Palestine Think Tank

WRITTEN BY KOUROSH ZIABARI 
Iranian experts believe that the development of political reform and the emerging wave of social awareness which is encompassing the different classes and layers of Iranian society is not a direct result of efforts made by the politicians, notes Kourosh Ziabari. 
 
The gradual and steady evolution of reform movement in Iran does not [...]

WRITTEN BY Mozhgan SAVABIEASFAHANI مژگان صوابی

The dreams, aspirations, and accomplishments of millions of Iranians (youth and others), who have filled the streets of every city in Iran for a month, did not even get as much as a sentence in Mr. Paul Craig Roberts’ long article “Threatening Iran.” His article reflects the attitudes of his public [...]

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Neda Agha Soltan, shot dead by Iranian forces during the 2009 Iranian election protests (June 20). May she rest in peace

In the June 25 edition of "Bitterlemons.org", Rime Allaf lashes out at Arab nationalists for what she perceives is their support of Ahmadinajad and the repressive Iranian regime.  Allaf is simply wrong.  The one group of Arabs which has not supported Ahmadinajad or the ruling theocracy in Tehran is the Arab nationalists, a position dating [...]

Iran and the West: Hardened fronts the not unexpected result of the western “stunt”
WRITTEN BY NOTSILVIA NIGHT
A hardening of the fronts between Iran and the West, and between westernized liberals and Islamic conservatives inside Iran, is the not unexpected result of last weeks post-election confrontations. Western support and the extremely violent behavior of some armed [...]

There is a picture circulating on the web, framed perfectly. It depicts an Iranian girl doing an unlikely American gesture, a striking parallel to the picture of a solitary Chinese youth standing in front of tanks at Tienanmen Square in Beijing. We can expect to see this picture soon everywhere on Internet.
None other than Corriere [...]

Douter de tout ou tout croire, ce sont deux solutions également commodes, qui l'une et l'autre nous dispensent de réfléchir.
To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the need for thought.
- Jules Henri Poincaré, La Science et l'Hypothèse (1901)
By now, we all know the story:
Still high from Barack [...]

What is happening in Iran and what do I think about it?
There is much talk about the presidential election having been rigged in President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's favour, but where is the evidence?
Opponents of Ahmadinejad find it incredible that, according to the official election results, the other candidates did not do well in their home provinces. [...]

WRITTEN BY KOUROSH ZIABARI
 
From the most ardent enemies to the most cordial friends, everybody is now monitoring and commenting on Iran's 2009 Presidential Elections which eventually resulted in the re-election of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the extension of his mission for another four-year term.
 
The enemies confirmed their credulousness and myopia by garnering the hopes [...]