“I think the onus for self-criticism is mostly for those outside of the country who spent much of the fall and winter of 1388 (especially around Ashura) presenting a triumphalist message that the Greens were going to out-maneuver the state. Not only did these pundits over-estimate the organizational breadth and coherence of the Green Movement, but they downplayed the agency of the regime.”

One of three editors of newspaper ‘Shargh’

Mainly criticizing his attitude towards parliament

New cracks in Islamic Republic establishment

Ahmad Motamedi in hospital

Accused of “slander, libel and spreading rumours”

Accused of “collusion against national security”

“Reform within framework of the constitution”