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Montazeri's Limited Tolerance of Non-Muslims

Jamsheed K. Choksy | Posted 12.21.2009 | World

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 12.21.2009 | World

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
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 11.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Khomeini, Social Media, Iran, Twitter, Twitter Iran, Roger Cohen, Media News
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 07.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, Kerry, Media, Sanjeev Bery, Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran Election, Khomeini, Bery, Media News, Shah of Iran, Mossadeq, Mohammad Mossadegh, Shah, Iran, Savak, Cnn, cnn.com, Iranian Democracy, John Kerry, Mossadegh, Cia, Operation Ajax, Media Bias, Media News
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 07.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Iran, Ruben Navarrette, Cnn, Obama, cnn.com, Barack Obama, Stephen Kinzer, Sanjeev Bery, Eisenhower, Iranian Democracy, Cia, Ayatollah Khomeini, All the Shah's Men, Mossadeq, Mohammad Mossadegh, British Colonialism, Iran Protests, Reza Pahlavi, Decolonization, Britain in Iran, John Kerry, Iran Election, Shah of Iran, Operation Ajax, Savak, San Diego Union-Tribune, Ahmadinejad, Dwight Eisenhower, Mossadegh, Navarrette, Media, Shah, Kerry, Khomeini, Bery, Media News
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 07.21.2009 | World

Read More: Shirin Ebadi, Obama Iran, Imam, Khamenei, Shiraz, Obama Iran Policy, Khomeini, Iranian Election, Mahdi, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Protests, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iranian Election 2009, Tehran, Obama Iran Engagement, Ayatullah, Twelver, Shi’A, Shi’ite, World News
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 07.16.2009 | World

Read More: Democratic, Iran, Khamenei, Arab, Middle East, Pro-Reform, Khomeini, Iraq, Iran Demonstrations, Iran Protesters, Iran Recount, Iran Riots, Iran Crackdown, Obama, Iran Council of Guardians, Iran Elections, Tehran Demonstrations, Iran Elections Results, World News
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 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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