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About Nazenin Ansari

Nazenin Ansari is diplomatic editor of Kayhan, a weekly Persian-language newspaper published in London, and vice-president of the Foreign Press Association (FPA) in the city. She contributes regularly to the BBC, CNN, VOA and other broadcasters 

Articles by Nazenin Ansari

Saturday 16th April

Iran's green movement: life, death, rebirth

Nazenin Ansari, 16 April 2011
The movement sparked by Iran's fraudulent election of 2009 is history. The potential exists now for a bolder and clearer opposition to emerge, says Nazenin Ansari.
Thursday 18th February

Iran: a time to rethink

Nazenin Ansari, 18 February 2010

Iran’s opposition movement must draw the lessons of its months of activism since the 2009 election and map a coherent political strategy, says Nazenin Ansari.

(This article was first published on 17 February 2010)

Wednesday 17th February

Iran: time to rethink

Nazenin Ansari and Farhang Jahanpour and Nasrin Alavi, 17 February 2010
The regime vs green movement contest is at a crucial point. Nazenin Ansari [LINK – http://www.opendemocracy.net/nazenin-ansari/iran-time-to-rethink], Farhang Jahanpour [LINK – http://www.opendemocracy.net/farhang-jahanpour/iran-what-happened-where-now] and Nasrin Alavi [LINK – http://www.opendemocracy.net/nasrin-alavi/iran%E2%80%99s-coming-of-age] reflect
Tuesday 8th December

Iran's pre-revolutionary rupture

Nazenin Ansari, 8 December 2009
The continuing, defiant protest-wave in Iran accentuates the ferocious crisis of legitimacy at the regime’s heart. The epic events of 2009 are at a historic turning-point, says Nazenin Ansari.
Thursday 17th September

Iran's unfinished crisis

Nazenin Ansari, 17 September 2009
The post-election political contest over the future of Iran is approaching a climax
Monday 18th May

The rights of Iran's women

Nazenin Ansari, 18 May 2009
A feminist initiative in Iran is seeking to put women's rights on the presidential-election agenda
Sunday 15th April

Tehran's new political dynamic

Nazenin Ansari, 15 April 2007
The Tehran regime’s internal political divisions and personal rivalries are exposed by the crisis over its seizure of British naval personnel, says Nazenin Ansari.
Tuesday 3rd October

An ayatollah under siege ! in Tehran

Nazenin Ansari, 3 October 2006
The Tehran regime's persecution of a dissident Shi'a cleric and his supporters reveals not just its own ruthlessness but the depth of opposition to its rule, says Nazenin Ansari.
Tuesday 14th February

Iranians on the freedom path

Nazenin Ansari, 14 February 2006
The hopes of Iran's democratic activists for a fundamental shift in Iran's relation to the world are undiminished by the nuclear dispute between Tehran and the international community, says Nazenin Ansari of "Kayhan".
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