William O. Beeman, New America Media. September 29, 2009. New sanctions make Congress look tough, but they also provide cover for unpopular economic measures the Iranian government desperately wants to enact.
Assaf Kfoury, AlterNet. July 23, 2009. American coverage of events unfolding in Iran has been plagued by speculation, ignorance and conflicting narratives.
Latoya Peterson, Women News Network. July 7, 2009. Is the narrative around what's happening in Iran becoming dominated by the idea of what is beautiful?
Jasmin Ramsey, PULSE AlterNet: PEEK. June 30, 2009. Most stories show Mousavi supporters at their heart, but the question of who truly represents the majority has yet to be answered.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. June 23, 2009. Iranians do not need or want us to teach them about liberty and representative government. It is we who need to be taught.
Leslie Savan, The Nation. June 22, 2009. The Iran protests have thrown Republican ideologues into such a tizzy of circular logic that they're stepping on their own propaganda.
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. June 18, 2009. Things are ugly now. But they could rapidly get a lot uglier, more violent, and more civil war-like. Will opposition maintain its momentum?
Shirin Sadeghi, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. June 15, 2009. If Obama is truly supportive of the Iranian people's desire for change, it will stop providing the Republic with anti-American fodder.
Robert Naiman, Just Foreign Policy. June 15, 2009. The May 11 numbers from Terror Free Tomorrow and The New America Foundation concluded, "Ahmadinejad Front Runner in Upcoming Elections."
Robert F. Worth, The New York Times June 15, 2009. More than half a million protesters massed in the streets of Tehran to renew the challenge to the outcome of the vote.
Deanna Zandt, DeannaZandt.com AlterNet: World. June 15, 2009. It's less about celebrity and more about connection, humanity and the ability to inject values into the wider culture in a populist way.
Stephen Zunes, AlterNet. June 15, 2009. Can the United States speed the process for greater freedom in Iran? Yes. By staying out of the way as much as possible.
