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October 2009

10/31/2009'Same old tricks'

'Same old tricks'

[ comment ] Iran's purported response to IAEA Director General Mohammed ElBaradei's plan should not have come as a surprise to anyone. True to form, Iranian administrations have always shown...

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10/30/2009The power behind the scene: Khoeiniha

The power behind the scene: Khoeiniha

The power behind the scene: Ayatollah Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha [ profile ] Divisions between Shia clerics existed from the beginning of the 1978-79 Revolution. But as a result of the...

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10/30/2009Selected Headlines

Selected Headlines

Mousavi slams govt policy in Geneva talks Tabnak | Oct. 29, 2009 Opposition figure Mir Hossein Mousavi described the outcome of the Geneva nuclear talks as astonishing. According to the...

10/29/2009Selected Headlines

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IRGC Chief: Preserving regime more sacred than Islamic prayers Ayandeh News | Oct. 29, 2009 According to Sepah News, the official website of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Mohammad...

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10/29/2009Weapons of Mass Distraction

Weapons of Mass Distraction

The 41st anniversary of the commencement of American-Israeli negotiations over Israel's nuclear program. [ region ] If Iranian negotiators haven't read Avner Cohen's book Israel and the Bomb, they should....

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10/28/2009Selected Headlines

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Protests at Ahwaz University Ayandeh News | Pedestrian | Oct. 27, 2009 Hamid Rasaee, a member of the Iranian parliament, was at the University of Ahvaz in Khuzestan on...

10/28/2009Overview: University Unrest

Overview: University Unrest

Photo translation: Happy Student Day to you the student who is: a hooligan! naive! an agent of a foreign adversary! a threat to public safety! a spy! a fake intellectual!...

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10/27/2009Selected Headlines

Selected Headlines

Iran to accept nuke deal with changes FP | Oct. 27, 2009 Iran's state-controlled al-Alam TV channel reported on Tuesday that Iran will accept a UN brokered deal on uranium...

10/26/2009Selected Headlines

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Pakistan 'holds elite Iran force' BBC | Oct. 26, 2009 Iran has blamed a Pakistani group for an attack on its Revolutionary Guards Eleven members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards...

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10/26/2009Reading RAND in Tehran

Reading RAND in Tehran

Did anyone actually read this thing? [ analysis ] After two postponements and much controversy, a 50% plus one share of the state-owned Iranian Telecommunications Company was sold via Tehran's...

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10/26/2009Analysts: Internal Disputes behind Nuclear Delay

Analysts: Internal Disputes behind Nuclear Delay

[ analysis ] As Iran prolongs replying to a nuclear deal seen as a first step towards ending the Islamic Republic's longstanding standoff with the international community, analysts inside Iran...

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10/25/2009Blogging the Election with Broken Farsi

Blogging the Election with Broken Farsi

Karroubi in Arak. [ dispatch ] Nearly a year ago, after spending three months in Iran as an NGO volunteer learning Farsi, I lucked into a job reporting and...

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10/25/2009Iranian Greens are not Revolutionaries

Iranian Greens are not Revolutionaries

[ comment ] It has been four and a half months since the Islamic Republic of Iran, like the giant of fables, foolishly broke the jar that contained its life....

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10/24/2009The Fog over the 1983 Beirut Attacks

The Fog over the 1983 Beirut Attacks

[ comment ] Friday marked the 26th anniversary of the bombing attacks on the U.S. Marines and French forces in Beirut, Lebanon. Two truckloads of explosives separately struck the buildings...

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10/24/2009The Week in Green with Hamid Dabashi

The Week in Green with Hamid Dabashi

[ spotlight ] Renowned Columbia University Iran scholar Hamid Dabashi debuted as the host of a new broadcast, "The Week in Green with Hamid Dabashi: A Window into the...

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10/24/2009Selected Headlines

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The New Hostage Crisis FP | Oct. 24, 2009 My friend, the Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh, was recently sentenced to 15 years in Tehran's Evin prison. For those familiar with...

10/23/2009Selected Headlines

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Karroubi attacked Parleman News | Tabnak | Asr Iran Oct. 23, 2009 Outspoken opposition cleric Mehdi Karroubi has reportedly been assaulted by pro-government visitors at the 16th International Exhibition of...

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10/22/2009DC and Tehran agree:

DC and Tehran agree: "Don't Blame Us!"

[ comment ] An Iranian blogger called the past few months "Iran's aviation black summer," and he might be right. In the course of one month, Iranian airlines had two...

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10/22/2009The Faltering Islamic Leviathan

The Faltering Islamic Leviathan

The faltering Islamic leviathan and the rebirth of the private cult in Iran. [ comment ] Despite the apparent success of the Iranian regime's initial crackdown against the post-election uprising,...

