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Dissident Graveyard

Dissident Graveyard

Khatami's "vision." May 04, 2004, 8:26 a.m. By Nir Boms & Erick Stakelbeck "I never said that we have no political prisoners. We have them, and that is incontestable. They have been jailed for what they believe in." With this admission, made during an April 27 event marking Iran's "National...

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May 13, 2008
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Iranian Justice

Iranian Justice

August 4, 2004 By Nir Boms and Reza Bulorchi It is not often that legal rulings in other countries make headlines in the United States. But two recent verdicts in Iran have made activists in the U.S. and around the world take notice. Last week, Hashem Aghajari, who was previously...

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May 13, 2008
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Facing the Iranian Elections

Facing the Iranian Elections

By Nir Boms and Elliot Chodoff June 16, 2005 While Iran continues to play an ongoing nuclear ping-pong match with the European Union, risking the nuclear stability of the Middle East and a possible showdown with the West, it is also eagerly preparing for its upcoming elections Friday. Carrying the...

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May 13, 2008
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Iran: Children and Nukes

Iran: Children and Nukes

Nov. 2, 2004 22:51  | Updated Nov. 3, 2004 16:52 By NIR BOMS AND REZA BULORCHI While the world is busy contemplating the appropriate response to the looming Iranian nuclear threat - be it a European grand bargain, a covert operation, or a sophisticated military assault - life in Teheran appears...

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May 13, 2008
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The Victory of an Iranian Choice

The Victory of an Iranian Choice

Wednesday, March 31, 2004 Nir Boms and Reza Bulorchi If doubts remained as to the extent that last month's rigged Iranian elections were boycotted by Iranian citizens, they were put to rest Tuesday, March 16. That evening, on a walk through Tehran's residential neighborhoods, one could see just how loathed...

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May 13, 2008
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Viva la Reformers!

Viva la Reformers!

January 28, 2004 By Reza Bulorchi and Nir Boms Defying conventional wisdom, fresh voices of freedom appear to be coming from the Middle East as of late. Assad of Syria delivers his plans for democratization directly to the New York Times. Khaddafi of Libya delivers his to Newsweek, as he...

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May 12, 2008
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A Tipping Point for Tehran

A Tipping Point for Tehran

NIR BOMS and REZA BULORCHI, July 27, 2005 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's "elected" president, will officially assume his post next month. The elections, no doubt, were a sham and the controversy about voting irregularities is far from settled. Iran's opposition sources revealed that the national ID cards of about five million...

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May 12, 2008
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Iranian Futures

Iranian Futures

Khatami's doublespeak and a hot potato. December 30, 2003 By Nir Boms "What I say does not definitely reflect what I think. What I do does not necessary reflect what I say. Therefore, not everything that I do necessary contradicts everything that I think." This explanation of "Middle Eastern Logic"...

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May 12, 2008
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The Power of the Dish and the War of Ideas

The Power of the Dish and the War of Ideas

  By Nir T. Boms FrontPageMagazine.com | August 1, 2003 On March of 2000, Zia Atabi, a former Iranian rock star, placed a small satellite dish on the roof of a former pornographic studio in one of Los Angeles neighborhoods and began broadcasting. Atabi, formally known as the "Tom Jones...

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May 12, 2008
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Mubarak’s Double Game

Mubarak’s Double Game

19 December 2004 Nir Boms and Aaron Mannes  In the struggle to build a democratic Middle East, Egypt is a crucial front and the upcoming October 2005 presidential elections present a unique opportunity for reform.  Prominent Egyptian reformers have expressed interest in running against President for life Hosni Mubarak, including...

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May 12, 2008
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