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By speaking out against Ayatollah Khamenei, much of the Iranian religious establishment is in a sense questioning the concept of the wilayat al-faqih, which laid the foundation of Iran's current form of government.
Updates, and video screen grabs from the ceremony in Paris, follow the post. AUSTIN, TX -- When a reporter asked Vaclav Havel to comment on Iran's p...
History show us that when mass street protest has been sustained for more than a week or two, a regime eventually finds it practically and psychologically difficult to sustain its hold.
A key aspect of constitutionalism is that it begins and ends with the people, rather than rhetoric, institutions, or leaders. Thus the genius of Obama's policy of actual democracy promotion.
Being alone during or after a police action makes you very vulnerable. You should dress comfortably with plenty of coverage over your skin.
The U.S. government lays right where the Iranian hard-liners have placed it with thirty years of intransigence -- uncertain of how to act and ever-hopeful of cooperation.
I wasn't quite sure what I felt. I was born in Iran but my family left when I was two years old. I have no memory of the country. I could never read Farsi. It was my parents who were Iranian; I was not.
Earlier today, President Obama delivered a speech to Moscow's New Economic School, in which he outlined his vision for the future U.S.-Russia relationship.
The fact is, even with an Ahmadinejad victory, the regime -- and Iran itself -- will never be the same again. The emergence of a mass protest movement, reminiscent of 1979 itself, is a sure sign that a new path has been set.
The walls used by 21st century tyrannies to control their citizens are increasingly electronic rather than physical. American interests will be powerfully advanced in finding ways to breach those walls.
A typical Saudi information minister would usually seek to block or censor these types of networks where information could flow freely, rather than joining them.
In the past few days, a disturbing reality has come into focus -- the White House may be completely willing to go along with the lobbyist-funded Senators on selling out real health care reform for America.
In a misguided attempt to punish Iran for a range of crimes, including its state sponsorship of terrorism, the U.S. has insisted on comprehensive sanctions and deliberately worked to cut Iran off from the rest of the world.
Like in Gaza, the events that have unfolded in Iran remind us of the immense obstacles that stand in the way of democracy, tolerance, and respect for human rights.
For better and for worse, America's technology companies have a demonstrated record of driving crucial foreign policy outcomes, and Washington must make it known when it believes a foreign cause is just.
The ruling Islamists appear to have forgotten their own history, and the role that technology can play in a popular uprising.
