Category: Iran

13 Jan 2010

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election sparked controversy inside and outside Iran. The reformist movement led by Mir-Hussein Mossavi and Mahdi Karroubi had announced that the elections were biased and the conservative forces had intervened in the election process to secure the victory of Ahmadinejad.

Category: Iran

Category: Iran

04 Sep 2009

When President Barack Obama first made it clear that he wanted to engage Iran in dialogue without preconditions, it sent shockwaves through conservative circles in the United States, fuelling criticism and having him labelled, by his critics, as naïve and inexperienced. But did these words actually have an effect in Iran? Some have begun to […]

Category: Iran

The results of the 2009 Iranian presidential election did not only surprise the world, they also surprised the Iranians. For years, reform forces within Iran have broken their backs in an attempt to gain political power and influence, and it appeared that 2009 would be the year this group would receive the social and political […]

Category: Iran

إذا كانت مقابلة الرئيس الإيراني السابق محمد خاتمي مع محطة السي إن إن في أواخر عام 1997ØŒ والحديث عن ضرورة فتح المجال إمام حوار جدي بشأن العلاقة مع واشنطن والتأكيد بأن مشكلة إيران ليست مع الشعب الأمريكي وإنما مع السياسات الأمريكية – قد هدأت من حرارة التوتر بين واشنطن وطهران، فإن تصريحات الرئيس احمدي نجاد […]