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Iran: a power matrix built to last
Sohrab Irani looks at the complex web of power in Iran and the public will to strengthen the civil society. The fate of rulers in the recent history of Iran bears testimony to its turbulent power relations: a political activist assassinates Naser al-Din Shah in 1896. The powers of his successor Mozaffar al-Din Shah are... »
Responses: Allow Iran the nuclear bomb
Vladimir Lenin, for all his faults, had a rather good command of language indeed he coined the phrase “useful idiot” used to describe individuals or groups that naively considered themselves to be allies of the USSR but were in fact held with contempt by the Soviet rulers, and were being used by them. This... »
New hope for the blogfather
Fresh hopes have been raised in the case of SOAS graduate Hossein Derakhshan, who has been held in an unknown Iranian prison for almost six months without any official charges. »
“My friend: Roxana Saberi”
On Thursday my friend, the Iranian-American journalist, Roxana Saberi began a hunger strike in her small cell in Evin Prison, Tehran. »
Facing Execution
SOAS graduate Hossein Derakhshan, currently held in the notorious Evin prison in Tehran, has “confessed” to being a spy for Israeli espionage agency Mossad. »
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