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December
(in chronological order, most recent articles on top)
Thursday, December 27, 2007Appeasement Yesterday and Appeasement TodayUntil a few days ago, Iran's nuclear ambitions appeared destined to become the hottest issue in the current American presidential campaign. A consensus, cutting across partisan divides, appeared to be taking shape that the Islamic Republic should be confronted forcefully, contained, and in time, forced to scale down its ambitions. By Amir Taheri.
Justice under the Islamic Republic of IranMonday, December 24, 2007 J tice under the Islamic Republic of Iranrrespond to the necessities of our time. The penal system of the Islamic Republic of Iran is not in compliance with our society’s expectations. Our Iranian norms of morality and Islamic jurisdiction cannot complement each other. To describe how this system was mechanically imposed on our society, we must go back to the first years after the Islamic revolution of 1979 in Iran to see how the IRI steadily developed an ever greater repression with a growth in the number of executions and increasing violence throughout the country. By Jahanshah Rashdian.
Mohammad Ali Abtahi Has Much To Say In His BlogTuesday, December 18, 2007 This smiling and friendly cleric is a personality in Iran. Deputy President under Mohammad Khatami (1997-2005) and a convinced reformist, Mohammad Ali Abtahi (Mash-had in 1959) is a pioneer of Iranian bloggers. It is now four year, when the first electronic spots had started with difficulty to invade the world, he irrupted in the web with a surprising “The one who writes is Mohammad Ali Abtahi, not the Deputy President of Iran (webneveshteha.com). Nevertheless, not only he was a member of the Government, but also a hojjatoleslam, a rank one degree bellows that of ayatollah. Many did not like his idea. By Angeles Espinoza.
Khatami Attacks Hard Liners On All FrontsThursday, December 13, 2007 As the authorities stepped up crackdowns on students and political dissidents, a former popular president entered the ring and single handedly, attacked the hard liners, both civilians and clerics, on all fronts. By Safa Haeri.
Iranian "Mothers For Peace" Protest To AhmadinejadSaturday, December 8, 2007 In a move to demonstrate their, and the nation’s preoccupation from the antagonistic attitude of the Iranian Government with the international community, more than 600 Iranian women told the clerical-led authorities that they would not support the regime’s nuclear ambitions if war is the price to pay for it.
Ahmadinejad is Sentencing Himself and his Gang to DeathMonday, December 3, 2007 The situation of the fanatic Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, after taking on board one of Iran’s most hated men to salvage him in the crucial case of Mr. Hoseyn Moussavian, a former nuclear negotiator accused of espionage, is like a man who is drowning and try to hang on anything in order to save his life, even to a shark.

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