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Leading Clerics Defy Ayatollah on Disputed Iran Election
The most important group of religious leaders in Iran called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate. With heavy security on the streets, there is a forced calm. But each day, slowly, another link...
Category: Articles / TextsCotler blasts Germany's economic support for Iran
Cotler slammed Daniel Bernbeck, the head of the German-Iranian Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Teheran, who told the AP that he saw "no moral question here at all" about commencing business deals with Iran during its...
Category: Articles / TextsAmir Taheri: A suddenly most unwelcome guest
Whatever the truth of allegations about massive fraud, the fact is that many Iranians, perhaps a majority, believe that Ahmadinejad didn't win. His legitimacy is challenged at all levels of Iranian society, including every...
Category: Articles / Texts6 Mousavi supporters reportedly hanged
A report emerged of the hangings of six supporters of defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi. Drivers who so much as shouted "Allahu Akbar" or beeped their horns had their windows smashed by the Basiji and riot police. Women...
Category: Articles / TextsAmir Taheri: The fight for Iran’s future is far from over
The Islamic Republic is dead. But will it be replaced by a Taleban-style emirate or democracy?
Category: Articles / TextsFor Bahais, a Crackdown Is Old News
The Bahais have long served as the proverbial canaries in the coal mine of Iran’s theocracy. Their persecution over nearly 30 years has contradicted all the näively hopeful predictions that the hard-line surface of Iran obscures...
Category: Articles / TextsSanctions on Iran: Will Europe Act?
Countries reach for the sanctions vocabulary when they don’t want to talk about the possibility of other dissuasive means. But they run from sanctions’ use when their consequences are too seemingly confrontational, immediate,...
Category: Articles / TextsThe Iranian Regime
The Danger of a Genocidal, Nuclear and Rights-Violating Iranian Regime: What Must De Done? >>
Category: EventsTehran backs Hizbollah operations around world
Intelligence experts believe that Germany, where Hizbollah has an estimated 900 operatives, is the most likely source of an attack staged by the group in Europe.
Category: Articles / TextsIran 'has arrested 2,000’ in violent crackdown on dissent
More than 2,000 Iranians have been arrested and hundreds more have disappeared since the regime decided to crush dissent after the disputed presidential election. Almost anyone who dares to challenge President Ahmadinejad’s...
Category: Articles / TextsWhat Can Obama Do? Six nonmilitary ways the president can influence Iran
President Obama has enough latitude to modify Iran's behavior without resorting to military action. However, the Iranian nuclear clock is ticking, and a pressure-point sanctions strategy requires time. And time is President...
Category: Articles / TextsAuthoritarian Regimes Censor News From Iran
The authoritarian governments of China, Cuba and Burma have been selectively censoring the news this month of Iranian crowds braving government militias on the streets of Tehran to demand democratic reforms.
Category: Articles / TextsIran Sanctions: The German Control Problem
This week, news reports suggest that the Iranian regime is using technology obtained from Siemens to crack down on protesters and dissidents. This disclosure highlights once again German technology's critical role in furthering...
Category: Articles / TextsAhmadinejad Reaps Benefits of Stacking Agencies With Allies
Mr. Ahmadinejad has filled crucial ministries and other top posts with close friends and allies who have spread ideological and operational support for him nationwide. These analysts estimate that he has replaced 10,000...
Category: Articles / TextsForeign Firms Trading With Iran Face Limits
Lawmakers are seeking to crack down on foreign companies that provide spy technology to Iran with a bipartisan bill that would bar firms that provide sensitive technologies to Iran from doing business with the U.S. government.
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