EAWorldView: Egypt Special: Your 4-Point Guide to US Plans for Mubarak Out, New Government In
EAWorldView | February 1, 2011 By Scott Lucas Here’s an interesting fact about Frank G. Wisner, Jr., the former US Ambassador to Egypt and now President Obama’s special envoy, as he starts talks in Cairo today with the Egyptian Government…. His father Frank G. Wisner, Sr., was quite the specialist in regime change. Frank [...]
FP: Iran Cracks Down While Egypt Cracks Up
Tehran is claiming that the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt reflect the heady days of 1979. Not so fast says the Green Movement — it’s 2009 that’s a better parallel.
Mousavi Statement on Recent Uprisings in Arab States & Link to 2009 #Iran Protests
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Newsweek: Hezbullah Ruling From the Shadows
The militia wins a power struggle in Lebanon, but opts for stability rather than confrontation.
Video Special: The Forbidden Zone, a CNBC Series on Investing in Iran
We just came across this series on investing in Iran by CNBC. It’s the first of its kind of I’ve seen from Western mainstream media. The series release has coincided with Student Day in Iran, which was marked by protests by students throughout Iran. It is quite interesting — showing Iran’s contradictions and the impact [...]
Guardian: Lebanon told allies of Hezbollah’s secret network, WikiLeaks shows
Cable exposes deep regional and international concerns about volatile situation in Lebanon following 2006 war
L.A. Times: Iran announces nuclear breakthrough on eve of talks
As diplomats arrive in Geneva, the head of Tehran’s nuclear program says his nation can produce its own yellowcake, used in the process of creating nuclear fuel.
L.A. Times: IRAN: Nightmarish blanket of brown smog continues to choke Tehran
Los Angeles Times World | December 4, 2010 By Ramin Mostasghim in Tehran Even after three days with all government offices closed, the Iranian capital continues to be cloaked in a cloud of noxious, dangerous gas that some are describing as hopeless. On Saturday, normally the start of Tehran’s busy week, officials shuttered all kindergartens [...]
EA WorldView: Wikileaks Iran Special: US Diplomats Assess the Green Movement and the Political Situation (January 2010)
EA WorldView | December 3, 2010 By Dr. Scott Lucas “The GPO [Green Movement] has a strong ‘brand’ – green, freedom, peace signs, silent marches, stolen election and martyrs like Neda Agha Soltani. But like the regime that seeks to crush it, the GPO is not monolithic. To characterize the GPO’s active core as now [...]
Guardian: Covert war against Iran’s nuclear aims takes chilling turn
Sophisticated cyber-worms, motorcycling assassins: but who is behind the increasingly sinister campaign against the Iranian energy programme?
Tehran Bureau: The Spirit of 16 Azar: Iran’s Student Day
In anticipation of 16 Azar (December 7), the 57th anniversary of University Student Day in Iran, Green students at Tehran’s major universities issued statements emphasizing that they will not stop their struggle for freedom and democracy, and condemning, in the strongest language, the hardliners’ violent crackdown on political, social, and human rights activists.
Huffington Post: Shiism, Nationalism, and the Past Clash in Modern Iran
Much as Ahmadinejad’s chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei notes, Iran is faced with a choice between the “school of Iran” and the “school of Islam.”
AP: Man who targeted Iran critics skips LA court date
A purported Iranian government agent who pleaded guilty to trying to hire a hitman to kill a broadcaster critical of the Iranian regime is a fugitive from justice after missing a Los Angeles court date.
Khamenei’s Secret Contingency Provisions
Rooz Online | November 13, 2010 by Nima Farahabadi For the first time ever, one of the better known websites of the principlists (ideologues who claim to follow ayatollah Khomeini’s legacy) revealed “secret contingency provisions” of the leader of the Islamic republic for the “administration of the revolution and the country.” In a story posted [...]
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