Nir Boms

Journalist, Writer, Middle East Analyst

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Iranians in Fear of Fear

May 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Human Rights, Iran, Islam and Democracy

By Nir Boms and Reza Bulorchi
Published March 23, 2006

Following two decades of Tehran’s lies and three years of international wishful thinking, Iran’s nuclear case was finally brought to the hands of the U.N. Security Council. In the meantime the mullahcracy in Tehran has been gearing itself for another phase of international standoff.   
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Egypt’s New ‘Democracy’

May 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Egypt, Middle East

 

By Nir Boms/ Michael Meunier
Published November 21, 2005

Barely a month following President Hosni Mubarak’s predictable re-election, Egypt finds itself in full campaign mode again. The results of the first round of the parliamentary elections were just published, confirming a considerable gain in power for candidates affiliated with the banned Muslim Brotherhood. 
Still, it is the second [...]

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