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How Not To Help Iranians

Of Obama’s careful public comments on the confrontation, she said: “I respect his comments on all the events in Iran, but I think it is

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Taking Sides in Iran

Beliefs in democracy and in honest, unbiased journalism are important values. If the Iranian people really did vote for Ahmadinejad – and Mousavi’s demonstrators are

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Fragile at the Core

Most of the time, foreign relations are kind of boring — negotiations, communiqués, soporific speeches. But then there are moments of radical discontinuity—1789, 1917, 1989—when

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Hope springs eternal!

Salaam, What Déjà vu! I am an American/Iranian citizen who lived in Iran in the 70s before and after the enghelab. (I have Iranian citizenship

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Awash in green

I had the great pleasure and the extreme honor to join several thousand demonstrators in Irvine, California, Wednesday night.  These proud Iranians, and many Americans,

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Dear President Obama:

Dear President Obama: I campaigned for you relentlessly, showing no mercy to those who would seek to have you defeated. I wore my blue wristband and

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‘The Fear Is Gone’

Ahmadinejad has taken revenge on the students of Iran during these violent days. The regime’s aim is to damage universities, since they are the first

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