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My Quarter Century With Mike Wallace

Barry Lando | Posted 04.09.2012

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Barry Lando

I worked on 60 Minutes for more than 26 years, most of the time as a producer with Mike Wallace. He brought so much to the team: an uncanny ability to seize the essence of a story, to sense an opening in a tense interview, then thrust with a rapier-like question for the journalistic kill.

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The Case for Attacking Iran's Nukes

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fernando Espuelas

Some have argued that the Cold War-era mutual assured destruction doctrine would contain Iran. That is a big assumption -- specially in light of the Iranian regime's ideology.

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Reality Check: Understanding the Mujahedin-e Khalq

Ali Safavi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ali Safavi

There has not been a single credible and independently verifiable finding that the MEK ever targeted any civilians or non-combatants. This is why the Iranian mullahs have fabricated cases against it.

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Iran Unrest Could Boil Over Jan. 16

GlobalPost | Iason Athanasiadis | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISTANBUL, Turkey -- As simmering unrest continues to sweep Iran, the country's opposition is casting about for possible endgames to the ongoing crisis...

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Montazeri's Limited Tolerance of Non-Muslims

Jamsheed K. Choksy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, Jews, Christians, Religion, Ayatollah, Minorities, Ayatollah Khomeini, Religious Minorities, Khomeini, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, Dhimmi, Tolerance, Iran, Zoroastrians, Intolerance, Islamic Republic of Iran, Hossein Ali Montazeri, Shiites, Persecution, Bahais, Grand Ayatollah, Montezari, Jannati, World News
Jamsheed K. Choksy

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

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He Stood up to the Ayatollah

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shirin Sadeghi

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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Twitter Is Now All I Have

Mahasti Afshar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mahasti Afshar

As someone who since June has been witnessing the events in Iran virtually, I can vouch that the crisis as reported on Twitter and Facebook, YouTube and Flikr and iReports is anything but opaque.

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CNN Praises a Dictator

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sanjeev Bery

Somehow, CNN.com is bestowing positive coverage upon the Shah and his son without once acknowledging the repressive practices of the Shah's regime.

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CNN's Navarrette Gets Iran Wrong

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sanjeev Bery

While tempting, the calls to get tougher with the Iranian government fail to consider the legacy of 25 years of U.S. intervention against Iranian democracy.

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Khamenei's Obsession with the Mahdi

Melody Moezzi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Melody Moezzi

As an Iranian Twelver, I have no doubt that if the Mahdi is among us, he would agree that the so-called Islamic republic has indeed constituted a great disservice to Islam.

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Arab Pro-Democracy Movements Should Support Iran's New Revolutionaries

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Firas Al-Atraqchi

While Iranians may look to the West for help, it is their immediate neighbors which should support their struggle.

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Post-Election Iran: What America Must Do Now

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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