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democracy & iranIran embodies 21st-century world politics: a geriatric, Islamic, post-revolutionary, nuclear state amidst a youthful, idea-hungry, proto-democratic, networked society. Iranians - from Tehran to Los Angeles via Berlin - rethink their country’s identity and future on openDemocracy.
Iran's inner elite now seek to rule without and against its people
Plus: dialectic of revolution, Hazem Saghieh; Khamenei's role, Ali Reza Eshraghi; A stolen election, Farhang Jahanpour; A voice for Iran, Kamin Mohammadi; A coming storm, Hossein Bastani; A step back, Reza Molavi; Iranian voices on the crisis
The absence of a direct challenge to Iran's supreme leader is a key to the current situation
Iran's great political drama is a tale of broken trust. Change is coming. But when?
Iran's post-election turmoil has reached a crucial stage, What is happening, and what coming? Plus: Iranian voices map the regime-quake
The goons are on the street. But the anger is deep. Elite divisions are becoming key
What has happened, and what now, in Tehran? Iranian writers offer their reflections
The crisis in Iran can be resolved only when the truth of a disputed vote is known
An exciting election reveals that Iranians want and will get change - whatever the result
Iran’s election race reaches its climax at a delicate moment for this post-revolutionary state
The reformist push in Iran's election draws on musical inspiration as well as political anger
A feminist initiative in Iran is seeking to put women's rights on the presidential-election agenda
The presidential vote creates an expectation of change that Iranian conditions may not satisfy
Barack Obama's new-year message to Tehran may go unheeded, but the poetic touch matters
The epic moment of 1979 writes a unique - and unfinished - chapter in the story of revolution
The opening - or not - towards the USA will be an important election issue in Iran
Iranian women seeking to extend their rights must engage with their sisters' rich legacy
The epic events of 1979 must be understood in Iranian and not western terms
Iran's century-old democratic heritage is a key to the future of its current theocratic state
The Islamic Republic celebrates thirty years in power. Iran's young generation seeks its own moment.
Tehran's most bitter criticism during Israel's assault was directed at leading Arab states
Twenty-one top scholars, experts and diplomats say: end the myths about Tehran, and open doors
A consumerist economy renders politics silent. But Iranians keep their surprises close
Tehran's factional disputes are rooted in the very character of the regime
Iran’s parliamentary vote highlights enduring flaws in the country's political culture
The conservative "victory" in Iran's parliamentary election looks very different on close inspection
Tehran's clerical-political elite is seeking to entrench its power via a
fresh governing blueprint
A US report raises hard questions about the west's nuclear diplomacy
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