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Iran's Fateful Choice
Duran Parsi
Foreign Policy in Focus - February, 2010
Yet there have also been signs of compromise. Unfortunately, U.S. policy toward Iran has encouraged polarization within the country and made a peaceful and democratic resolution to the crisis less likely.
How Washington Can Really Help the Greens in Tehran
Trita Parsi
Foreign Policy - February, 2010
But between the extremes of doing nothing and doing everything, there is a middle ground: providing the Iranian pro-democracy movement with breathing space, rather than engaging in risky and imprecise exercises that would directly involve America as an actor on the Iranian scene. The United States can achieve this through a few simple steps.
Iran's Women of War
Haleh Esfandiari
New York Review of Books - January, 2010
Women have in fact been at the forefront of resistance to an intrusive state ever since the establishment of the Islamic Republic. In the early years of the revolution, they resisted the new regime's attempt to force them out of the workplace and universities. They found subtle ways--such as showing a bit of hair and wearing shorter robes in pastel colors--of challenging the restrictive dress code the government imposed on them in the name of Islam.
Regime Change in Iran? Don't Bet on It
Dilip Hiro
Asia Times - January, 2010
History shows that a revolutionary movement triumphs only when two vital factors merge: it is supported by a coalition of different social classes and it succeeds in crippling the country's governing machinery and fracturing the state's repressive apparatus.
An Opposition Manifesto in Iran
Robin Wright
LA Times - January, 2010
Iran's so-called green movement is not yet a counterrevolution, but recent developments make clear it is heading in that direction. Seven months after the uprising began, an opposition manifesto is finally taking shape, and its sweeping demands would change the face of Iran.
The Decade's First Revolution?
Gary Sick
The Daily Beast - January, 2010
We may be witnessing in Iran the first example of a post-modern rebellion. On the surface, there appear to be many similarities between today's events and the Iranian revolution of 1978-79. However, the differences may be even more important.
The Revolution Will Be Mercantilized
The Revolution Will Be Mercantilized
The National Interest - December, 2009
Though the IRGC started its life as a defender of the revolution, over time the organization has become increasingly involved in commercial interests. Divisions within the Revolutionary Guard, particularly between its veterans and their heirs, have deepened. Now in bed with an increasingly radicalized elite in Iran, the IRGC seems to be less about protecting the people of the country and more about protecting its own material interests. Iran is rapidly becoming a security state.
Broken Taboos in Post-Election Iran
Ziba Mir-Hosseini
MERIP - December, 2009
Will Iran Ignite?
Gary Sick
The Daily Beast - December, 2009
Negotiating with Iran: Reflections from Personal Experience
James Dobbins
The Washington Quarterly - December, 2009
Anatomy of a Nuclear Breakthrough Gone Backwards
Farideh Farhi
MERIP Middle East Report - December, 2009
Iran Loses Clout in Arab World
Scott Peterson
Christian Science Monitor - December, 2009
All the President's Women
Nazanin Shahrokni
MERIP, Middle East Report - November, 2009
Pragmatists in Tehran
Hillary Mann Leverett
Foreign Policy - October, 2009
Iran: The Revenge
Anonymous
New York Review of Books - October, 2009
Talking With Tehran
Robert Dreyfuss
The Nation - October, 2009
In Evin Prison
Claire Messud
New York Review of Books - October, 2009
Interview: The Iranian Regime Is Now More Vulnerable Than Ever Before
Karim Sadjadpour
Carnegie Endowment - October, 2009
Diplomacy and Iran May Yet Have Potential to Break Out
Tony Karon
The National - October, 2009
US Strategy in Iran Talks
Robert Dreyfuss
The Nation - September, 2009
Keeping Iran Honest
Scott Ritter
The Guardian - September, 2009
How to Press the Advantage With Iran
Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
New York Times - September, 2009
How to Keep Iran in Check Without War
Gary Sick
The Daily Beast - September, 2009
Ahmadinejad's Nuclear Folly
Farideh Farhi
MERIP Middle East Report - September, 2009
Where Is Iran Headed?
Muhammad Sahimi
Tehran Bureau - September, 2009
Talks on Nuclear Issue Unlikely with 'Unsettled' Iran
Ray Takeyh
Council on Foreign Relations - September, 2009
Tohidi: Women and the Presidential Elections: Iran's New Political Culture
Nayereh Tohidi
Informed Comment - September, 2009
The Islamic Republic on Trial: Guardianship of Unjust Jurist
Majid Mohammadi
National Democratic Institute - September, 2009
Iran: The Tragedy & the Future
Roger Cohen
New York Review of Books - August, 2009
Make Them Wait: The Case for a Tactical Pause with Iran
Trita Parsi
Foreign Policy - July, 2009
The Making of an Iran Policy
Roger Cohen
New York Times - July, 2009
Iran: The Tragedy & the Future
Roger Cohen
New York Review of Books - July, 2009
Patience with Iran
The Nation
Robert Dreyfuss - July, 2009
Iran's Green Wave
Robert Dreyfuss
The Nation - July, 2009
Tehran, June 2009
Kaveh Ehsani, Arang Keshavarzian and Norma Claire Moruzzi
MERIP Middle East Report - June, 2009
Questions about the Crisis in Iran: Is this a Military Coup against the Clerics?
