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Iranian Revolution

A Soft Power Opportunity for Iran

Kevin Sullivan | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

Read More: Hezbollah Lebanon, Lebanon, Yemen, Iranian Revolution, Quds Force, Iranian-Revolutionary-Guard-Quds, Houthis, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Qods Force, Riyadh-Saudi Arabia, Iranian-Revolutionary-Guard, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tehran, Israel, Saada, Sana'A, Iranian Revolutionary Guard (Quds), Al-Qaeda, Irgc, Al Qaeda, Smart Power, Islamic Republic of Iran, Middle East, Soft Power, Mideast, Shia, Shi'a Militias, Shiites, World News
Kevin Sullivan

In the neighboring country of Yemen, a very real opportunity to make good on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's promise of friendship is rapidly emerging for Iran.

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American Foreign Policy Council's Ilan Berman Exhorts the West to Find its Backbone

Heather Robinson | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, President Obama, Iranian Revolution, Terrorism, Freedom, President Bush, War on Terrorism, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News
Heather Robinson

American leaders have a habit of voicing support for democracy movements and then abandoning their champions, failing to provide them with economic or strategic support.

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Afghanistan: Presidential Double Standards and Military Power

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, John Bolton, Pakistan, Afghan War, United Nations, Unilateralism, General David Petraeus, Operation Eagle Claw, Lebanon, China, G-20, President Lyndon Johnson, Fred Kagan, Michael O'Hanlon, Peace, Vietnam, Climate Change, Beirut Marine Bombing, Iranian Revolution, Multilateralism, President John F. Kennedy, President Barack Obama, Isi, Terrorism, President Harry Truman, Nuclear Proliferation, Obama Doctrine, Cuban Missile Crisis, Afghanistan War, President Ronald Reagan, The Institute for the Study of War, Israel and Palestine, Kimberly Kagan, Afghanistan, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

If any president is going to "cut and run" from an American military engagement he or she better be a Republican. This narrative runs deep in American political discourse.

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Green Is the New Black

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 11.08.2009 | Style

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Street Fashion, Iran's Disputed Election, Social Networking, Internet, Today Show, Youtube, Iranian Revolution, Democracy, Fashion, Film, Facebook, World Wide Web, Iranian Election, World Cup, Style News
Charlotte Safavi

Ultimately, those who embraced green in clothing or fashion accessories were rejecting the status quo. Fashion sometimes has a way of getting under the skin.

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Iran: Entainment -- A Way Forward

Mark Fowler | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Sanctions, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iranian Opposition, Iranian Revolution, Iran Election, Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, World News
Mark Fowler

The only real chance for success in reaching out to Iran is to implement a carefully crafted strategy of engagement and containment. Call it a policy of "entainment," if you will.

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Western Hubris Won't Reform Iran

Kevin Sullivan | Posted 08.29.2009 | World

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Tehran, Iran, Green Wave, Ayatollah Khomeini, Barack Obama, Iranian Revolution, Nuclear Weapons, Iranian Election 2009, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News
Kevin Sullivan

A genuine reform movement in Iran will likely take years, if not decades, to foment and prosper. The courageous youth in green may yet win the day, whenever that day comes.

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YouTube Diplomacy Meets #iranelection

Andrew Rosen | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Web 2.0, 21st Century Statecraft, Twitter, Iranian Revolution, Demotix, Youtube Diplomacy, Youtube, Citizen Diplomat, Real-Time Web, Facebook, Technology, Public Diplomacy, Media News
Andrew Rosen

To bet heavily on web 2.0, particularly in light of the events in Iran, is too aggressive a step for the Obama Administration with too unpredictable a technology still early in its infancy.

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Religious Divisions in Iran's Leadership -- More than Meets the Eye

Joshua Gleis | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian Revolution, Iran Election, Iran Protests, Shiites, World News
Joshua Gleis

By speaking out against Ayatollah Khamenei, much of the Iranian religious establishment is in a sense questioning the concept of the wilayat al-faqih, which laid the foundation of Iran's current form of government.

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Requiem for a Revolution

The Real News | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

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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Learning from Iran's Past Revolutions

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: June 12, Iranian Revolution, Rafsanjani, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Uprising, Mosque, Mobilization, Iranian Election, The Green Revolution, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Constitutional Revolution, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Revolution, Social Protest, Bazaar, Islamic Revolution, 1979, Tehran, Ayatollah Khomeini, Tobacco Portest, World News
Nathan Gonzalez

If the uprising can grow to include the massive bazaars of Tehran, Tabriz, Isfahan and Shiraz, it is hard to imagine how Ayatollah Khamenei would not change his tune, or even be forced to step aside.

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Iran and America: The Spirit of 1908

John Ghazvinian | Posted 07.24.2009 | World

Read More: Constitutional Revolution, Iran, 1908, Iranian Revolution, Iran Election, Russia, Britain, Twitter, Shah of Iran, Evangelical Christians, Cossacks, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Federalist Papers, Barack Obama, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Morgan Shuster, Islamic Republic of Iran, Basij, Regime Change, Middle East, Iran Protests, Protest, Tehran, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ayatollah Khomeini, Tea Party, World News
John Ghazvinian

Is 101 years a bit far to go back to help us understand what's happening today? Not in Iran.

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Iran: Media Loves a Revolution

Michael Wolff | Posted 07.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Michael Wolff, Joe Klein, Iran, Media, Iranian Revolution, Revolution, Media News
Michael Wolff

More than murder, corruption, war, scandal, it's revolution that the media adores.

