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View From The Regime's Parade
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish Nov 04 09What we see on YouTube may not be what the Iranians are seeing on TV. In fact, we know it isn't. The Atlantic's Graeme Wood was on the ground at the Quds day rally a month ago.
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Perspective On Iran
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish Oct 03 09Joe Klein's latest thoughts: Despite the rants about "mad mullahs" and neoconservative calls for regime change, the Iranians have been careful about their foreign policy in recent years.
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Busted, Ctd
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish Sep 25 09Mark Lynch reacts to this morning's revelation: According to the New York Times, the administration went public because the Iranians had discovered that Western intelligence had "breached the secrecy surrounding the project.
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Leveraging The People Against The Regime
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish Sep 23 09Here are some encouraging numbers from a new poll of Iranians: A new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll finds that two-thirds of Iranians would favor their government precluding the development of nuclear weapons in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions against Iran.
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Eyes Wide Open
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish Sep 18 09Goldblog calls Roger Cohen Ahmadinejad's Charlie Brown: Yesterday, Ahmadinejad, on "Qods Day," the day designed to divert the attention of Iranians from the failures of their own bloody and repressive government to the supposed sins of the Jews, once again.
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The Revolution Lives!
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish Sep 18 09Today's Qods rally has been a huge blow to the regime. While Ahmadinejad delivers one of the most unhinged and despicable anti-Semitic rants he has ever uttered, trying to rally Iranians with the usual Jew-baiting, the crowds display contempt.
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Rafsanjani's Move
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish Sep 16 09It's a shrewd and indirect one: According to the pro-Mousavi website Jonbesh-e Rah-e Sabz, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani has artfully called for mass demonstrations of people on the occasion of International Qods Day.
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RachelWatch: The Calcium Supplements Worked!
After Ellen Jul 31 09Today: Democrats grow some spines, Iranians protest, and Rachel talks crazy.
From Beer to Eternity
Rachel led off with an update on President Obama’s attempt to thaw racial tensions by throwing.
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For Gay Iranian Refugees, a Matter of Life or Death
Gay News Blog Jul 21 09
NOTE: This is the second of two parts, the first, on the election revolt, was on EDGE in June.The international media clamor surrounding last month’s Iranian election, which saw the contentious re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad result in weeks of protests, demonstrations and violence, may have died down, but the unstable atmosphere lives on for residents of the Islamic republic.
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When Sanctions Miss Their Mark
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish Jul 17 09by Patrick Appel An Iranian partially blames the US for the recent airplane crash in the country: Before the Revolution, the Iranian national airline, Homa, used to be the pride of Iranians.
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Singing Their Support
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish Jul 17 09by Chris Bodenner Iranians assemble outside the home of slain 19-year-old demonstrator Sohrab Aarabi:
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Iranian consumers boycott Nokia
America Blog Jul 15 09It's nice to see Iranians using their hard-earned money to impact businesses they believe are collaborating with the government in a bad way.
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Bombs Away
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish Jul 03 09Ackerman tackles John Bolton: Yes, [by Bolton's logic] the Israeli bombs will only kill the bad Iranians.
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Will Gay Iranians Come Out of the Revolt Better --or Worse?
Topix Gay News Jul 02 09
Ever since the Iranian Revolution empowered a socially conservative theocracy led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1979, the country has been a difficult place for gays, lesbians and transgender people to call home.
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Sciutto Says
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish Jul 01 09Fresh tweets from ABC News foreign correspondent Jim Sciutto: Tehran's notorious Evin prison is full, now they use football stadiums Mehdi Karoubi told me opp was fighting to keep the 'republic' in the 'Islamic republic'.
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Breaking Gay News
Wicked Gay Blog Jul 01 09
Military board: Discharge gay NY National Guard officer By William Kates | Wednesday Jul 1, 2009 A military administrative board recommended Tuesday that a National Guard officer who publicly announced he’s gay should be discharged for violating the military’s "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy.
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How The Iranians Use Torture
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish Jun 26 09Scott Horton: Torture is generally being applied with two primary objectives—to force prisoners to identify others involved in the demonstrations and coerce false confessions.
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La-La-La-La-La-La-La
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish Jun 25 09A report from Tehran: In Tehran, state television's Channel Two is putting on a "Lord of the Rings" marathon, part of a bigger push to keep us busy.
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A Gas Attack
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish Jun 25 09Apparently shot yesterday, this 3-minute youtube shows the full progression of a tear gas assault on a peaceful gathering of Iranians, complete with coughs and heaving:
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They Wait
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish Jun 25 09Ramin Mostaghim has a short but moving piece in the Los Angeles Times featuring the infamous Evin Prison, which is holding most of the Iranians arrested in the uprising: The mothers and fathers, aunts and uncles, brothers and sisters wait.
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