Iran
Activists in San Francisco demonstrated against sanctions and the threat of war on Iran in coordination with dozens of cities worldwide.
February 9, 2012
: Alan Maass Another Iranian scientist has been killed as part of an assassination campaign targeting the country's nuclear program.
January 17, 2012
: Alan Maass Tensions are escalating again in the Persian Gulf region over U.S.-led military and economic threats against Iran.
January 9, 2012
: Nicole Colson An alleged terrorist conspiracy involving Iranian officials will be used by the U.S. as an excuse to escalate pressure on Iran.
October 17, 2011
: Kaveh Ehsani The pro-democracy movement in Iran has to turn to the working class to move forward, says a leading Iranian-American author.
February 26, 2010
: Lee Sustar The U.S. is preparing for stiff new sanctions against Iran as the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tightens its grip on power.
February 16, 2010
: Lee Sustar New mass protests and bloody repression are deepening the divides in Iran's ruling class as the stakes for the struggle grow higher.
January 6, 2010
: Snehal Shingavi Large and militant student demonstrations in Iran signal a new phase of the pro-democracy struggle amid signs of splits among conservatives.
December 15, 2009
Britain's Gordon Brown could learn from the Iranian government that there's a simple way to ensure the U.S. will never ignore him again.
October 7, 2009
The manufactured crisis over Iran's supposed "nuclear capabilities" has echoes of the U.S. case for invading Iraq in 2003.
October 5, 2009
: Lee Sustar Iran's agreement to allow inspection of a nuclear facility and negotiate with the Obama administration won't end U.S. attempts to impose its will.
October 2, 2009
Anti-imperialists don't pick and chose what countries to defend against the U.S., but we also should not allow ourselves to ignore the nature of regimes like that in Iran.
August 18, 2009
: Lee Sustar Sections of the U.S. left are backing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in his drive to crush pro-democracy protests.
August 12, 2009
Workers who are part of the underground labor movement in Iran describe the state of the struggle and what's ahead.
July 30, 2009
: Saeed Rahnema For some Western leftists, Ahmadinejad has become a champion of anti-imperialism because of his seemingly firm rhetoric against Israel and the U.S.
July 15, 2009
Some leftists are turning their backs on Iranian protesters--the very people that they should be engaged in struggle with.
July 9, 2009
: Lee Sustar Is a radical change possible in Iran? Answering that question requires a look at Iranian history, politics and society beyond the disputed June 12 election.
July 1, 2009
Recent events in Iran, dubbed the "Twitter Revolution" by some, have been unprecedented in the way the Internet has been used.
June 25, 2009
: Lee Sustar A crackdown on demonstrators is intensifying, but cracks in Iran's ruling class are creating the potential for an even greater challenge.
June 23, 2009
Can someone let Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in on the differences between a soccer riot and explosive expressions of dissent?
June 18, 2009
While Ahmadinejad's policies may have caused as many economic problems as they solved, his supporters believe in his call to bring oil profits to the dinner table.
June 17, 2009
: Lee Sustar Iranian politics is being transformed by mass protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's dubious claim that he won re-election.
June 15, 2009
: Lee Sustar A bitter election contest has brought deep splits in the Iranian ruling class into the open--and hundreds of thousands of people into the streets.
June 12, 2009
: Nicole Colson The people who shouted loudest over the jailing of an American journalist in Iran are silent about the U.S. military's detention of reporters.
May 20, 2009
More than 120 people spilled into the halls of a packed forum against U.S. war plans against Iran held in Providence.
August 21, 2008
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