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Iranian Women Prisoners Detail Torture: 'Death Was Like a Desire'

Center for Investigative ReportingJune 14, 2011.

In a series of secretly recorded interviews, female prisoners disclose stories of horrific abuse during Iran's 2009 Green Revolution.

Witnesses Say U.S. Hikers Were Seized in Iraq, Not Iran

Babak Sarfaraz, Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. June 25, 2010.

Two independent eyewitness say Iranian forces crossed the border into Iraq to arrest the three Americans last July. Then a rogue officer took over custody.

New Year's Lesson for Congress: Get Smart About Iran

John Nichols, TheNation.com. December 29, 2009.

Imposing more sanctions against the country will do more harm than good.

Obama to Iranian Protesters: History Is on Your Side

Matthew Duss, ThinkProgress. December 29, 2009.

In an address delivered from Honolulu, the president condemned Iran's leadership.

Congress Is Rushing to Pass Iran Sanctions That No One Thinks Will Work

Matthew Duss, ThinkProgress. December 9, 2009.

Ordinarily, expeditions like these are reserved for non-controversial bills. Is this an attempt to slip one past the American people?

Obama 'Appalled' by Iran Repression

Khody Akhavi, Ali Gharib, IPS News. June 24, 2009.

Facing calls to speak out more forcefully on Iran's disputed election results, the U.S. president made his harshest statement yet Tuesday.

Iran's 'Stolen' Election: a Hardline Demagouge's Victory Over a 'Reformer'? Not So Fast

Phil Wilayto, AlterNet. June 14, 2009.

The real clash between Mousavi and Ahmadinejad is based on who their supporters are and, crucially, different approaches to the economy.

Iran's Election Tension: Will the Losing Side Accept the Ballot Results?

Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. June 11, 2009.

There's no denying the political and social movement that is building against Ahmadinejad. Iran is deeply divided.

Bush & Co., Iran and the Girl Guerrillas

Reese Erlich, Mother Jones. April 19, 2007.

At the moment, a group of Iranian Kurdish guerrillas -- about half of them women -- may be the closest thing the Bush administration has to an ally in its confrontation with Tehran.