Rasmus Christian Elling
CUMINet - June, 2009
Book Review: Divided Iran on the Eve
Malise Ruthven
NY Review of Books - June, 2009
An Artist as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran?
Shiva Balaghi
MERIP Middle East Report - June, 2009
U.S.-Iranian Engagement: The View from Tehran
International Crisis Group - June, 2009
Setting the Scene: Iran's Presidential (S)elections
Karim Sadjadpour
Carnegie Endowment - June, 2009
Dangerous But Not Omnipotent: Exploring the Reach and Limitations of Iranian Power in the Middle East
Frederic Wehrey, David E. Thaler, Nora Bensahel et al
Rand Corp - May, 2009
Here's How Israel Would Destroy Iran's Nuclear Program
Reuven Pedatzur
Haaretz - May, 2009
Nuclear Issue Unites Conservatives and Reformists
Geneive Abdo
Iran Election Bulletin - April, 2009
America's Intelligence Assessment on the Iranian Nuclear Issue
Ephraim Kam
Mideast Peace Pulse - March, 2009
Obama's Overtures to Iran
Daniel Brumberg
Washington Post - March, 2009
On Khamenei's Response to Obama
Farideh Farhi
Informed Comment Global Affairs - March, 2009
The Islamic Republic's Failed Quest for the Spotless City
Azam Khatam
MERIP Middle East Report - March, 2009
Why the Islamic Republic Has Survived
Ervand Abrahamian
MERIP Middle East Report - March, 2009
Editorial: The Islamic Revolution at 30
MERIP Middle East Report - March, 2009
Assault on a Tehran University: Martyr Burials and Violence
Rasmus Christian Elling
CUMINet - February, 2009
The Iranian Revolution at 30
Middle East Institute - January, 2009
How to Deal with Iran
William Luers, Thomas R. Pickering, Jim Walsh
New York Review of Books - January, 2009
Scenario Building for Iran
Michael Fischer
PBS - January, 2009
Think Again: Iran's Green Movement
Hooman Majd
Foreign Policy - January, 2009
The Looming Threat of Sectarian Violence on Iran's Borders
Rasmus Christian Elling
CUMINet - December, 2008
The 'Demand-Side': Avoiding a Nuclear-Armed Iran
Bradley L. Bowman
Council on Foreign Relations - December, 2008
Nuclear Overreaction
F Gregory Gause
The National - November, 2008
Iranian Imbroglios Revisited
Nikki Keddie
World Policy Journal - November, 2008
Iran: Is Productive Engagement Possible?
Karim Sadjadpour
Carnegie Endowment - October, 2008
Israel Gets Real on Iran
Trita Parsi
Rootless Cosmopolitan - October, 2008
Understanding the U.S.- Iran Crisis
Phyllis Bennis
Foreign Policy in Focus - October, 2008
Time for a U.S.-Iranian 'Grand Bargain'
Flynt Leverett
New America Foundation - October, 2008
The Latter-Day Sultan: Power and Politics in Iran
Akbar Ganji
Foreign Affairs - October, 2008
IAEA Report on Iran's Nuclear Program
International Atomic Energy Agency - September, 2008
Big Three Block Iran Attack
William O. Beeman
Foreign Policy in Focus - August, 2008
Can Military Strikes Destroy Iran's Gas Centrifuge Program? Probably Not
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Jacqueline Shire
Institute for Science and International Security - August, 2008
The Iranian Chess Game Continues
William O. Beeman
Foreign Policy in Focus - August, 2008
The Conundrum of Iran: Strengthening Moderates without Acquiescing to Belligerence
John Brennan
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science - July, 2008
Playing Games with Iran
William O. Beeman
Foreign Policy in Focus - July, 2008
Preparing the Battlefield
Seymour Hersh
The New Yorker - July, 2008
Iran: The Threat
Thomas Powers
New York Review of Books - July, 2008
Selling the War with Iran
Nir Rosen
The Washington Note - May, 2008
Pious Populist: Understanding the Rise of Iran's President
Abbas Milani
Boston Review - April, 2008
Stop the Presses
Wendy Kristianasen
Le Monde Diplomatique - April, 2008
Mapping Iran's Online Public: Politics and Culture in the Persian Blogosphere
John Kelly and Bruce Etling
The Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School - April, 2008
Roundtable: Iran's Strategic Concerns and U.S. Interests
Gary Sick, Trita Parsi, Chas Freeman, Barbara Slavin, Ray Takeyh
Middle East Policy - April, 2008
Dealing with Iran's Hardliners
Patrick Disney and Danny Hosein
Foreign Policy in Focus - April, 2008
Reading Khamenei: The World View of Iran's Most Powerful Leader
Karim Sadjadpour
Carnegie Endowment - March, 2008
Iran-Iraq Ties Show US the Way
Kaveh L Afrasiabi
Asia Times - March, 2008
The 'Laptop of Mass Destruction"
Gareth Porter
Asia Times - March, 2008
Is Iran Winning the Iraq War?
