[QODLink]
Special programme
Letters from Iran
We examine the aftermath of Iran's Green Revolution and find an opposition that remains eager for change.
Last Modified: 29 Nov 2011 08:37

While winds of change have been blowing through the Arab world this year, Iranians have been forced to wait for political reform.

In 2009, in the aftermath of an election that saw Mahmoud Ahmadinejad controversially returned to power as president of the Islamic Republic, millions took to the streets of Tehran to protest against the result. But the demonstrations were brutally repressed and the hopes of the "green revolutionaries" were dashed.

Since then Iran has closed itself off to international media scrutiny and it has been difficult to determine exactly what happened to the many thousands of dissidents arrested and imprisoned during the protests, or the current scale of political opposition to the regime.

Yet as this film reveals, that opposition is still alive and kicking and just as eager for change as before. Letters from Iran paints a fascinating portrait of the aftermath of the Green Revolution and a country holding its breath. 

Source:
Al Jazeera
Topics in this article
People
Country
City
Featured on Al Jazeera
Republicans want to gut social safety nets, not cut the US deficit.
With most of the UC board of regents being in the 1%, student demonstrators should expect more police brutality.
The street battles taking place in Cairo are emblematic of its Second Revolution: tear gas, hair gel and tramadol.
The story of the Arab revolution that was abandoned by the Arabs, forsaken by the West and forgotten by the world.
<  > 
join our mailing list

Enter Zip Code
Go