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Iran's Internal Quest for Reform: A Closer Look at the Student Movement

Shirin Mohammadi | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Post-Election Crisis, Iran, Iran Student Movement, Iran Election 2009, Reform Movement, U.S. Policy in Iran, Iran Student Protests, Khatami, World News
Shirin Mohammadi

In Iran, politically active students -- those who are not backed by the government -- risk not only imprisonment, but in many cases, expulsion from their studies.

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Iran Suicide Bomb: Senior Revolutionary Guard Commanders Killed In Iran Bomb

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI and BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Revolutionary Guard, Suicide Bomb, Noor Ali Shooshtari, Iran Election, Pakistan, Iran, Rajabali Mohammadzadeh, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Khatami, Ahmadinejad, Pishin, Iran Suicide Bombing, Iran Bombing, World News

TEHRAN, Iran — A suicide bomber killed five senior commanders of the powerful Revolutionary Guard and at least 37 others Sunday near the Pakista...

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MAZIAR BAHARI RELEASED: Iran Frees Newsweek Reporter On Bail

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

Read More: Mass Trial, Election Fraud, Vote Rigging, Iran Election, Iran, Media, Khatami, Ahmadinejad, Mousavi, Newsweek, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Velvet Revolution, Saeed Hajjarian, Bahari Released, Bail, Maziar Bahari, Tehran, Iraq, Bahari, World News

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran released a foreign Newsweek reporter on bail Saturday almost four months after he was arrested following the country's dispu...

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Iran's Not-Yet-Revolution: Cause for Optimism

Mahmood Delkhasteh | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Revolution, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mohammad Khatami, Iran Uprising, Iran, Iran Uprising 2009, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Khatami, World News
Mahmood Delkhasteh

The sudden willingness of the Iranian regime to compromise over the nuclear issue may be a sign of the regime's weakness, or an attempt to foster international peace in order to crackdown internally.

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Taking the Long View on Iran

Ajay Singh Chaudhary | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

Read More: History, Green Movement, Media Criticism, Iran, Mousavi, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi, Khatami, Iran Protests, World News
Ajay Singh Chaudhary

In Iran, these periods of quiet should not be interpreted as meaning that this movement has died off or that aspirations have folded.

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The (Im)moral Logic of the Show Trial

Scott Atran | Posted 09.08.2009 | World

Read More: Mohammad Ali Abtahi, Iran, Darkness at Noon, Khatami, Mir Hussein Moussavi, Iran Election, Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Union, World News
Scott Atran

Moussavi courageously denounced the "show trials" and "torture" in Iran but his calls for reform can probably only be achieved by the regime's collapse, which is what the trials are designed to forestall.

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Iran, Protest, and Intelligence: Why Strategic Reports Often Get it Wrong

Jamsheed K. Choksy | Posted 08.22.2009 | World

Read More: Isfahan-Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran Uprising, Iran Election, Iran Protests, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Khatami, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran Intelligence, Intelligence, Iran Intelligence Estimates, Iran, Iran News, World News
Jamsheed K. Choksy

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.

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An Exclusive Interview with a Pro-Ahmadinejad Cleric in Qom, Iran

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 07.24.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Twitter, Judaism, Iran Election, Shia, Iran, Supreme Leader, Media, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Facebook, Khatami, Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Qom, Youtube, Tehran, Zionism, Neda, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ayatollah Khomeini, World News
Ali A. Rizvi

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

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The Feast and Famine of Iran Coverage in U.S. Media

Roya Hakakian | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Khatami, Foreign Affairs, Iran Protests, World News
Roya Hakakian

Mousavi, the true winner of the 2009 elections, is merely an incidental figure on the road of the nation's thirty-year struggle for freedom and equal rights.

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The One Thing 39 Million Iranians Decisively Voted For

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 07.18.2009 | World

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Elections, Iran Revolutionary Guard, Iran Election, Democracy, Iran, Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Khatami, Ayatollah Khomeini, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, World News
Ali A. Rizvi

Out of 46.2 million eligible voters, a staggering 39 million came out to vote, making a strong, unequivocal statement: Iranians value democracy

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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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Revolution? No. Regime Change? Maybe

Olivia Sterns | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Mousavi, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Khamenei, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran Election 2009, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran Elections, Khatami, Ayatollah Khomeini, Ahmadinejad, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Mohsen Rezaei, World News
Olivia Sterns

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.

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Post-Election Iran: What America Must Do Now

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 07.15.2009 | World

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
Shirin Sadeghi

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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Iran's 20 Most Powerful People: Newsweek

Newsweek | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

Read More: Ali Jafari, Iran Election, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran 20 Most Powerful, Khatami, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Newsweek, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mohammad Khatami, Middle East, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ali Larijani, Advocacy, World News

Power and public discourse in the Islamic Republic are dominated by fewer than two dozen heavyweights, ranging from ayatollahs to entertainers (and on...

