News of Iran, edited in Newton: Via The Boston Globe.

NEWTON - Kelly Golnoush Niknejad was sleep-deprived but energized. She’d been up all Thursday night, on the phone to contacts across Iran and e-mailing contributors to her website, suddenly one of the go-to sources for those trying to keep up with Iran’s post-election frenzy.

The website is called Tehran Bureau, but it is not housed in the Iranian capital. It’s edited from Niknejad’s parents’ living room in Newton.

“Everybody thinks this is some kind of extensive bureau, but it’s just me,’’ Niknejad said yesterday as she sat alone at a small round table, tapping on one of two Apple PowerBooks.

Tehran Bureau is leading a virtual surge of information from Iran as the Islamic republic confronts the biggest set of public outpourings and protests since the Iranian Revolution 30 years ago.
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