iranian elections

Why the Islamic Republic Has Survived

Obituaries for the Islamic Republic of Iran appeared even before it was born. In the hectic months of 1979—before the Islamic Republic had been officially declared—many Iranians as well as foreigners, academics as well as journalists, participants as well as...

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What is the true character of the demonstrations

What is the true character of the demonstrations

Monday, June 22, 2009 Imperialists do not embrace true revolutionary movements The eyes of the world have focused on Iran since the June 12 presidential election. The turnout was exceptionally high, with 42 million people, 85 percent of the electorate, going to the...

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Wishful thinking from Tehran

Wishful thinking from Tehran

Since the revolution, academics and pundits have predicted the collapse of the Iranian regime. This week, they did no better guardian.co.uk Saturday 13 June 2009 I have been in Iran for exactly one week covering the 2009 Iranian election carnival. Since I arrived, few...

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Open letter to Mir-Hossein Mousavi

Thursday, 18 June 2009 Many youths in Iran have voted for Mousavi in order to change society. Mousavi himself, however, is a man of the regime and merely wishes to patch up the Islamic Republic and not bring about fundamental change in Iranian society. Here we publish...

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Mass protests erupt in Iran

Mass demonstrations have erupted in Iran in protest at the apparent rigging of the presidential elections by the Mahmoud Ahmadinejad regime. According to reports over one million people have demonstrated in the capital Tehran and over a dozen have been killed in...

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