Posts Tagged: Iran dissent
Iron Voices: How Tehran’s Theocracy Silences Dissent with Propaganda and Repression
Iran is in a perilous downward spiral. Gross mismanagement has led the country into deadlock, and the government's destructive and absolute acceleration into radicalism threatens...
For Turkey and Iran, Soft Power Is More Difficult Than Hard Power
The times, they are a changin’. Iranian leaders may not be Bob Dylan fans, but his words are likely to resonate, as the mullahs contemplate...
Iran’s 2019 Gasoline Protests: What Happens Next?
Iran’s leaders have survived yet another challenge to their rule from an increasingly restive population. The November demonstrations protesting an increase in gasoline prices were...
Trying to Deflect Dissent, Iran Warns of Foreign Meddling
Iran has raised the specter of a US-Saudi effort to destabilize the country by exploiting economic grievances against the backdrop of circumstantial evidence that Washington...
Calls Grow in Iran to Release Opposition Leaders
New York Times - A stone's throw from President Hassan Rouhani's office, in an alley blocked off by security forces, Iran's main opposition leader has...
Analysis: New Iranian President Brings No Respite for Dissidents
Slate - The past few days have brought some worrying signs that the more conciliatory foreign policy of Hassan Rouhani's administration does not mean the...