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10/22/2009Selected Headlines

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Iran Nuclear Monitor Dies Mysteriously Newsweek | Oct. 22, 2009 Police in Austria are investigating the mysterious death of a British nuclear monitoring expert. Early news reports said that Timothy...

10/22/2009Who supports Jundallah?

Who supports Jundallah?

[ analysis ] On Oct. 18, 2009, the Jundallah (God's Brigade) terrorist group mounted two terrorist attacks inside Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan province. One was a suicide attack, and the other was...

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10/21/2009Newsweek reporter leaves Tehran; 25 journalists still in jail

Newsweek reporter leaves Tehran; 25 journalists still in jail

CPJ | Oct. 20, 2009 With the release of Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari on bail, the Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Iranian authorities to release the 25 journalists...

10/20/2009Brew haha: Israeli boycott of Turkish coffee won't hold water

Brew haha: Israeli boycott of Turkish coffee won't hold water

[ region ] Although Israeli political leaders have been playing down the significance of the fraying relations between Israel and Turkey, Haaretz reports that an Israeli cafe chain, Ilan Coffee,...

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10/20/2009Selected Headlines

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Iran arrests three over bomb blast Al Jazeera | Oct. 20, 2009 Three Iranians have been arrested in connection to Sunday's suicide bombing attack in the country's southeast that killed...

10/20/2009Mr. Mohajerani goes to Washington

Mr. Mohajerani goes to Washington

[ dispatches ] Ataollah Mohajerani's political career began in 1980 when he entered the Islamic Republic's first Majlis as a representative from Shiraz as its youngest member. He served...

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10/20/2009Selected Headlines

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Iran fires senior oil official amid political unrest IRNA | Oct. 19, 2009 Iran on Sunday fired longstanding oil official Javad Yarjani, further fueling concerns that the widespread political turmoil...

10/19/2009The Sheikh of Reform: Mehdi Karroubi

The Sheikh of Reform: Mehdi Karroubi

[ profile ] During national election campaigns in any country, politicians are known to make bold declarations and set lofty goals. Very few deliver even on a fraction of those...

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10/18/2009Selected Headlines

Selected Headlines

Center right: A young Noor Ali Shushtari during the Iran-Iraq war. More photos here. Iranian official blames deadly bombing on 'U.S. actions' CNN | Oct. 18, 2009 A man...

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10/18/2009Sitting Ducks

Sitting Ducks

A French magazine is the Israeli source for impending attack on Iran. [ dispatch ] Israeli broadcast and print media are reporting that an Israeli attack on Iran is taking...

10/17/2009Worse than Shah-era Capitulation Laws

Worse than Shah-era Capitulation Laws

30 years after the Revolution, foreigners "more equal" under Iranian law. [ comment ] Ayatollah Khomeini, the founding father of the Islamic Republic, became a hero and the leader of...

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10/17/2009Political Hip-Hop

Political Hip-Hop

[ music ] Tehran's underground music scene is explored in a number of documentaries, including Amir Hamz's Sounds of Silence and Bahman Ghobadi's No One Knows About Persian Cats,...

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10/16/2009Selected Headlines

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Kalhor's wife says her husband not telling truth Mehr | Etemad | Oct. 14-15, 2009 Mehdi Kalhor's wife Masoumeh Taheri-Mousavi spoke out against her husband for claiming in a recent...

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10/16/2009Ahmadinejad on Diplomacy

Ahmadinejad on Diplomacy

Ahmadinejad talks about his UN performance In a recent interview with state television, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad discusses diplomacy and his trip to New York to address a mostly empty General Assembly....

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10/15/2009The Death March

The Death March

[ analysis ] Iran's post-election turmoil and the ensuing human rights crisis entered a new phase this week, after authorities announced death sentences for four defendants following the mass trials...

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10/14/2009Selected Headlines

Selected Headlines

Rafsanjani: Ahmadinejad's 2nd term legitimate Tabnak | Farda News | Oct. 14, 2009 [Tabnak appears to have taken down the story.] Head of the Expediency Council, Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani,...

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10/14/2009Learning from History, Charting the Future

Learning from History, Charting the Future

What are Iranians calling for? Expanded civil liberties, or a ground-up change? [ comment ] Amidst the chaos of today's Iranian politics, many questions remain unanswered. The most relevant: what...

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10/14/2009Abandoned

Abandoned

Obama's Lost Opportunity [ comment ] Events in Iran have unraveled like a nightmare for many of us Iranians. First, the presidential election, which seemed to hold some promise...

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10/14/2009US-Iran talks: Does Green Movement benefit?

US-Iran talks: Does Green Movement benefit?

[ analysis ] Negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group -- the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany -- began on Thursday, October 1. Iran's...

