something blew up the internet, [...]

After years of corruption and cronyism from the oppressive regime of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian people have risen up as a part of the Arab Awakening only to face a brutal backlash. The United Nations’ official estimate of the death [...]

An Iranian court sentenced acclaimed film director Jafar Panahi to six years in prison and banned him from making films, writing any kind of scripts, traveling abroad and talking to local and foreign media for 20 years. The maker of [...]