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UN Denounces Iran for Human Rights Violations

The U.N. General Assembly has approved a new resolution yesterday, denouncing serious human rights violations in Iran. Member States voiced deep concern at Iran’s “serious ongoing and recurring human...

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One Year into the House Arrest of Iran’s Opposition Leaders

Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, two presidential candidates in the disputed June 2009 election and the leaders of post-election protests, along with Zahra Rahnavard, an outspoken critic and...

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Revolutionary Iran in Transition

The European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) has published online Iran: a revolutionary republic in transition, edited by  Rouzbeh Parsi. “The volume presents an in-depth assessment of the...

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Iran: Dramatic Surge in Repression of Dissent

Amnesty International has released today a new, 71-page report on escalation of crackdown in Iran, entitled ‘We are ordered to crush you': Expanding repression of dissent in Iran. Describing how Iran...

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UN Special Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran

Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, has released 36-page report to the United Nations Human Rights Council. The report has documented “striking pattern of...

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Olivier Roy on Transformation of Islamists

Foreign Policy has published an excerpt from Olivier Roy’s essay in the book The Islamists Are Coming: Who They Really Are, edited by Robin Wright, which will be released on April 18, 2012. Explaining...

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Why Iran’s Autocrats Cannot Rest Easy

In a piece in New York Times, Middle East scholar Ray Takeyh says that Iran’s autocrats should not be eluded by dream of dictatorial stability. Reviewing the successive social movements in postwar...

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Freedom of the Press 2012: Iran Ranked 192

Freedom House has released today its annual survey of freedom of the press around the world. The report finds “precarious but potentially far-reaching gains for media freedom in the Middle East and...

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The Tragic Farce of Voting in Iran

Iran will hold tomorrow a second round of parliamentary elections to decide 65 seats still outstanding in its 290-member legislative body. At the first round, Iran’s democratic opposition and main...

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Tortured to Death for Blogging in Iran

After the Islamic Republic’s successful crackdown on the Green Movement protesters and political activists, Iranian hardliners have been moving swiftly to lay the foundation for a totalitarian security...

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