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wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 11/2/2009
Diehl Disappointed That Iranian Dissidents Failing To Follow Western Playbook
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In an op-ed that reveals far more about him than about Iran’s Green Movement, Jackson Diehl expresses disappointment that Iran’s dissidents apparently aren’t all Western-style democrats. Diehl kicks things off with a bit of the dusty old Orientalism : The enduring nature of ...
nytimes.com - 10/30/2009
Tehran Rejects Nuclear Accord, Officials Report
— nytimes.com — This article is by David E. Sanger , Steven Erlanger and Robert F. Worth . WASHINGTON —... Iran told the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Thursday that it would not accept a plan its negotiators agreed to last week to send its stockpile of uranium out ... (more) Tehran Rejects Nuclear Accord, Officials Report

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Clashes reported at Iranian rally
news.bbc.co.uk - 11/4/2009
Clashes reported at Iranian rally
— news.bbc.co.uk — Police have clashed with opposition supporters during a rally in the Iranian capital, Tehran, reports say. Police... used tear gas as demonstrators chanted "death to dictators", the reports quoted witnesses as saying. Unconfirmed reports circulating in ... (more) Clashes reported at Iranian rally

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Iran's student day protests | World news
guardian.co.uk - 11/4/2009
Iran's student day protests | World news
— guardian.co.uk — Iran-protest-poster An Iranian opposition protest poster circulated by the reformist website Mowjcamp... (more) Iran's student day protests | World news

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Matthew Yglesias:  Foreign Political Reformers Are Also Patriotic Citizens of Their Country

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Foreign Political Reformers Are Also Patriotic Citizens of Their Country
Matthew Yglesias — ... In one of the most telling and least-perceptive columns of the year, Jackson Diehl went to hear a spokesman for Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karoubi speak at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and came away appalled. Karoubi, you see, wants political reform in Iran and not the neoconservative political agenda for the region. But rather than inspiring any rethinking of anything, Diehl just huffs and puffs. ...

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