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Freedom of the Press vs. State Secrets

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 08.15.2011

Does the press have the right to disclose some secrets? I believe that too many documents are designated "top-secret" when they really should be designated "embarrassing."

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Forget Kabul, Look To Baku: The Search For Muslim Moderates

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Ayatollah, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Koran Burning, Terry Jones, Religious Tolerance, United Nations Violence, Baku Azerbaijan, Muslim Incitement, International Judge the Koran Day, Secular Muslim Countries, Afghanistan United Nations, Baku Interfaith, Quran Burning, Quran Burning Protest, Religion News

It's time we start paying more attention to our real friends in the Muslim world in places like Baku, where people admire America.

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Turning a Human Being into a Human Being: FOUR LIONS Review and Interview with Chris Morris

Farihah Zaman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Masterminds of Terror, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Yosri Fouda, Dog Day Afternoon, Ayatollah, Terrorists, Films, Four Lions, Terry McDermott, Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh, Terrorism, Chris Morris, Nick Fielding, Ramzi Binalshibh, Movie, Bam, Film, Movies, Entertainment News

As the promotional materials for Four Lions will express to anyone willing to take a gander, the film is seriously funny - and eager to prove it. Crow...

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Moms Of Jailed U.S. Hikers Appeal To Ayatollah

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MINNEAPOLIS — The mothers of three Americans held in Iran marked 11 months of their captivity Wednesday with a letter to the country's supreme l...

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Iran Cleric: "God's Fury" Will Be Unleashed If Female Governers Allowed

Alarabiya | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ayatollah, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran Women's Rights, Iran Election, Iran, Iran-Womens-Rights, Iran Woman Minister, Iran-Woman-Minister, Iran Women's Movement, Women's Rights, World News

A top hardline Iranian cleric said on Thursday that "God's fury" would be unleashed if Iran appoints women as governors of some provinces, as was rais...

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He Stood up to the Ayatollah

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Khomeini, Post-Election Protest, Iran Demonstrations, Ayatollah, Iranian Revolution, Hossein Ali Montazeri, Iranian, Iranian Protest, Iran, Grand Ayatollah, Montazeri, Islamic Republic of Iran, World News

Iranians mourn the passing of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, who died this week. It was his voice of support for the people that gave a few other power players the courage to speak up too.

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Iran Makes Arrests Over Torn Ayatollah Photo

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ayatollah Photo Arrest, Ayatollah Photo Torn, Iran, Ayatollah Photo, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ayatollah, World News

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities have arrested several people accused of destroying photos of the Islamic Republic's revered founder and the c...

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Montazeri's Limited Tolerance of Non-Muslims

Jamsheed K. Choksy | Posted 05.25.2011

Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri's opinion was characterized by one Iranian Christian clergyman as "rubbing salt into our wounds."

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Weeping for the Kennedys

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

The Kennedys knew how to strive for noble causes, step by step. They would make deals, but only to benefit the best causes.

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The Unconstitutional Un-Islamic Republic of Iran

Melody Moezzi | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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Iran's Red Tulip Revolution

Melody Moezzi | Posted 05.25.2011

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With each death at the hands of the regime, a martyr is born, and with each martyr, the seed of revolution is planted.

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The Basij Are Cordially Invited to Join the Opposition

Melody Moezzi | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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Iran: Regime Intentions Revealed - What's Next?

Mark Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mousavi, Iran, Ayatollah, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran Election, Iran Protests, Rafsanjani, Supreme Leader, World News

Powerful regime insiders have lost confidence in the Supreme Leader's ability to preserve what they had all built together. This domestic fault line has the potential to be devastating in its long term impact.

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Hey DJ Rafsanjani, Play Us Some Ayatollah Khomeini

Melody Moezzi | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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Exhibit A: Word From Iran

Melody Moezzi | Posted 05.25.2011

Reporters keep complaining about the difficulty of getting information out of Iran, but communicating with Iran is far from a challenge. I frequently get through on the first try.

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Today is the Anniversary of the 1999 Iran Protest

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Without the July 1999 protests, there could never have been June 2009. What the students courageously started then has led to a massive movement encompassing all Iranians.

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Iran's Underground Railroad

Melody Moezzi | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Iranian Underground Railroad isn't meant to move people from one area of the country to another, it is an attempt to create shelter and make way for freedom.

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Iran and the C.I.A

Tom Gabbay | Posted 05.25.2011

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This revolution, if that's what it is, can only come from the Iranian people. The US must remain on the sidelines; a spectator to what could be a game changer in the Middle East and beyond.

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Get to the Doctor, Dr. Ahmadinejad!

Melody Moezzi | Posted 05.25.2011

I'm the last person to take any mental health issues lightly, but when it comes to racking up crazy points, Dr. Ahmadinejad wins the prize.

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Can Iran Be A Precursor To Major Changes in the Muslim Wordl?

Parvez Ahmed | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Ayatollah, Shariah, Iran Election, Quran, Iran, Democracy, Muslim, World News

Muslims are yearning for justice that they have been denied for so long, often due to outside interference but increasingly due to internal failures of Muslim majority states.

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Inside Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's Head

GlobalPost | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fraud, Elections, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, New England Patriots, Iran, Ayatollah, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran Election, World News

There's been a lot of talk about the key players in the Iranian election saga, but little mention of their psychological motivations. So we decided to...

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Facing the Bushes' Iranian Whirlwind

Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stolen Election, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah, Schwarzkopf, Iranian Election, Mossadegh, Politics News

The parallels between the stolen Iranian election of 2009 and the American of 2000 and 2004 are tempting. The histories -- and futures -- of the two nations are inseparable.

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Post-Election Iran: What America Must Do Now

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom of the Press, Dialogue, Palestine, Women's Rights, Hostages, Martyrdom, President Obama, Reformist, Obama, Iran, Iran-Contra, Revolution, Freedom, Israel, Khomeini, Ayatollah, Islamist, Iran-Iraq War, Iranian, Afghanistan, Cultural Revolution, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Khatami, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Anti-Americanism, Barack Obama, Superpower, Iranian-Presidential-Election, Iraq, Muslim, Non-Muslim, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran News, Iran Election, Iran Elections, Iran Election News, Election Iran, Shirin Sadeghi Post-Election Iran, World News

The Iranian Republic requires American antagonism to uphold its regional influence and its stranglehold on the Iranian people - the United States should deprive it of this gift.

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Iranian Election: Massive Campaign Rallies Are Reminiscent Of The Revolution

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

The street gatherings that are taking place in the last days and nights before the Iranian election are reminiscent of the sorts of rallies and demonstrations that were eventually called the Revolution.

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Armageddon Friday

Bill Allen | Posted 05.25.2011

The religious right in Texas -- in a move that any ayatollah in Iran would be proud to claim -- is dangerously close to substituting religious dogma for science.

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