DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — When Iran holds state-run ceremonies this week for an important Islamic feast day, there will be one very noticeable c...
Melody Moezzi | Posted 11.23.2009 | World
In the lead-up to his speech at the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is up to his old tricks. And sadly, the global community seems to be falling for them.
Melody Moezzi | Posted 11.19.2009 | World
Iranians could empathize with Palestinians Friday more than ever, but not in the way that Iran's self-proclaimed President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wanted them to.
latimes.com | Borzou Daragahi | Posted 11.16.2009 | World
Reporting from Beirut - A powerful cleric who supports Iran's opposition movement has been barred from delivering Friday prayers during Quds Day in Te...
Melody Moezzi | Posted 09.14.2009 | World
With increasing accounts of rape, torture, forced confessions and skewed judicial proceedings, the Iranian government is losing any credibility it had left, including any legitimate claim to Islam.
Melody Moezzi | Posted 08.29.2009 | World
With each death at the hands of the regime, a martyr is born, and with each martyr, the seed of revolution is planted.
Melody Moezzi | Posted 08.25.2009 | World
Thanks to their new duties, which include increasingly violent and inhumane acts, reports of Basiji taking protesters up on their invitations to join the opposition movement are growing.
Jamsheed K. Choksy | Posted 08.22.2009 | World
Revolutions are accurately designated as such only after the fact, not when protests begin. The protests in Iran are not yet and may never become a revolution.
Melody Moezzi | Posted 08.16.2009 | World
At the heart of Iran's Islamic Revolution was a stencil duplicator and a tape recorder. These were the Ayatollah Khomeini's Facebook and Twitter.
Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 07.30.2009 | World
With the Supreme Leader's divine authority in question, the appeal to God as a source of legitimacy is no longer a viable basis on which to promote democracy.
John Ghazvinian | Posted 07.25.2009 | World
Where should we be looking for an early indication of which way things might go in Iran's election crisis? Two words: Watch Larijani.
John Ghazvinian | Posted 07.24.2009 | World
Is 101 years a bit far to go back to help us understand what's happening today? Not in Iran.
Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 07.24.2009 | World
A recurring theme in many of the cleric's answers is his very strong belief that "foreign" Western powers, particularly England, are behind the current unrest in Tehran
Meir Javedanfar | Posted 07.22.2009 | World
As the demonstrations in Iran continue, sooner or later, the demonstrators are going to need the support of a leader. Otherwise, the demonstrations may disintegrate, due to factionalism and dispute over how to continue.
Sam Sedaei | Posted 07.21.2009 | World
What ignited the protests may have been Ahmadinejad's hijacking of the election, but what has been fueling the protests and disobedience by millions of Iranians goes much deeper than this election.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 07.20.2009 | World
The titanic struggle of wills between the Supreme Leader and Mousavi is so riveting that it may very well seal the fate of any durable prospect of a rapprochement between Washington and Tehran.
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 07.20.2009 | World
The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs : What to Make of Iran's Post-Election Uproar Facts: Incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quickly declared the...
Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 07.18.2009 | World
Out of 46.2 million eligible voters, a staggering 39 million came out to vote, making a strong, unequivocal statement: Iranians value democracy
AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI and BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 07.18.2009 | World
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran directly accused the United States of meddling in the deepening crisis over a disputed presidential election and broadened i...
Olivia Sterns | Posted 07.17.2009 | World
It's difficult to draw any conclusions from the rapidly unfolding election crisis in Tehran. Not even the regime has any idea what is going to happen, but perhaps that's the most important point.
Sam Sedaei | Posted 07.17.2009 | World
Protesters have been lacking in a clear sense of strategy and direction; they're without a meaningful long-term plan or set of goals.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 07.16.2009 | World
While Iranians yearn for an end to their isolation, what has driven hundreds of thousands to the polls and subsequently into the streets is the boiling resentment of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Sam Sedaei | Posted 07.16.2009 | World
The current resistance on the part all three candidates shows a deep and permanent crack within the Iranian regime that demonstrates that it no longer speaks with one voice and acts with one hand.
Michael Martin | Posted 07.13.2009 | World
Stable government regimes in the Middle East, especially ones that are becoming more moderate towards the US, can have a stabilizing effect long-term on crude oil prices.
Independent | Posted 07.11.2009 | World
By Katherine Butler | The Independent Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, seeking a return to power for a second term in landmark electio...
AP | BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 11.25.2009 | World