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Could This Be A Tipping Point?1 comment

Killian Bundy wrote 1 week ago: Clashes Erupt at Reformist Cleric’s Funeral Hundreds of thousands of Iranian mourners, includi … more →

Tags: Blog Entry, Ahmad Montazeri, Ali Khamenei, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Basij, Beirut, Cleric, Funeral, funeral procession

The Iran Election6 comments

Julia wrote 6 months ago: Holy crap, you guys. I thought I totally understood the current Iranian election shit going down, an … more →

Tags: The Middle East, Iran, iran election, neda soltan, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Islam, ayatollah, Ali Khamenei

Rooftops of Tehran: Interview with Iranian-American Author - Mahbod Seraji

Jujunaz wrote 6 months ago: Rooftops of Tehran - By Mahbod Seraji By Sanaz Khalaj-Santos Washington, DC — Anyone who has s … more →

Tags: persianesque magazine, rooftops of tehran, mahbod seraji, iranian-american author, novel set in Tehran, tehran rooftops, 1970's iran, 2009 Iranian movement

Khamenei to Khomeini

sharma24 wrote 6 months ago: It is eerily familiar. The chants of Allah-o-Akbar (God is Great) rent the air at night in Tehran. T … more →

Tags: International Relations, middle east, US, Iran Elections, Ahmedinijad, mousavi, Khamenei, Khomeini, Tehran

Reza Aslan: Spirit of '79 in Iran

Jujunaz wrote 6 months ago: Mass Domenstration in Iran (circa 1979) - Image via Marxist.com By Dr. Reza Aslan – Time For t … more →

Tags: persianesque magazine, Reza Aslan, mass demonstration in iran, spirit of '79 in iran

The rival Ayatollah's statement (translation)1 comment

sanjeevbery wrote 6 months ago: Over at 0×6675636B, an Iranian expat has posted a translated version of Ayatollah Montazeri’s … more →

Tags: Iran, Ahmadinejad, mousavi, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, Hossein-Ali Montazeri, montazeri, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Basij, Guardian Council

Ayatollah vs. Ayatollah

sanjeevbery wrote 6 months ago: McClatchy News is reporting that one of Iran’s most senior clerics, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Al … more →

Tags: Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ahmadinejad, Iran Elections, mousavi, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, Hossein-Ali Montazeri, montazeri, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

The CIA in Iran

brisbanechange wrote 6 months ago: All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror CIA.GOV Intelligence … more →

Tags: Government Sponsored Terrorism, Iran, Terrorism, CIA, Mossadeq, the shah, Regime Change, terrorist attacks, 2009

Setting the Scene: Iran’s Presidential (S)elections

Jujunaz wrote 6 months ago: By Karim Sadjadpour Though Ahmadinejad has profoundly mismanaged the economy—Iran’s 30 percent offic … more →

Tags: persianesque magazine, iranian girls, Persian Girls, Ahmadinejad, Khatami, Zahra Rahnavard, karroubi, Karim Sadjadpour, iran election 2009

Presidential Election in Iran: Colours of Memory and the Chances for Reform and Closure

Shahram wrote 7 months ago: Colours of Memory and Chances of Reform and Closure Iran’s potentially next second lady (Khame … more →

Tags: Abolhassan Bani Sadr, Iranian presidential election, Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), Reform in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Seyyed Ali Khamenei

Mir-Hossein Musavi: Birth, Evolution, and Rebirth

Shahram wrote 7 months ago: The following was published yesterday on rahbordonline.com.   میرحسین موسوی: زایش، دگردیسی و نوزایی … more →

Tags: Abolhassan Bani Sadr, akbar hashemi rafsanjani, Ali Akbar Natgegh-Nuri, Hassan Ayat, Iranian presidential election, Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), Jomhuri-Eslami Newspaper, Mehdi Karrubi, Mir-Hossein Musavi

Iranian women and the Islamic Republic

rogerhollander wrote 10 months ago: The hunger to extend and secure their rights has long been central to the experience of Iran’s … more →

Tags: Israel, Gaza & Middle East, Women, ayatollah knomeini, Feminism, Iran, Iran History, Iran-Iraq War, Iranian women, "Islamic Feminism"

A Return to Nicaragua and the 1980s ‘Triumph of the People’: Is This Latin America’s Future? by Gregory Hilton

Gregory Hilton wrote 10 months ago: Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega had a Major Impact on U.S. Politics in the 1980s. A Return to Nicaragua an … more →

Tags: Foreign Policy, Jimmy Carter, Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, Anastasio Somona, Venezuela, cuba

Windows on Iran 3

Fatemeh Keshavarz wrote 1 year ago: Jewish wedding in beautiful synagogue in Tehran. Hello Everyone! We are officially a listserv now. W … more →

Tags: Iran, nuclear issue, US Media, iranian architecture, Religion, Politics, History, CIA, Jews


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