From the monthly archives:

June 2009

This Is The Voice of Free Iran!

by Abbas Djavadi on June 23, 2009

  (In German)
Hier spricht der freie Iran
Von Hans-jörg Schmidt

(Die Welt, 23. Juni 2009)

(In English on PressEurop)

 Aus einem streng bewachten Gebäude in Prag werden Nachrichten in die Heimat gesendet: Ein Besuch in der iranischen Redaktion von Radio Liberty

Der Musikcomputer spielt einen persischen Popsong, dann zieht die Technikerin den Regler für das Jingle des Senders auf, mit dem zugleich die Nachrichten angekündigt werden. Es ist Mittag im Prager Stadtteil Strasnice, im wohl sichersten Gebäude Europas, dem Radiosender Free Europe/Liberty, konkret im Studio von Radio Farda, dem Programm für den Iran. Es gibt nur eine wirkliche Top-Story: Das geistliche Oberhaupt Ayatollah Ali Chamenei spricht in der Universität von Teheran. Weltweit ist seine Rede mit Spannung erwartet worden. Millionen Iraner gehen seit Tagen auf die Straßen, um gegen die dubiose Wiederwahl von Präsident Mahmud Ahmadineschad zu demonstrieren. Wie wird sich der starke Mann des Iran dazu stellen?

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Iran: Evolutionary Change

by Abbas Djavadi22.06.2009

National Review Online, Sunday, June 21, 2009
The Iranian Revolt [Rich Lowry]
John O’Sullivan wrote me this note today.
Dear Rich,
Thanks for your note. I am happy to give you my judgment on the Iranian revolt. In brief, it’s one of the most important movements of our time. It radically undermines both the realist argument that Muslims are [...]

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Iran’s Khamenei On Crash Course

by Abbas Djavadi19.06.2009

For the past couple of months, we thought some kind of spring was coming to our beloved Iran. We deserved it, we thought, finally, after so many years of un-freedom, state-ideological one-way-turbo-course, and international isolation and humiliation. But after the much expected speech yesterday by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, it seems we are not in [...]

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An Electoral Coup in Iran

by Abbas Djavadi13.06.2009

It was a night of fundamental change of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It was, however, not the change the overwhelming majority of the electorate indicated to be producing with their real votes yesterday, but a change in the ruling establishment of the country, an almost complete control by Revolutionary Guards, intelligence services, and the [...]

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Iran Has Already Changed

by Abbas Djavadi12.06.2009
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Voting started a few hours ago in Iran to answer one question: if President Ahmadinejad should be removed from office. Turnout is reportedly very high. There may be a relatively considerable election fraud. Still, the anti-Ahmadinejad candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is expected to win — maybe today, maybe in the run-off next Friday.
But even before [...]

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Even Iran Can Change

by Abbas Djavadi10.06.2009
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Iran is always good for big surprises. Over the last four years, the international community has come to love to hate Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad (sort of like former U.S. President George W. Bush).
But now it seems there’s a real chance of Ahmadinejad becoming the first Iranian leader since the Islamic revolution 30 years ago [...]

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A Friend’s Note: Mesbah Yazdi’s Decree to Rig Votes

by Abbas Djavadi09.06.2009

Following the discovery of a “Fatwa” (“religious decree”) issued by ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi which sanctions cheating in Friday’s presidential election and was published in an open letter written by a group of Ministry of Interior employees, the heads of the Election Supervision Committees established by reformist candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi sent a [...]

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