Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

El presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sale esta noche para una de sus giras internacionales más polémicas: la visita a Israel y Cisjordania.

Six months after the fraudulent elections, the despicable regime is still unable to quell the Irani people's demand for freedom. I am convinced that the days of this brutal government are numbered. This is from CNN:

Also on this Christmas, Ziba Mir-Hosseini in MERIP Online:

On the eve of student demonstrations planned for Monday, Iran choked off Internet access and warned journalists working for foreign media to stick to their offices for the next three days.

The measures were aimed at depriving the opposition of its key means of mobilizing the masses as Iran's clerical rulers keep a tight lid on dissent. Government opponents are seeking, nonetheless, to get large numbers of demonstrators to turn out Monday and show their movement still has momentum.

3QD friend Hadi Ghaemi in The Huffington Post:

Robert Mackey in the New York Times:

Borzou Daragahi and Ramin Mostaghim in the Los Angeles Times:

From Vanity Fair: