by Farooq Sulehria July 10, 2009 A columnist in the Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv told his readers on the day of election in Iran: “If you have friends in Iran, try to convince them to vote for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today. There is no one who will serve Israel’s PR interests better than him.” (12 June 2009)

by Andrew Mack July 6, 2009 Behind the modest progress in arms-reduction agreed by Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev is a larger trend towards a world without nuclear weapons, says Andrew Mack.

The Islamic Revolution Faces the Classic Dilemma of All Revolutions By Dilip Hiro June 28, 2009 By marshalling the regime’s coercive instruments, Iran’s 70-year-old supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamanei, has, for now, succeeded in curbing the popular, peaceful challenge to the authenticity of Iran’s fateful June 12th presidential election. But he has paid a heavy political price.

The European Union has rejected Irans accusations that the Western media helped engineer post-election unrest as protests in Tehran continue.

Stephen Kinzer’s book, All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror, tells the story of the overthrow of Iran’s democratically elected leader, Mohammed Mosaddeq, by the CIA and the British MI6 in 1953. The CIA bribed Iranian government officials, businessmen, and reporters, and paid Iranians to demonstrate in the streets.

VIDEO: Protests In Iran – June 15-16, 2009 Doctors and nurses protest outside of a hospital in Tehran.

by Juan Cole June 13, 2009 Top Pieces of Evidence that the Iranian Presidential Election Was Stolen

Election results and protests How Social Movements Can Change Iran By Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani June 11, 2009 According to many in Iran, the country’s June 12 presidential elections constitute a great “opportunity.” It’s important to note, however, that the so-called opportunity brought about by the election does not necessarily reflect a heightened degree of openness – or of control [...]

By Phyllis Bennis June 4, 2009 Obama’s approach toward the Muslim world may be diplomatic but there needs to be more action.

Warns Iran He Wants Results by Year’s End by Jason Ditz June 02, 2009 While the United States continues to make some efforts toward reconciliation with the Iranian government it has treated as a mortal enemy, President Barack Obama has made comments which may serve to dramatically alter US policy toward the nation’s nuclear program.