1979 Islamic Revolution

Iran's Supreme Leader Warns Arab World Not To Let West 'Confiscate' Arab Spring

AP | By ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 10.31.2011

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's top leader warned the Arab world Wednesday not to allow Western powers and Israel to "confiscate" the region's pro-reform upris...

Hundreds Of Thousands Of Protesters March In Iran

AP/The Huffington Post | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 05.25.2011

TEHRAN, Iran -- Clashes between Iranian police and hundreds of thousands of protesters wracked central Tehran on Monday as security forces beat and fi...

Iran's Great Green Divide

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 05.25.2011

Charlotte Safavi

After fishing in a rushing stream of Tweets, I watched YouTube clips showing a police station burning, a group of Basij militia cornered but not hurt, a police van overturned. Chants included, "Khamenei is a murderer. His reign is over."

A Revelation in Midst of a Revolution

Aram Khayatpour | Posted 05.25.2011

Aram Khayatpour

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.

Requiem for a Revolution

The Real News | Posted 05.25.2011

The Real News

Pepe Escobar argues the 1979 Islamic revolution has now turned into "the military dictatorship of the mullahtariat."