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Ahmadinejad Calls Nuclear Freeze "Disgraceful"

AP | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mohammad Khatami, Ahmadinejad Nuclear Program, Foreign Affairs, Iran Presidential Election, Nuclear Freeze, Iran, Ahmadinejad Election, Khatami, Advocacy, Tehran-Iran, World News

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's hard-line president criticized as "disgraceful" a 2003 deal his predecessor reached with Europe to freeze the country's nuclear...

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Iran: The Day the Revolution Lost Its Way

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 06.05.2009 | World

Read More: Islamic Republic of Iran, Terrorism, 30th Iranian Revolution Celebration, Iran, United States, Khatami, Ayatollah Khomeini, United Arab Emirates, Mosaddeq, Uae, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Backing Hizbollah, Hamas, Venezuela and Syria would be less odd if Iran had spent some time tackling issues in its immediate vicinity and within its own borders.

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 04.20.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Al-Qaeda, Recinciliation Talks, Sarkozy, Moussavi, Choudhry, France, Netanyahu, Iran, Sadc, Hamas, Zardari, Choudry, S-300, Detains, Pyongyang, Cheney, Nato, Madagascar, Aids, South Korea, Israel, Water Forum, Gilad Shalit, Ravalomanana, Yemen, Bush, Pakistan, North Korea, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Rearmament, Us, Khatami, Pope Benedict, Gilani, Rice, Medvedev, Rajoelina, Moscow, Condoms, Foreign Affairs Roundup, Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Quagmire of the year: Hamas-Israel There is an endless amount of news this week dealing with Israelis and P...

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Khatami Pulls Out Of Iranian Presidential Race

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 04.17.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Khatami, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran President, Iran Presidential Election, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran Reform Candidate, Moousavi Iran Reformer, Iran Reformists, World News

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's most prominent reformist, former President Mohammed Khatami, pulled out of the race against the country's hard-line presid...

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Iranian Human Rights Should Be Issue No. 1 For Obama: Commentary

Washington Post | Posted 04.16.2009 | World

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Human Rights, Coverage of Iran Nuclear Weapons, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, Khatami, Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Advocacy, Human Rights, World News

We are democracy activists who are passionate about our home country, Iran. One of us, Mariam, immigrated to the United States at age 7, during the 19...

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Khatami To Pull Out Of Iran Race: BBC

BBC NEWS | Posted 04.16.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Mohammad Khatami, Mohammad Khatami Iran Election, Iran Election, Foreign Affairs, Khatami, Khatami Pull Out of Election, World News

Iran's former president Mohammad Khatami is to withdraw his candidacy from the country's June presidential election, the BBC understands....

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Mir Hossein Mousavi Enters Iranian Presidential Race

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 04.10.2009 | World

Read More: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, President Khatami, Mohammad Khatami, Mehdi Karrubi, Iran President, Iran, Iranian President, Mohammed Khatami, Khatami, Iranian Presidential Race, Mir Hossein Candidate, Hossein Mousavi, Mir Hossein Mousavi Website, Moousavi Iran Reformer, Mir-Hossein Moussavi Iran, Mihossien Mosavi, Mir Hossien Mousavi, Mir Hossein Moosavi, World News

TEHRAN, Iran — An influential former Iranian prime minister said Tuesday that he will run in the upcoming presidential election, posing what cou...

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Khatami Websites Blocked By Iran

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 03.24.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Reform Candidate, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Iran Blocks Khatami Websites, Iran Election, Mohammed Khatami, Khatami, Ahmadinejad, Khatami Sites, Khatami Reform 2009, Khatami Iran, World News

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities have blocked two Web sites promoting the presidential bid of Mohammed Khatami, reformists said Saturday, in a...

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Iran Admitted Attacks On Western Troops In Iraq: UK Ambassador

BBC | Posted 03.23.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mohammad Khatami, Sir John Sawers, War With Iran, Ied, Iran Iraq Violence, Iran Iraq, Ied Attacks, Iran, US Iran Iraq Talks, Khatami, Ahmadinejad, World News

Iran offered to stop attacking British troops in Iraq to try to get the West to drop objections to Tehran's uranium enrichment project, a UK official ...

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Mohammad Khatami Slams President Ahmadinejad

AP | TAREK EL-TABLAWY | Posted 03.15.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Reform Candidate, Iran, Mohammad Khatami, Iran Election, Iran Presidential Election, Khatami Ahmadinejad, Khatami, Ahmadinejad, World News

CAIRO — The top reformist candidate in Iran's presidential race blamed incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the country's isolation, while a leadin...

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Mohammed Khatami Almost Attacked By Angry Mob At Anniversary Celebration

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 03.13.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Khatami Attack, Khatami Mom, Islamic Revolution, Iran, Mohammed Khatami, Khatami, Iran 30 Anniversary, Khatami Iran Attack, Khatami Baran, Attack on Khatami, Attack to Khatami, Mohammad Khatami Attack, 30th Iranian Revolution Celebration, World News

An angry, stick-wielding mob tried to attack Iran's ex-president Mohammed Khatami during a celebration marking the 30th anniversary of the Islamic Rev...

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