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Hello, Iran

Giles Slade | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Demonstrations, Iranian Revolution, Iran Election, Shah Reza Pahlavi, Democracy, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader, Guardian Council, Separation of Church and State, World News
Giles Slade

Injustice and arrogance are powerful catalysts, aren't they?

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Iran's History of Civil Insurrections

Stephen Zunes | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: u.s. Foreign Policy, Nonviolent Action, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Iran Election, Iranian Election, Iranians, World News
Stephen Zunes

There has been a longstanding Iranian tradition of such largely nonviolent civil insurrections against imperialist powers and autocratic rulers. No outside power is needed to convince the Iranian people to rebel.

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Media Literacy 101: "Allah O Akbar!" has become a cry for freedom

Susan Moeller | Posted 07.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Islam, Terrorism, Technology, Twitter, Media News, Facebook, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Web 2.0, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Youtube, Youtube Diplomacy, Media Literacy, Iranian Revolution, Abc, Ayatollah Khomeini, Allah O Akbar, Media News
Susan Moeller

The pictures from Tehran are showing that Iranians are not monolithic in their beliefs. Demonstrably they can be both committed to God and to free and fair elections.

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Women Without Men: Iran and Its People in Transition

Angella Nazarian | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Revolution, Women Without Men, Lacma, Iran Uprising, Iranian Revolution, Farhang Foundation, Iran, Iranian Film, Iranian Art, Iranian Uprising, Shirin Neshat, World News
Angella Nazarian

2009-06-18-SN122_PULL.jpg It is in these gripping scenes that we see history repeating itself, and that art and the artist, a nation and its people, are inexplicably linked through their longing for what is absent.

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Iranian Women: We Feel Cheated, Frustrated, And Betrayed (UPDATES)

Diane Tucker | Posted 08.22.2009 | World

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Zahra Rahnavard, Iranian Women, Andrew Sullivan, Iran, Dr. Zahra Rahnavard, Iran Liveblogging, Diane Tucker, Iranian Women's Rights, Mir Hossein Mousavi Website, Iran Elections, Allahu Akbar, Demonstrations in Iran, Stolen Election, Iran Election 2009 Demonstrations, Iran Clashes, Iran Riots, Huffington Post Iran, Demonstrations in Tehran, Nico-Pitney-Iran-Election, Women's Rights, Iran Election, Twitter, Twitpic, Iran Election Protests, Sussan Tahmasebi, One Million Signatures Campaign, Npr, Christian Science Monitor, Iranian Bloggers, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian Blogger Arrested, Women in Iran, Iranian Revolution, Neda Soltani, World News
Diane Tucker

Look closely at the images of mass demonstrations taking place in Iran this week and you will see them: thousands of brave Iranian women taking to the streets to protest an election they feel was stolen.

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Iranians Denounce Injustice, Provide Lessons to Cuban Bloggers [VIDEO]

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Human Rights, Democracy, Iran, Internet, Blogs, Twitter, You Tube, Iranian Revolution, Cuba, Facebook, World News
Yoani Sanchez

What is happening in Iran and its dissemination through the Internet is a lesson for Cuban bloggers.

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YouTube Diplomacy and Iran

Andrew Rosen | Posted 07.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Web 2.0, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Twitter, Iranian Revolution, Youtube Diplomacy, Youtube, Technology, Facebook, Media News
Andrew Rosen

In Iran, a religious revolution in decline is confronting a technological revolution in ascendancy.

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House Republicans: Iranian Protesters Just Like Us

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pete Hoekstra, Iranian Revolution, Iranian Protests, House Gop Iran, Iran Protests, House Republicans Iran, GOP Iran, John Culberson, Politics News

House Republicans want Iranian protesters to know that they feel their pain. After all, they've been there. According to Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) and J...

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Is Revolution Brewing in Iran?

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian Revolution, Protest, Iran, Reovlution, Tehran, Iran Elections June 12, Khatami, Green Revolution, Ahmadinejad, Twitter Revolution, Iran-Elections-June-12, World News
Nathan Gonzalez

The supreme leader of Iran has two clear choices: Save the fragile legitimacy of the Islamic Republic by calling for new elections, or move toward a system that increasingly looks like a dictatorship.

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Iran Uprising: Historic Parallels To Today's Protests

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Bulldozer Revolution, Iran Demonstrations, Iranian Revolution, Iran Election, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Velvet Revolution, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran Elections, Tiananmen Square, Carnation Revolution, Tulip Revolution, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Protests, Iran Election 2009, Second Chimurenga, Islamic Revolution, Rose Revolution, Orange Revolution, Advocacy, Civil Disobedience, Iran Uprising, Iran Today, Protests in Iran and Tiananmen Square, Todays Iran Protests, World News

The massive socio-political movement in Iran, following the highly controversial announcement Saturday declaring Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the victor of tha...

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Iranian Election: Massive Campaign Rallies Are Reminiscent Of The Revolution

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: Ayatollah, Demonstrations, Tehran-Iran, Iranian Revolution, Shiraz, Iran, Presidential Candidates, Shahid, Martyrs, Iranian Election, Election, Esfahan, Rallies, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran Revolutionary Guard, Mehdi Karroubi, Mohsen Rezai, Yazd, Tehran, Presidential Election, Ayatollah Khomeini, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

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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