Robert Dreyfuss
The Nation - March, 2008
A Solution for the US-Iran Nuclear Standoff
William Luers, Thomas R. Pickering, and Jim Walsh
New York Review of Books - February, 2008
Iran in the Crosshairs
Phyllis Bennis
Foreign Policy in Focus - February, 2008
IAEA's Latest Report on Iran: Time to Move On
Farideh Farhi
Global Affairs Blog - February, 2008
Latest Iran Safeguards Report Delivered to IAEA Board
International Atomic Energy Agency - February, 2008
Iran Votes: Factions and Friction
Kaveh L Afrasiabi
Asia Times - February, 2008
Nervously and Rapidly, Iran Courts Egypt
Rostam Pourzal
Foreign Policy in Focus - February, 2008
A Strike in the Dark
Seymour Hersh
New Yorker - February, 2008
Iran Tries to Make Up Lost Ground
Kaveh L Afrasiabi
Asia Times - February, 2008
GCC-Iran Watch
Marc Lynch
Abu Aardvark Blog - January, 2008
Iran Sanctions: Impact in Furthering U.S. Objectives Is Unclear and Should Be Reviewed
General Accounting Office - January, 2008
An American in Iran
Max Rodenbeck
New York Review of Books - January, 2008
Why US Strategy on Iran Is Crumbling
Marc Lynch
Christian Science Monitor - January, 2008
The Costs of Containing Iran: Washington's Misguided New Middle East Policy
Vali Nasr and Ray Takeyh
Foreign Affairs - December, 2007
Youth Exclusion in Iran: The State of Education, Employment and Family Formation
Djavad Salehi-Isfehani and Daniel Egel
Brookings Wolfensohn Center - December, 2007
Reading the NIE in Tehran
Farideh Farhi
Informed Comment: Global Affairs - December, 2007
Is Iran NIE a Blessing in Disguise for Israel?
Trita Parsi
Antiwar.com - December, 2007
The Costs of Containing Iran
Vali Nasr and Ray Takeyh
Real Clear Politics - December, 2007
New Intelligence Estimate Calls for Credible Diplomatic Option to Extend Iran's Nuclear Weapons Halt
Cara Ong
Foreign Policy in Focus - December, 2007
War Is Peace, Sanctions Are Diplomacy
Carah Ong
MERIP - Middle East Research and Information Project - November, 2007
IAEA Report on Iran's Nuclear Program
Director General
IAEA - November, 2007
National Intelligence Estimate - Iran: Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities
National Intelligence Council
- November, 2007
A Wall of Mistrust
Maziar Bahari
Newsweek - November, 2007
The Iranian Challenge
Trita Parsi
The Nation - November, 2007
Iran: Prepared for the Worst
Omid Memarian
Open Democracy - October, 2007
New Unilateral Sanctions against Iran: What Do They Mean?
Farideh Farhi
Informed Comment: Global Affairs - October, 2007
Iran's Circle of Power
Nasrin Alavi
Open Democracy - October, 2007
When Promoting Democracy Is Counterproductive
Haleh Esfandiari and Robert S. Litwak
Chronicle of Higher Education - October, 2007
The Secret History of the Impending War with Iran That the White House Doesn't Want You to Know
John H. Richardson
Esquire - October, 2007
Shifting Targets: The Administration's Plan for Iran
Seymour M. Hersh
The New Yorker - October, 2007
The Iranian Conundrum
Peter Galbraith
New York Review of Books - October, 2007
The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States
Trita Parsi and Ervand Abrahamian
Democracy Now - September, 2007
The World Can Live With a Nuclear Iran
Martin van Creveld
Jewish Daily Forward - September, 2007
A Change of Guard in Tehran
Farideh Farhi
Informed Comment Global Affairs - September, 2007
Hashemi Rafsanjani Is Back!
Farideh Farhi
Informed Comment Global Affairs - September, 2007
Iran: Consequences of a War
Paul Rogers
Oxford Research Group - February, 2006