Booman, Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. June 18, 2009. The complex nature of the relationship between religion and politics in Iran makes this hard to assess.
Manan Ahmed, Indypendent. May 21, 2009. It's a thoroughly modern state with vast infrastructure, a fiercely critical and diverse media, globalized economy -- no "failed state" here.
Chris Hedges, The Nation. January 15, 2008. With House Resolution 888, the religious right seeks to rewrite American history, turning the founding fathers into Christian fundamentalists.
