juancole.com - 6/17/2009
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Report on Tuesday's Demonstration for Mousavi in Tehran from an eyewitness. Again, I was sent this by an academic, but will not give the name to avoid any repercussions for the individual. Today, under slate skies and despite official warnings that the permit to march had been denied, against ...
swampland.blogs.time.com - 6/16/2009
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swampland.blogs.time.com —
For two years now, John McCain has been
entirely consistent on Iran: every last statement he's made--at...
least, those that I've seen--has been (a) fabulously uninformed and (b) dangerously bellicose. He's still at it, apparently. There is no question ...
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McCain Unhinged
salon.com - 6/17/2009
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salon.com —
June 17, 2009 | WASHINGTON -- The nation
got a glimpse Tuesday morning of exactly what President...
John McCain would be up to if last November's election had gone differently. "We lead," McCain told NBC's David Gregory on the "Today" show when asked ...
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Bomb Iran -- with love! | Salon News
newyorker.com - 6/16/2009
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newyorker.com —
Obama’s carefully chosen remarks about Iran yesterday made
just the right points in just the right tone....
And not a moment too soon. He said that the U.S. won’t interfere in Iranian politics, but that...
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Iran Reveals Us
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Morning Skim: Tweets Online and Quiet in the Streets
Opinionator —
... , but I do not share this mushrooming of enthusiasm for, and expectation of, a bottom-up revolution in Iran.” I think people are being unrealistic. This may well be the start, but I suspect we’re a long ways from a successful peak. I just don’t see that correlation of forces yet. Informed Comment : Juan Cole passes on an eyewitness account of the demonstrations yesterday in Tehran by an anonymous academic: “ What is remarkable about the Mousavi and opposition marches is the orderly disorder .” These are not rallies or events in the manner that we are accustomed to in the ...
Reading Gatsby in Teheran
TPMCafe —
... The uprising, or whatever, in Iran is bringing out the highest of revolutionary prose (in English; Allah knows how it plays in Farsi). Consider this passage from an anonymous academic reproduced in Juan Cole's blog: ...
The People And The Islamic Republic
Newshoggers.com —
By Steve Hynd
It seems that all of Iran is choosing sides in the feud between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi. Huge pro-Moussavi rallies continue to happen, despite bans, while those for his opponent have to be photoshopped to show crowds on anything like a par. The cry is that "We don't have Mousavi supporters, it's now all of Iran". Even some elements of the army may be backing the vast sea of those who are rallying for Mousavi, although the IRGC and the Pasdaran are backing their hardline sponsor, Ahmadinejad.
But don't for a second ...
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Wednesday June 17)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... highlights some analysis on the "rural/urban canard" from a man who has "studied Iran's rural villages for thirty years."
10:08 AM ET -- The citizen journalists of Iran. From an Iranian on Twitter: "(CONFIRMED by ONE source, police wearing green scarves. Need two more sources or another Primary Source to confirm)" Via reader Alex.
9:59 AM ET -- "Reading Gatsby in Iran." Todd Gitlin highlights this passage, from an message to Middle East expert Juan Cole from a reader in Iran:
The procession passes ...
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Live-Tweeting The Revolution: Day 10
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 6/22/2009 —
(Illustration created by Flickr user Jamile Vatankhah .)
This is a point of no return....the poeple who brought a revolution 30 years ago can do it again. there are many Neda's in IRAN now.
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Tears for Neda -Prince of Iran Rebukes Government
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Ahmadinejad Today: Q&A
corner.nationalreview.com 6/15/2009 — Michael Rubin, Iran expert, on what happened this weekend:
Lopez: Did we see an actual honest election in Iran? Will we ever know if former Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi won?
Rubin: The Islamic Republic is not a democracy and has never been ...
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Wednesday June 24)
huffingtonpost.com 6/24/2009 — This is a partial archive of my Iran election live-blogging from Wednesday, June 23. For the latest updates, click here .
11:02 AM ET -- State media: Mousavi 'disowns' Wednesday protest. From the state-funded PressTV : "Mir-Hossein Mousavi's ...
Washington and the Iran Protests: Would they be Allowed in the US?
juancole.com 6/24/2009 — President Barack Obama had this to say about the Iran crisis on Tuesday : ' First, I'd like to say a few words about the situation in Iran. The United States and the international community have been appalled and outraged by the threats, the ...
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