Navid Negahban a.k.a Abu Nazir of “Homeland”: The Blast Interview
The "Homeland" bad guy happens to be a great guy with lots to say about the show's message and his character's legacy.
E3 2012: Splinter Cell Blacklist announced
Sam is back in a darker, more intense Splinter Cell experience
Gas prices rise for 10th straight day
Gas prices are growing, and there is on sign of stopping.
Iran captures American unmanned drone
On Sunday, Iranian news network Fars News Agency announced that an Iranian electronic warfare unit had downed and captured a American RQ-170 Sentinel, an unmanned aerial drone manufactured by American defense a...
Battlfield 3 banned in Iran
Group claims game will make EA's shooter paints country in negative light.
Top 5 Mid-East governments at risk of toppling
The Egyptians weren't the first peoples in the Arab world to rise up against an oppressive government in 2011. Before that Facebook group was made, the people of Tunisia rose up against their (now former) presi...
Iran attacker to lose ‘eye and an ear’
A while ago, a Saudi Arabian court enlisted the help of doctors to find out whether severing the spinal cord of a convicted criminal (as punishment for his crime) would result in his death. The punishment w...
The Embassy Cables: Our friend Iran (in 1972)
Well, we knew this already, but a Wikileaks-posted cable from the US Embassy in Tehran in 1972 shows how the United States rushed to arm the Shah's Iran, concerned over Soviet interests in the area.
The...
The Embassy Cables: Saudis fear Iranian missile strike more than terrorism
In a Wikileaks-leaked cable from the US embassy in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's office, Ambassador James C. Oberwetter reported in December 2006 that an unnamed S...
Wikileaks: An American’s perilous escape from Iran
Wikileaks. I know, I know, you’re probably sick of hearing about cables and embassies and what diplomat said what nasty thing about what leader. But, it’s only day four of nine in the latest Wikileaks saga, and...
Released hiker calls for peace
NEW YORK—Despite a near 14-month imprisonment, Sarah Shourd emerged from her Iranian captors promoting a message of peace.
Shourd, 32, spent 410 days in a Tehran prison after she, her fianc©, Shane Bauer, ...
American woman arrives in U.S. after more than a year in Iranian prison
An American woman detained in Iran arrived back to the U.S. after more than a year.
Sarah Shourd touched down in Washington D.C. early this morning from Dubai, according to Shourd's media spokeswoman, Samant...
US intelligence single out China, Russia as potential ‘cyberspace’ threats
Countries placed on list with Iran and North Korea
A short rant on G8 apathy
The G8 operates under the guise of real leadership, when really the summit has become nothing more than a glorified vacation for the world's most powerful leaders. But as we've seen in the past and present, power does not equal intelligence.
Iran’s religious leaders challenge election results
So it was back to square one, and now 30 years later, a revolution is brewing again. But this time, more work needs to be done behind the scenes. The people will fight, but religious leaders and Hashemi Rafsanjani need to challenge the legitimacy of this government before it gets out of hand.
Iran protest turns deadly, Iranian student offers his opinion
Some sources say a bomb went off outside a mosque and killed three or four people. Other say people were being shot dead in the streets. Some claim military tanks were deployed. Reports of helicopters landing at universities are coming through via Iranian twitter accounts. More twitter accounts claim Basiji may be entering homes and attacking civilians.
Images from an angry Iran
Blast will present its own exclusive coverage of the events in Iran, including an interview you'll only see here.
For now, we wish to share these images with you, which were sent to us by Gooya News/Voice of...
Ahmadinejad compares riots to passionate soccer fans
In the video, Ahmadinejad compares the rioting to misplaced passion by fans of the losing team after a soccer match. Degrading.
Mousavi supporters take to the streets over re-election ‘charade’
"I personally strongly protest the many obvious violations and I'm warning I will not surrender to this dangerous charade," said Mousavi, according to Reuters.
