Iran
Once again, on the ex-left and Iran
By Joe Kishore, September 29, 2009
The latest orchestrated provocation over Iran’s nuclear program exposes the reactionary role of the middle-class backers of the “green” opposition in Iran.
Obama follows Bush’s modus operandi on Iran
By Peter Symonds, September 28, 2009
In a manner chillingly reminiscent of the Bush administration’s buildup to the Iraq war, top White House officials yesterday intensified the US propaganda offensive against Iran.
US and European powers threaten Iran
By Patrick Martin, September 26, 2009
With all the hallmarks of an orchestrated political provocation, the US, Britain and France, with the support of Germany, denounced a supposedly secret Iranian nuclear plant, threatening stepped-up ec...
US heightens threats against Iran
By Peter Symonds, September 25, 2009
The US and its European allies exploited this week’s UN session to threaten tough new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programs.
Iranian opposition demonstrates under pro-imperialist slogans
By Peter Symonds, September 21, 2009
Anti-government protests in Iran on Friday confirmed the openly right-wing character of the opposition movement led by defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Moussavi.
Threat of US-led sanctions against Iran
By Peter Symonds, September 14, 2009
The Obama administration warned last month that the US would press for tough new sanctions against Tehran unless it responded positively to an offer for negotiations on the nuclear issue by the end of...
US, Europe step up pressure on Iran
By Patrick Martin, September 4, 2009
The US and the major European powers are stepping up demands that Iran curtail its nuclear research and development program in advance of a September 23 deadline, which coincides with the annual openi...
Turkey: The Kurdish question takes centre stage
By Kerem Kaya, August 31, 2009
In recent weeks, the AKP (Justice and Development Party) government has taken steps—since dubbed the “democratic process”—towards addressing the Kurdish question through peaceful rather than m...
Washington’s double standard: The elections in Iran and Afghanistan
By Patrick Martin, August 28, 2009
The Obama administration and the American media, after denouncing the presidential election in Iran as “rigged” and undemocratic (without any evidence), now uphold the legitimacy of the presidenti...
Iranian election crisis continues amid growing US threats
By James Cogan, August 5, 2009
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be sworn in today for his second four-year term as Iran’s president while a rift in the country’s ruling elite is being aggravated by US economic and military threats.
Factional struggles deepen within Iranian ruling elites
By Peter Symonds, August 1, 2009
Nearly two months after Iran’s presidential elections, the factional rivalry within the Islamic Republic’s ruling elites that erupted over the disputed results has become more bitter and entrenche...
Tensions mount within Iran’s ruling establishment
By Bill Van Auken, July 21, 2009
The speech given last Friday by the billionaire former president Rafsanjani, a backer of the defeated opposition candidate Mir Hossein Moussavi, signals an escalation of the struggle within Iran’s r...
