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Iran Protests: Is Obama Staying on Ahmadinejad's Good Side?

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

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Shirin Sadeghi

The Iranians are still coming. In droves. Despite the intermittent media coverage in the United States, Iranians have not yet stopped protesting the...

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Iranians Worldwide Roll Out Green Scroll Against Ahmadinejad (SLIDESHOW, UPDATES)

Diane Tucker | Posted 08.19.2009 | World

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Diane Tucker

Updates, and video screen grabs from the ceremony in Paris, follow the post. AUSTIN, TX -- When a reporter asked Vaclav Havel to comment on Iran's p...

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Iranian-American Tells Why He Believes Ahmadinejad Got More Votes (UPDATES)

Diane Tucker | Posted 07.28.2009 | World

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Diane Tucker

I drove over to see my friend Ahmad. I figured he would say he was pro-Mousavi and very eager to see Iran revert back to the modern country it once was. I was wrong on both counts.

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Iran and America: The Spirit of 1908

John Ghazvinian | Posted 07.24.2009 | World

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John Ghazvinian

Is 101 years a bit far to go back to help us understand what's happening today? Not in Iran.

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CNN Praises a Dictator

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 07.24.2009 | Media

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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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Reza Pahlavi, Ex-Shah's Son, Calls For Louder Protest Of Iran's Rights Abuses

McClatchy News | Posted 07.24.2009 | World

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The former crown prince of Iran on Monday urged foreign leaders to condemn more forcefully the Iranian regime's crackdown on more than a week of mass ...

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CNN's Navarrette Gets Iran Wrong

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 07.23.2009 | Media

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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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Friday Talking Points [80] -- Parsing Obama's Cairo Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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Chris Weigant

This is an interesting and refreshing subtext in Obama's entire speech -- he says things are "facts" and not opinions. Considering the lunacy that passes for "political debate" on American television screens -- where there are always two points of view, and every "fact" is subject to spin from one side or another -- it is a breath of fresh air.

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