Posted on 09 March 2010. Tags: Islamic Republic of Iran, People of Iran, Rigged Iran Presidential Election, sanctions, TIME, Trita Parsi, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S.-Iran Relations
(TIME) | March 15, 2010
By Trita Parsi
Iran is the 21st century equivalent of 1930s Russia — a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. The Iranians haven’t stumbled upon this mystifying state coincidentally, and the enigma isn’t the result of outsiders’ failure to try to understand them. Rather, the Iranian government has a deliberate [...]
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Posted on 08 September 2009. Tags: Casualties, Government Censorship, Government Sanctioned Murder, Government Sanctioned Violence, Iran, Iran Opposition, post-election crackdown, Prisoner Rape, protestors killed, Torture, Trita Parsi
As the world’s eyes and ears have turned elsewhere, the crimes of the Iranian government continues unabated. To this day, the true number of those killed, murdered and/or raped in the post-election crackdowns remains unknown.
While the government itself claims that no more than 30 people have died, the opposition puts the figure above 100. Both figures are likely gross underestimations of the true number.
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Posted on 02 July 2009. Tags: CNN, Iran, Iran Green Movement, Iran News, Iran Protests, Iran Reform Movement, Islamic Republic, Reza Aslan, Trita Parsi
“This movement isn’t going away anytime soon, but it may not manifest itself as we’ve seen as of late,” said Trita Parsi, president of the Washington-based National Iranian American Council.
But how it will play out is up for debate, with some experts recalling the Islamic revolution that overtook Iran 30 years ago, while others liken the opposition players to the civil rights champions who rocked the United States.
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