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Western Exceptionalism and the Iran Election Fraud Stunt

By Guest Post • Jul 2nd, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Middle East Issues, Newswire, Religion, Resistance

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 [...]

Nima Shirazi – In Fraud, We Trust?

By Nima Shirazi • Jun 24th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Biography, Features, Newswire, Religion, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance

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 [...]

"The idol-breaker Ahmadi" and "Where are my votes?"

By Kourosh Ziabari • Jun 20th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Middle East Issues, Newswire, Religion

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 [...]

spinning reality around the Iranian elections

By Guest Post • Jun 14th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Middle East Issues, Newswire, Religion, Resistance

WRITTEN BY MASSOUD NAYERI (art by Reza Abedini)I'm writing this to my friends who don't challenge my intention on speaking the truth. I'm not a fan nor a follower of Mr. Ahamdinejad, I'm just an independent Iranian thinker who loves both countries Iran and the U.S.

The election in Iran more than anything else was a PRACTICE [...]

Nima Shirazi – On the Table & Off the Map: Threats, Lies, and Iranian Elections

By Nima Shirazi • Jun 12th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Mary's Choice, Newswire, Religion, War

Eight days after Barack Obama delivered his much-touted speech in Cairo, Iranians are going to the polls to vote for their own president. Although reelection for incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seemed to be guaranteed just a few weeks ago, there now appears to be growing potential for an upset victory by challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi, who [...]