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19 Dec 2011

The Battle Within — Ahmadinejad v. Rafsanjani in 5Â Scenes

Hassan Rohani, an ally of former President Hashemi Rafsanjani, hosts a meeting of the Strategic Research Center of the Expediency Council. The topic is the Arab Spring, specifically the role of the Iran-led Islamic Awakening in the movements across North Africa and the Middle East.
Hassan Rohani, an ally of former President Hashemi Rafsanjani, hosts a meeting of the Strategic Research Center of the...
10 Oct 2011

Is Tehran Immune from the Arab Spring Â

Iran has so far remained relatively unaffected by the winds of change that have swept through the Middle East and North Africa. Yet this was not a foregone conclusion. Given the opposition s ability to build on a recent wave of mobilisation to revive the calls for protests triggered in 2009, why has it not taken advantage of the regional domino effect?
Iran has so far remained relatively unaffected by the winds of change that have swept through the Middle East and North...

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6 Sep 2011

As Arab Spring unfolds, who is watching Iran?

While everyone is watching events unfold in Libya, Syria and the rest of the Arab world, Iran is watching, too. And the leaders in Tehran may decide that this is the time to rush for the bomb. Moammar Gadhafi gave it up. Bashar Assad fell short of getting it. Would they be next?
While everyone is watching events unfold in Libya, Syria and the rest of the Arab world, Iran is watching, too. And the...

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15 Aug 2011

Mideast upheavals open doors for Saudi strategies

Saudi Arabia is getting bolder in its strategy for dealing with the Middle East's uprisings. No longer waiting for Washington's cue, the kingdom is aggressively trying to influence the regional turmoil and boost its two goals - protect fellow royal houses and isolate its rival, Iran.
Saudi Arabia is getting bolder in its strategy for dealing with the Middle East's uprisings. No longer waiting for...
21 Jul 2011

Revolt in the Arab World, But Not in Iran – Why?

Iran is a different case because the country already had a revolution in 1979. Even those Iranians who are in the opposition called for reform within the system rather than revolution. It is not a climate of fear that explains the survival of the Islamic Republic but the absence of revolutionary fervour. No state can cling to power merely through brute force
Iran is a different case because the country already had a revolution in 1979. Even those Iranians who are in the...

Iran the loser, now and in years to come.

The Arab uprisings could have been Iran s greatest triumph. After all, revolutions in Islamic countries have a certain appeal to the mullah regime. But six months after the beginning of the protests, Tehran seems to be at a loss: Are the revolutions a good or a bad thing for the Islamic Republic? Nothing worked out quite as expected. And Iran s Arab allies are struggling, too.
The Arab uprisings could have been Iran s greatest triumph. After all, revolutions in Islamic countries have a certain...
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31 May 2011

Iran sees threat to its clout amid Arab Spring

As Arab uprisings sweep the Middle East, few images will likely unsettle Iran's leadership more than that of their flag being burned by Syrian protesters angry with the Islamic Republic's deep ties with Syria's dynastic regime
As Arab uprisings sweep the Middle East, few images will likely unsettle Iran's leadership more than that of their flag...
17 May 2011

Iran has been isolated by the Arab spring

Nerves are fraying in Tehran as initial glee over Arab spring upheavals turns to alarm. Iran welcomed the fall of its old enemy, Egypt's Hosni Mubarak. But the uprising now threatening its key Arab ally, the Syrian regime of Bashar Al-Assad, is a different matter altogether. Worse still, the thought that the region's revolutionary mood may inspire Iran's own much-bludgeoned green opposition to rise again inspires real fear.
Nerves are fraying in Tehran as initial glee over Arab spring upheavals turns to alarm. Iran welcomed the fall of its...

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17 May 2011

Cameron Says Popular Uprising Is Possible in ‘Basket-Case’ Iran

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, praising the Arab Spring of democratic protests across the Middle East and North Africa, said a similar revolt in Iran should not be ruled out. The Iranian regime is one of the most dictatorial and most repressive of all, Cameron told lawmakers in London today. And if the Iranian people start to see that there is a future for a democratic Egypt and a democratic Tunisia and a Libyan people struggling to throw off their hideous leader, then people in Iran who have attempted this before might think, well actually we don t have to go down this autocratic path.
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, praising the Arab Spring of democratic protests across the Middle East and North...
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11 May 2011

From Arab Spring to boiling-hot summer

When the term 'Arab Spring' entered the collective vocabulary this year, it was meant to encapsulate the youthful exuberance of the pro-democracy movements that had sprung up throughout the Middle East.
When the term 'Arab Spring' entered the collective vocabulary this year, it was meant to encapsulate the youthful...

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