democracy & iran: all articles

Iran 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.
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
Tuesday 25th August

Iran: revolution for the hereafter

Aziz Motazedi, 25 August 2009
A young generation's defiant innocence is a potent weapon against the regime's brute power
Wednesday 19th August

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: a political shadow

Hossein Bastani, 19 August 2009
The most dangerous enemies of Iran's hardline president are on his own side of the spectrum
Friday 7th August

Iran: revolution beyond caricature

Rasool Nafisi, 7 August 2009
The Tehran elite's tough response to protest is driven by fear of the echoes of 1979 in 2009
Friday 17th July

Iran’s tide of history: counter-revolution and after

Fred Halliday, 17 July 2009
Iran's regime seeks to crush its protesting citizens. But they are writing a new chapter in history
Thursday 9th July

Arabs and the Iranian upheaval

Hazem Saghieh, 9 July 2009
Their view of Tehran highlights the Arabs' missed political chances and false trails
Tuesday 7th July

Iran: a green wave for life and liberty

Asef Bayat, 7 July 2009
The Tehran regime's brute power cannot forever deter an insurgent tide of protest
Thursday 2nd July

The archaeology of Iran’s regime

Mahmood Delkhasteh, 2 July 2009
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
Monday 29th June

Iran’s crisis and Ali Khamenei

Ali Reza Eshraghi, 29 June 2009
The absence of a direct challenge to Iran's supreme leader is a key to the current situation
Sunday 28th June

Iran: dialectic of revolution

Hazem Saghieh, 28 June 2009

Iran's epic conflict is part of a global pattern of revolution using state power to crush its children

Thursday 25th June

Iran’s quantum of solace: step back, look long

Jennifer Thompson and Reza Molavi, 25 June 2009
Iran's great political drama is a tale of broken trust. Change is coming. But when?
Monday 22nd June

Voices from Iran

Kamin Mohammadi, 22 June 2009
Iranians abroad are living some of the most intense days of their lives

Iran's crisis: regime and street

openDemocracy, 22 June 2009
Iran's post-election turmoil has reached a crucial stage, What is happening, and what coming?  Plus: Iranian voices map the regime-quake

Iran's coming storm

Hossein Bastani, 22 June 2009
The goons are on the street. But the anger is deep. Elite divisions are becoming key

Iran’s election: people and power

openDemocracy, 22 June 2009
What has happened, and what now, in Tehran? Iranian writers offer their reflections
Sunday 21st June

Iran’s stolen election, and what comes next

Farhang Jahanpour, 21 June 2009
The crisis in Iran can be resolved only when the truth of a disputed vote is known 
Thursday 11th June

Iran on the move

Omid Memarian, 11 June 2009
An exciting election reveals that Iranians want and will get change - whatever the result  
Tuesday 9th June

Iran's evolution and Islam’s Berlusconi

Fred Halliday, 9 June 2009
Iran’s election race reaches its climax at a delicate moment for this post-revolutionary state
Tuesday 2nd June

Iran: a blind leap of faith

Nasrin Alavi, 2 June 2009
The reformist push in Iran's election draws on musical inspiration as well as political anger
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
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