Protests in Iran
The Guardian has extensive coverage of the protests in Iran today, and Reuel Marc Gerecht has an op-ed in the New York Times that's not to be missed.
Also, Senator Lieberman talks to Radio Free Europe about a bill he's introduced with Senator McCain to target human rights abusers in Iran, while Senators Brownback and [...]
Mullahs Ascendant
Protests in Iran have died down as the regime’s violent tactics have allowed it to reassert control. In his sermon last night, the Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami called for execution of leading dissidents. The London Times reports:
A hardline cleric close to the Iranian regime demanded the execution of leading demonstrators yesterday as the opposition [...]
Did Iraqi Democracy Influence Iran?
Is it possible that the Iraqi election experience had something to do with Iranian expectations of an election? If critics of the war can for just a moment move beyond their own deeply held opinions about the invasion of Iraq — that this was a war of choice fought on false premises to lower gas [...]
