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

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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...

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Hundreds Of Thousands Of Protesters March In Iran

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

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

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Iran's Great Green Divide

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran Election, Internet, Tehran, Green, Twitter, Youtube, Social N, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Facebook, Shirin Ebadi, Islam, 1979 Islamic Revolution, World News
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."

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A Revelation in Midst of a Revolution

Aram Khayatpour | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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Requiem for a Revolution

The Real News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pepe Escobar, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Clergy, 1979 Islamic Revolution, Islamic Republic of Iran, World News
The Real News

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

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