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امتیازدهی تا کجا؟

سه رهبر اصلاح‌طلب جنبش یعنی آقایان خاتمی، کروبی و موسوی اظهاراتی را بیان داشته‌اند (یا به آنان نسبت داده شده) که از نوعی پذیرش موقعیت محمود احمدی‌نژاد به عنوان رییس اجرایی حکومت یاد می‌کند. این حرکت الزاما به معنای پذیرش صحت نتیجه اعلام شده انتخابات 22 خرداد و مشروعیت دولت احمدی‌نژاد نیست. ولی در عین حال، این موضع با آن چه در گفتارها و نوشتارهای این سه شخصیت در ماه‌های گذشته دیده و شنیده شده تفاوت دارد. یعنی اینان تا کنون از پذیرش دوفاکتوی دولت احمدی‌نژاد قاطعانه سر باز می‌زدند و به هواداران خود چنین وانمود می‌کردند که به هیچ عنوان ریاست جمهوری احمدی‌نژاد را نخواهند پذیرفت. این موضع تا مدتی قابل دوام بود، ولی...>>>

Just Say No

The Chinese dictators know very well that the IRI has lost its national based support and legitimacy and can not survive without foreign assistance. From their own experience they know well that this type of regimes are venerable and open to paying bribes, so they can strike any deal they want with them. That was why during the past few months the Chinese government have been selling anti-riot gears and assault weapons to IRI and specially Sepaah e Pasdaran. They are providing them with tear gas electric batons, pepper spray, helmets anti riot cars (one of which was used to kill an Iranian citizen during Ashoora), water canons and other suppression tools>>>

Wicked Wisdom

Year after year, when it comes to Iran’s nuclear program, the Israelis have threatened to attack while actually exercising restraint—whereas with Syria and Iraq, they attacked early on, without real warning, despite being faced with what arguably were lesser provocations. The reason the Israelis have held back is threefold: 1. It would be difficult, if not impossible, for them to stage such a long-range attack on their own. And even if they could get the planes there, the targets are heavily protected. And the Israelis may not even know where all the targets are>>>

Returning to Iran

Early last summer, the photographer whose work appears on the cover of this book was attacked on the streets in Tehran. He escaped serious injury and arrest but his cameras, including the one that shot this picture, were confiscated. He later emailed his friends a picture of what had remained of his cameras: a lens cover and a piece of chord. Those confiscated cameras had recorded a great deal over the years. The various accounts of these years, recorded from many perspectives, are crucial in understanding the recent events in Iran>>>

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