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Jingoism Isn't Journalism: Why I Don't Trust CNN & Corporate Media to Cover Iran

Linda Milazzo | Posted 08.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Indymedia, War, Violence, Iraq, Barack Obama, Cable Television, Iran, Brutality, Cnn, Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Paul Wolfowitz, Opposition Movement, Corporate Media, New Media, Invasion, Wolf Blitzer, Iranians, Satellite Television, Media News

Old media, and specifically CNN, are learning the difficult lesson that with or without their vast resources and state of the art studios, the Iranians' stories will be told. And they'll be told to tens of millions more viewers than cable and satellite programs tend to reach.

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Iran: One Revolution at a Time

Elizabeth Shakman Hurd | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Revolution, Iran Obama, Shah, Iran Protests, Iran, Tehran, Obama, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ayatollah Khomeini, Iranians, Robert Allison, World News

Today's protests are different. This is not about the West. It is about which revolutionary political camp will prevail in 2009 and a path that rejects the "secularism versus political Islam" dichotomy.

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Lazarus and the Iranians

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Global, Wealthy, President Obama, Lazarus and the Rich Man, Jesus, Grassroots, Justice of God, Poor, Injustice, Luke, Government, Streets, Image of God, Iran, Muslim, Wealth, Muslim World, Protest, Muslims, Story of Lazarus, Justice, Poverty, Iranians, Lazarus, Politics News

A connection has been made. A connection clearly seen between a young generation here in the United States and a young generation of Iranians who have taken to the streets.

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Neda, a Shahida (Martyr) for Freedom

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 07.24.2009 | World

Read More: Martyrdom, Politics, Iran Elections, Shahida Martyrdom, Iranian Oppression, World, Power, Woman, Iran, Freedom, Cnn, Islamic Republic of Iran, Liberty, Mullahs, Iran's Election Results, Shahida for Freedom, Neda, Iran Protests, Iran's Election, Iranians, Umuma, Ummah, Shahida, Martyr, Persians, Madar, World News

Neda, I met you on video like the millions of people around the world this past weekend. In your silence, you have spoken to me louder than any voice ever has screaming for liberty and justice.

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CNN, Please Stop!

Parvez Sharma | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: La, Iran, Msnbc, Cnn, Pundits, Christiane-Amanpour, Tehran, Fox, Cable News, Media, Iranians, Michael Moore, ireport.com, World News

Just a few thoughts on the cable news media here in the US (and the delightful possibility of its extinction after the dust settles on all of this).

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A Day Nigerians And Iranians Would Never Forget

Rev. Bekeh Utietiang | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Elections, Khomeni, Ahmadinejad, Iranians, Nigerians, World News

On June 12, Nigerian hopes were lost when the 1993 election was annulled. Sixteen Junes later, Iranians face a similar plight.

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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

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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Leadership in Peril: Iranians Won't Wait Out Recount

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Demonstrations, Silent Protest, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Presidential Election, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ali Khamenei, Rallies, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Unemployment, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, Ali Larijani, Inflation, Protests, Government Control, Recount, Iranians, Islamic Republic of Iran, World News

Thanks to these demonstrations, Mousavi is now firmly coming into his own as the leader of the opposition, and unless Ayotollah Khamenei acts fast, Ahmadinejad won't be the only one who has to step aside.

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Watching Obama In Tehran

Huffington Post Contributor | Telmah Parsa | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Iran Speech, Barack Obama, Obama Iran, Iranian Response Obama Speech, Iranian Response to Obama, Iran, Obama Iran Video, Obama's Speech, Iranians, World News

The author is an Iranian student who writes under a pseudonym. Inside Iran, it is practically a given that religious people must also be devout sup...

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President Obama Offers Iran "A Promise of a New Day"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

Read More: "A New Year/a New Beginning, The Tonight Show, Central Intelligence Agency, Iran-US Diplomacy, Obama's New Year Greeting to Iranians, Cia, John Bolton, US-Iran Relations, Shah Reza Pahlavi, Nowruz, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Obama's Message to Iran, Israel Defense Forces, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran, Benny Morris, Iran-American Relations, Avigdor Lieberman, Mohammed Mossedegh, Iranian New Year, Aipac, Zbigniew Brzezenski, David Broder, Thomas Friedman, Norman Podhoretz, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Bibi Netanyahu, Obama's Message to Iran, John Foster Dulles, President Barack Obama, Charles Freeman, Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, Idf, Jay Leno, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Israel, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Iranians, Shah, Savak, Obama's Statement to Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, World News

Obama's promise of a new day in U.S.-Iranian relations must be given the opportunity to bear fruit free from outside intervention.

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The Iran Game

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 02.28.2009 | World

Read More: Cell Phones, Sports, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Football, Soccer, President Obama, Iran, Tehran, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Women's Rights, Women, Iran Women's Rights, Women and Politics, International Women's Rights, Iranians, World News

Iranian men and women unapologetically enjoy each other's company, and, even as intimidation and penalties loom, they're quite public about their desire to live uninvaded lives.

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