Opinion 2003
JUNE
MOJAHEDIN
Sad
spectacle
Self-immolation not for freedom, bur for a leader
By Babak Mazarei
IRAN-US
Short
of military action
Iranians, now, more than ever, need the U.S. as a strong-armed
friend
By Shahla Azizi
IRAN-US
Perils
of impatience
Any U.S. intervention, including enthusiastic support
for the student protesters, would be disastrous
By Reza Zaheri
DEMOCRACY
Some
do's and don'ts
Political culture and obstacles to democracy in Iran
By Masoud Kazemzadeh
DEMOCRACY
Coke
or Pepsi?
Democrat or Republican, what's the difference?
By Pedram Moallemian
IDEAS
What's
the alternative?
Send your ideas and visions on what Iran's government should
be like
By Naghmeh Sohrabi
RUSSIA
Same
big bad bear
The world expects more from country that gave birth to
Sakharov
By Reza Bayegan
OPINION
This
chap aint no champion
I am angry that Iranians are so naïve as to fall
fo Reza Pahlavi
By Ali Ezzatyar
RIGHTS
Who
says a fetus is not a human?
Abortion should be seen as a crime just like murder
By Yashar Zhalehdoust
WMD
Don Quixote’s
Iranian bomb
Lies about nuclear bomb making capabilities
By Sharif N. Mafi
MEDIA
Abandoning
the messy truth
When facts didn't quite fit the drama
By Asghar Massombagi
POLITICS
Democratic
blackmail
Questioning conditions that have lead to proliferation
of discourses on democracy and referendum
By Choob Dosar-Gohi
OPTIMISM
Not
as big as you think
Couple of thousand protesters in a city of 10 million
By Farhad Radmehrian
PROTESTS
Growing
and spreading
Civil disobedience and international pressure leading
up to July 9th anniversary
By Cyrus Kadivar
OPINION
Spontaneous
courage
New signs in the nature of protests
By Shahla Azizi
COVER
Globalized
journalism
International news is a good local story
By Doug McGill
OPINION
This
one is their battle
Stand up for youth and forget yourselves
By Setareh Sabety
IRAN-US
Naked
in a tree-less forest
Bush's shameless hypocrisy
By Guive Mirfendereski
VOICE
Dear
Mr. President
How
should the U.S. respond to demonstrations in Tehran?
By Dokhi Fassihian
REFERENDUM
Are
we worthy?
... enough to have Reza Pahlavi back? Yes we are.
By Amir-Khosrow Sheibany
IRAN-US
Pitfalls
of foreign intervention
Iran's democratic movement could be significantly harmed
by hawkish US policies
By Mehrdad Valibeigi
REFERENDUM
You
the people
We the Rulers
By Naghmeh Sohrabi
IRAN-US
Change
will come from within
Interview with a former American diplomat in Tehran
By Fariba Amini
PSYCHOLOGY
Jump
on your couch
What makes people happy?
By Arash Emamzadeh
REVOLUTION
A
raw deal
The Shah and the Ayatollah six months before the revolution
By Bahram Bahramian
OPINION
The
last thing Iran needs
Do people of Iran really need a foreigner to bring democracy?
By Laleh Larijani
OPINION
Shah
of State
Serving no more than eight years
By Baraitna Irani
OPINION
Opening
up
The role of Iranian-others
By Nema Milaninia
OPINION
To
resign or not to resign
That moment has arrived for the Iranian reformers
By Ahmad Sadri
OPINION
Axis
of stability
America will have no better friend than a Democratic Iran
By Shahriar Zangeneh
THOUGHT
The
wheel
We either live together or fall to the horrors that we
are so knowingly capable of
By FF
HONORARY
PHD
Too
smart
for
our
own
good
When
you spend
too much
time
in academia,
something
happens
to you
By
Shahriar
Zahedi
IRAQ
"Occupation" is
an ugly word
But it's the one that immediately comes to mind when
you've spent some time in the new Baghdad
By Borzou Daragahi
OPINION
Beegaanegee
Self-alienation & reverence for foreign cultures
By Mohamad Purqurian
WAR
At
home with a poet
War is over for those who want it.
War is far from over
By Peyvand Khorsandi
IRAQ
Model
Arab democracy
United States needs to continue forward with Iraq policies
By Andy Noble, Indianapolis, Indiana |