Iran's Not-Yet-Revolution: Cause for Optimism
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.
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.
washingtonpost.com | Thomas Erdbrink | Posted 09.26.2009 | World
The attorney prosecuting leading opposition figures in Iran asked a court Tuesday to give them "the maximum punishment," offering the clearest indicat...
Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 08.09.2009 | World
Without the July 1999 protests, there could never have been June 2009. What the students courageously started then has led to a massive movement encompassing all Iranians.
Newsweek | Posted 06.28.2009 | World
Power and public discourse in the Islamic Republic are dominated by fewer than two dozen heavyweights, ranging from ayatollahs to entertainers (and on...
AP | Posted 06.21.2009 | World
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's hard-line president criticized as "disgraceful" a 2003 deal his predecessor reached with Europe to freeze the country's nuclear...
BBC NEWS | Posted 04.16.2009 | World
Iran's former president Mohammad Khatami is to withdraw his candidacy from the country's June presidential election, the BBC understands....
AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 04.10.2009 | World
TEHRAN, Iran — An influential former Iranian prime minister said Tuesday that he will run in the upcoming presidential election, posing what cou...
BBC | Posted 03.23.2009 | World
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 ...
AP | TAREK EL-TABLAWY | Posted 03.15.2009 | World
CAIRO — The top reformist candidate in Iran's presidential race blamed incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the country's isolation, while a leadin...
AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 03.11.2009 | World
TEHRAN, Iran — Former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami declared Sunday he would run again for president, setting the stage for a major politic...
New York Times | NAZILA FATHI | Posted 02.04.2009 | World
TEHRAN -- As the race for Iran's presidential election heats up, hard-liners are cracking down on activists who have supported reformist candidates in...
Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 04.14.2009 | World
TEHRAN, Dec 12 (IPS) - The main issue in Iran's June 2009 presidential election is certain to be the country's economic woes, but both candidates will...
Mahmood Delkhasteh | Posted 10.06.2009 | World