Iran Revolution

Britain, the CIA and the Iran Revolution

Renee Parsons | Posted 04.28.2012

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As the U.S. tightens its three decades of sanctions now joined by Britain, that action must evoke bitter memories of an earlier time and place in Iran.

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PHOTOS: What Murals Tell About Iran's Regime

AP | Posted 04.03.2012

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TEHRAN, Iran -- Since Iran's Islamic Revolution 33 years ago, the walls and buildings of major cities have been an open-air gallery to vilify the stat...

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Iran Vows To Unplug The Internet

Wall Street Journal | CHRISTOPHER RHOADS and FARNAZ FASSIHI | Posted 07.28.2011

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Iran is taking steps toward an aggressive new form of censorship: a so-called national Internet that could, in effect, disconnect Iranian cyberspace f...

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Astronauts' Bodily Functions, The Derailment Of A Literary Career

Posted 05.25.2011

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Did you miss this weekend's big book reviews? Catch up with the buzz on Mary Roach's latest and more with the highlights below. "Packing For Mars," M...

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Iran Uprising: Is Mousavi Becoming Irrelevant?

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

Who is running the show? Is Mousavi really guiding the movement on the streets, or is the street guiding Mousavi?

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Common Sense In Iran

James Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today, the youth of Iran have declared their own ideological revolution. They are tired of their failed theocratic state, of the illusion of democracy, and of cultural and international isolation.

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Support Iran's Dissidents

Perviz Khazaii | Posted 05.25.2011

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No one wants to see the international community interfering in Iran's internal affairs. But, both from moral and geopolitical standpoints, the West should realize that it must stand with the Iranian people.

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Iran Social Media Facing Serious Obstacles

Huffington Post | Rebecca Harrington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Citizen journalists faced serious obstacles in Iran today. News outlets are reporting that during the lead-up to the 31st anniversary of the Iranian r...

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Putting Political Change in Iran First

Richard N. Haass | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is time to adopt an "Iran First" American foreign policy, one that makes promoting political change in Iran the priority it deserves to be.

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Iran Revolution Anniversary: Rallies Draw Huge Pro-Government Crowds

AP | NASSER KARIMI and BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — The Iranian security forces unleashed a crushing sweep against opposition protesters on Thursday as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...

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Iran's Green Stubborn Streak

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 05.25.2011

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what can the leaderless -- yet relentless -- opposition in Iran hope for? Without a leader, there is no revolution. Is there a fighting chance at reform?

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Iran: A New Revolution on the Horizon

Mahmood Delkhasteh | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leverett and Mann Leverett's argument that there will not be a revolution in Iran is misguided. Their case is divorced from facts on the ground and based on a misunderstanding of the present crisis.

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Editorial: Another Iranian Revolution Is Not Likely

New York Times | FLYNT LEVERETT and HILLARY MANN LEVERETT | Posted 05.25.2011

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THE Islamic Republic of Iran is not about to implode. Nevertheless, the misguided idea that it may do so is becoming enshrined as conventional wisdom ...

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Iran's Not-Yet-Revolution: Cause for Optimism

Mahmood Delkhasteh | Posted 05.25.2011

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The sudden willingness of the Iranian regime to compromise over the nuclear issue may be a sign of the regime's weakness, or an attempt to foster international peace in order to crackdown internally.

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Remembering The Iran Hostage Crisis: 444 Days In The Dark

gq.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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They were geeks with guns - hundreds of Muslim medical and engineering students who stormed the U.S. embassy in the heart of Tehran on November 4, 197...

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Brownies for Tehran

Giles Slade | Posted 05.25.2011

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Being alone during or after a police action makes you very vulnerable. You should dress comfortably with plenty of coverage over your skin.

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Was the Iranian Election Stolen? Does It Matter?

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.25.2011

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If in fact the election was not stolen, and Washington (and Europe) pretend that it was, this can contribute to a worsening of relations.

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Iran: One Revolution at a Time

Elizabeth Shakman Hurd | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today's protests are different. This is not about the West. It is about which revolutionary political camp will prevail in 2009 and a path that rejects the "secularism versus political Islam" dichotomy.

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Poetry Of The Revolution

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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One of the most powerful videos to come out of the turmoil in Iran is of a woman reciting a poem from the rooftops of Tehran at night. Recorded on the eve of the first wave of violent crackdowns against protesters, the poem gives voice to the inner turmoil of a people coping with a sudden and potentially violent revolution and struggling with a new conception of their homeland.

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Reza Pahlavi, Ex-Shah's Son, Calls For Louder Protest Of Iran's Rights Abuses

McClatchy News | Posted 05.25.2011

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The former crown prince of Iran on Monday urged foreign leaders to condemn more forcefully the Iranian regime's crackdown on more than a week of mass ...

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Iran Uprising: Why Do So Many Want Obama To Turn Iran's Protests Into A "Teabag Party"?

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

Those who wish for Obama to adopt a stronger tone ground their argument in the arrogant belief that our endorsement is the sine qua non of any successful democratic political movement.

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Women Without Men: Iran and Its People in Transition

Angella Nazarian | Posted 05.25.2011

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It is in these gripping scenes that we see history repeating itself, and that art and the artist, a nation and its people, are inexplicably linked through their longing for what is absent.

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Iranian Student Reflects On Islamic Revolution's 30-Year Anniversary

Huffington Post Contributor | By Telmah Parsa | Posted 05.25.2011

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"As the Demon leaves, the Angel enters." My studies in the library were interrupted for the third time as the refrain of this revolutionary anthem bl...

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