Ahmad Rafat
The Islamic Republic’s Dirty Laundry
Just when the so-called “Reformist” movement was swept under the current amidst the upheavals of the Iranian presidential election in June of last year and the first ripples of the arrests and media clampdowns for those who, in various capacities stood up and challenged the Leadership’s pronouncements on the fitness ...
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 ...Religious Intellectuals and Their Recent Statement
As the Green Movement continues unabated on the streets of Tehran and as the Dahé-ye Fajr[1] and the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution—which many consider to be a turning point in the current juncture of the struggle for freedom—loom on the horizon, issuing statements and statements by various political ...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 ...
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