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# Iran Scan 1384 Debate
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/18422/
- Published: 2005-06-16T14:06:56.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:33:40.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:15

Three great contributors go head-to-head with one another in Iran Scan this week. The first post is spurred by the arrival of actor-come-journalist Sean Penn in Tehran and ends in poignant analysis of America’s relationship to Iran. This is followed by a critique of the political romance between Iranians and neoconservatives, and finally a sharp interjection rejecting any preconceived notions about Iranians, the American Left, or the neocons.

\* "Opinion: Sean Penn in Iran":http://iranscan.net/comments/Iran/Weblog/sean\_penn\_in\_iran (Afshin Molavi) \* "Opinon: Sean Penn and the Neocons":http://iranscan.net/comments/Iran/Weblog/opinon\_sean\_penn\_and\_the (Trita Parsi) \* "Opinion: Anti-neocon rhetoric versus reality":http://iranscan.net/comments/Iran/Weblog/anti\_neocon\_rhetoric\_versus\_reality

(Eli Lake)