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10/14/2009Makhmalbaf opens up on Green Movement

Makhmalbaf opens up on Green Movement

Hana Makhmalbaf interviewed her father, prominent filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, the Paris-based spokesman for opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, about the future of the Green Movement and the prospect of a...

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10/14/2009Selected Headlines

Selected Headlines

Daughter of Ahmadinejad aide seeks asylum in Germany Haaretz | Oct. 13, 2009 The daughter of a top adviser to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has applied for asylum in Germany,...

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10/13/2009Changing Tehran: No Pain, No Gain

Changing Tehran: No Pain, No Gain

[ comment ] Things rarely change in Washington. Frustrated by an adversary's policies, the reflex action of political moderates up and down Pennsylvania Avenue is for increased sanctions, and for...

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10/12/2009Slashing Red Tape on the Silver Screen

Slashing Red Tape on the Silver Screen

[ film ] Censorship is watertight in Iran, as scores of farhangis -- those involved in culture and the arts -- well know. A telling symptom of this all-prevailing malaise...

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10/12/2009Selected Headlines

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Victim's parents hang man convicted of murder as juvenile AFP | Oct. 11, 2009 An Iranian man was hanged on Sunday reportedly by the parents of his victim whom he...

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10/11/2009Iranian blogosphere reacts to Obama's Peace Prize

Iranian blogosphere reacts to Obama's Peace Prize

[ dispatch ] Outside of the United States, the news that U.S. President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize resonated perhaps most strongly with Iranians. The traditional anti-US...

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10/11/2009Selected Headlines

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Our Laureate: Neda of Iran WaPo | Oct. 10, 2009 The Nobel Committee's decision is especially puzzling given that a better alternative was readily apparent. This year, hundreds of thousands...

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10/10/2009My Uncle's Wife

My Uncle's Wife

[ passport ] I spent my first couple of evenings in Iran two years ago watching TV news with my uncle's orange-haired wife at their house in a Karaj gated...

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10/10/2009Another Aviation Scapegoat

Another Aviation Scapegoat

[ comment ] Mohammad Ali Ilkhani, head of the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization (IR-CAO), was let go after only two and half months in the job. He is being replaced...

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10/09/2009Selected Headlines

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Amnesty: Iran sentences opponent to death AP | Oct. 9, 2009 Iran has sentenced an accused member of an exiled opposition group to death, Amnesty International said Friday in an...

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10/09/2009Selected Headlines

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Puzzling: men and women touch during police show battle in Iran. Click here for more photos Oil Minister: we won't sell oil to countries that accept gasoline sanctions Kayhan...

10/08/2009Letter: Human Rights paramount in negotiations

Letter: Human Rights paramount in negotiations

With negotiations between Iran and the United States under way, many Iranians, particularly those in the Diaspora, continue to despair about the gross violation of human rights in Iran, and...

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10/07/2009So You Wanna Be A Hyperstar?

So You Wanna Be A Hyperstar?

[ business ] A few years ago I had a conversation with an engineer who was complaining bitterly about the four traditional Iranian styles of bread. His harangue went on...

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10/07/2009Selected Headlines

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Cartoon by Nikahang Kowsar/Roozonline US funds dry up for Iran rights watchdog Boston Globe | Oct. 7, 2009 Just as the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center was ramping up...

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10/06/2009Selected Headlines

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Photos of Kahrizak prison published by reformist website Mowjcamp. Mortazavi: Prisoner overflow at Kahrizak cause of torture Blog Watch: Mardomak | Oct. 6, 2009 Shortly before the Majlis truth-finding...

10/06/2009The case of the missing Iranian nuclear physicist

The case of the missing Iranian nuclear physicist

[ comment ] New information has emerged indicating that the United States may have become aware of the developing Qom uranium enrichment facility by an Iranian nuclear scientist -- or...

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10/05/2009Selected Headlines

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Jailed Newsweek reporter faces personal ordeal AP | Oct. 5, 2009 Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari, who has been imprisoned in Iran for more than three months, got troubling news: His...

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10/05/2009Rafsanjani's Deal?

Rafsanjani's Deal?

[ dispatch ] Politicians and officials linked to both Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani have released the draft of a plan to calm the crisis of...

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10/05/2009Selected Headlines

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Khamenei reshuffles military top brass AFP | Oct. 4, 2009 Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday issued decrees reshuffling several commanders in the elite Revolutionary Guards Corps, official...

10/02/2009Selected Headlines

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Chants of Ya Hossein, Mir Hossein emerge from stands during live broadcast of today's soccer match at Azadi Stadium in Tehran. Soccer fans chanting pro-Mousavi slogans on their way...

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10/01/2009Selected Headlines

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Iran Nuke Deal Details The Daily Beast | Oct. 1, 2009 Michael Adler reports that the "steps to build confidence" announced today are more concrete than Obama revealed. Iran has...

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