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Stuck between brothers

A petition summoning President Ahmadinejad to the Iranian parliament, which appeared all but set to be adopted yesterday, ultimately fell short after a number of

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Clear Shift

At least tens of thousands of Iranians poured into the streets of Tehran and elsewhere on February 14, breathing new life into the stagnant Green

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A Post-Montazeri Iran

The New York Times reports: The web sites of the clerics, Grand Ayatollah Yusuf Sanei and Grand Ayatollah Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani, who are both “sources of

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The Prerequisites of Escalation

In his 17th statement, Mir-Hossein Mousavi made five specific points that he deemed necessary to start the political (and national) reconciliation process. The proposal lead

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The Battle, Not the War

In the days leading upto 22 Bahman, the Iranian blogosphere was abuzz over whether a momentous turnout would mark a turning point in the Green

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Google’s Eye on the Regime

The regime claimed yesterday that 50 million supporters (in a country of 70 million!) came out to commemorate the thirty-first anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.

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