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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.
A year after the arrest in Iran of pioneering blogger Hossein Derakhshan, there is news of his fate
The state’s post-election violence has led Iranians to seek new channels for their anger and hope
Barack Obama's outreach to Tehran allowed the mullahs to survive the post-election crisis
The tensions of international politics could yet work in favour of progress over Iran's nuclear plans
The post-election political contest over the future of Iran is approaching a climax
A young generation's defiant innocence is a potent weapon against the regime's brute power
The most dangerous enemies of Iran's hardline president are on his own side of the spectrum
The Tehran elite's tough response to protest is driven by fear of the echoes of 1979 in 2009
Iran's regime seeks to crush its protesting citizens. But they are writing a new chapter in history
Their view of Tehran highlights the Arabs' missed political chances and false trails
The Tehran regime's brute power cannot forever deter an insurgent tide of protest
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?
Iranians abroad are living some of the most intense days of their lives
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
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