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The Nuclear Issue and the Interests of the Iranian People
The negotiations and the tentative understanding (not quite an agreement) on the nuclear issue in Geneva have now reached a dead end. There was apparent agreement on the exchange of three percent enriched uranium with 20 percent enriched uranium and U.S. was ready for a written agreement to finalize this ...The Green Movement and Foreign Policy
The Iranian people’s demands and complaints in the aftermath of Iran’s tenth presidential election, which took form in the Green Movement, in a short period of time, transformed from focusing on the fraudulent election and the repressions of the Iranian regime, to addressing Iran’s foreign policy. Protests in the recent ...Progressive Clergy in Search of Lost Credibility
The powerful leap by Iran’s urban middle class has torn asunder the fabric holding together the fundamentalist, reactionary clergy, and with each passing day, this fabric grows ever more worn out and threadbare. Yet, in an equal but opposite fashion, the level-headed, rationalist-minded progressive clergy has set out, one more ...The Green Moharram
The bservance of Moharram and people’s unbreakable accord with it has taken on political significance in addition to its religious nature throughout history. During the Safavid dynasty Moharram was an opportunity to demonstrate love toward the Prophet’s family (Ahle Beit) and a chance to strengthen Shi’ism, the new faction of ...The Plight of Iranian Asylum-Seekers in Turkey
The pro-reform campaigners who spent sleepless nights working around the clock in the weeks leading up to the June 12th election had hoped to affect “change.” They never imagined that what lay in store for them after casting their votes at the polls was a life in exile slapped with ...After Student's Day
The continuation of street protests on December 7th (Iran’s Students Day), despite the bloody repression after November 4th (anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover) and the threats from military commanders, proved that Iran’s social movement will not extinguish until it has reached its goals. If the struggle continues and the ...Why the West is Skeptical about the Green Movement
Six months after the post-election civil unrest in Iran, the West still regards the Green Movement and its political and spiritual leadership with mistrust. In the eyes of Western governments, this movement’s leaders, or at least those who claim to be its leaders, are not acceptable alternatives to the regime ...The Crucial Role of Universities in Iran’s Green Movement
The university constitutes a very significant feature of the modern world. The university is founded on the principle that human beings, through their own knowledge and on the basis of their inborn intellectual autonomy, are capable of achievements in the modern natural and human sciences. Consequently, the most important fruit ...What approach will secure human rights?
The achievement of human rights in a society does not depend solely on the will and desire of governments, although governments undeniably have power to violate these rights. It seems that human rights in a society are anchored in public opinion more than through government actions. This is why human ...New Sanctions and Iran’s Changing Society
As negotiations between Iran, the West, and the International Atomic Energy Agency over the issue of uranium exchange have gone nowhere, a new round of international sanctions appears certain. While the exact details of the sanctions have yet to be fully hammered out, it appears the nuclear showdown between Iran ...
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