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Iran's Alternative Calendar
Honesty and justice in reciting the truth have always been among the most praised basic characteristics of those who write history. Yet, have the incidents of our contemporary history been justly and carefully recorded in Persian calendars? Indeed, are tragedies such as the mass murders of political prisoners, the “chain ...
Iranian Journalism in the Political Labyrinth
The image of Iranian journalism in its 173th year remains limited to the image of a handful of “journalist martyrs,” but a vision for an independent and effective media is still absent—perhaps for another day! ...
A Word from the Editor
Iran is in turmoil. The people of Iran have made clear their rejection of the stolen presidential election of June 2009. The current regime remains in power by force of arms. There is a large pro-democracy movement in the country. The transition to democracy is not, however, inevitable. To be sure ...
Political Parties in Iran
Two of Iran’s main reformist parties now find themselves up against a force that is above-the-law that is bent on dissolving them within the framework of the law. The two parties are the Islamic Iran Participation Front and the Mujahideen of the Islamic Revolution, both of whose charters state the ...
Tehran’s New Arms Bazaar
“Sales of these plastic [police] batons have been high for seven or eight months now and we’ve sold scores,” reports one of the vendors for military clothing on Imam Khomeini Street at the intersection with Sepah Street. These shops, whose customers were until a few months ago soldiers and young officers, ...
Green Movement: Islamist or Secularist
The reported interviews and the statements issued by the Green Movement’s leaders within Iran, and statements which have been made by the Islamic regime’s critics and adversaries abroad show two major tendencies: Islamist and secularist. Both tendencies can be observed inside and outside the country. There are religious and non-religious ...
Flight to Freedom
Because of my belief in the religion of Baha'ism I had tasted the bitterness of discrimination many times. My yearning to see my university entrance exam results was never fulfilled and I was forbidden from entering university[2]; of course, I was in much better condition than my friends who were ...
Using humor to put an oppressive government in a lose-lose situation
The nonviolent civil-resistance movement initiated by Otpor! used satire and other unconventional ways of successfully spreading its message of resistance against the tyrannical regime of Slobodan Milosevic. The Milosevic regime ruled over Serbia and Yugoslavia for about 13 years. To maintain control, the Milosevic regime was infamous for arbitrary arrests, beatings, ...
What Went Wrong on 22 Bahman
In the wake of February 11, 2010 [22 Bahman, the official anniversary of the Iranian revolution], questions abound for the supporters of Iran’s Green movement about its future. A comprehensive analysis of the events of February 11, 2010 is possible only in conjunction with the Ashura protests on December 27, ...
The Green Movement in Transition
The Green Movement came into being in the months preceding the 2009 Presidential Elections with a plan to resurrect reformism, despite the fact that even then there were major differences between the platforms of Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi. The demands put forth by Mousavi lay within the realm ...
Theatre, A Response to a Need
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Attacks on Academic Freedom in Iran
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