Akbar Ganji

Another Hunger Strike? Is Anyone Listening to The Iranians?

Betwa Sharma | Posted 05.25.2011

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Betwa Sharma

A few years after the revolution, Monel fled the country after being beaten in a rally to protest the new regime's imposition of conservative clothing that forced women to don chadors.

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Abdolkarim Soroush on the Goals of Iran's Green Movement

Robin Wright | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Akbar Ganji, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Green Movement, Abdolali Bazargan, Iran Opposition, Ataollah Mohajerani, Iran Protests, Abdolkarim Soroush, Iran, Mohsen Kadivar, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi, Khatami, World News
Robin Wright

Five major figures in Iran's reform movement issued a manifesto Sunday, Jan. 3, calling for the resignation of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the abolition of clerical control of the voting system and candidate selection.

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What Can the Obama Administration Do About Iran?

Neil Hicks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran Elections, Akbar Ganji, Mir Hossein Mousavi, U.S. Human Rights Promotion, Ayatollah Khamenei, President Ahmadinejad, President Obama, u.s. Foreign Policy, World News, World News
Neil Hicks

Ahmadinejad's disputed victory has exposed fissures within the leadership and called into question the authority and the sure-footedness of the Supreme Leader.

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