Iran
ISSE demonstrates in New York to demand release of jailed Iranian students
By Bill Van Auken, February 18, 2008
The International Students for Social Equality held a demonstration Saturday, February 16 to protest the Iranian government’s arrest of more than 40 left-wing students and demand their immediate...
Ahmadinejad under fire in lead up to Iran’s parliamentary election
By Peter Symonds, February 16, 2008
The election for the Iranian parliament due on March 14 is shaping up as a contest over President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his policies. While the differences within ruling circles are narrowly circums...
Demonstration in New York to protest arrest of Iranian students
February 14, 2008
The International Students for Social Equality is calling a demonstration to protest the Iranian government’s arrest of more than 40 left-wing students.
Letters opposing the arrest of Iranian students
February 4, 2008
The following letters were sent to the World Socialist Web Site denouncing the arrest of over 40 left-wing students in Iran. The letters have been sent to the Iranian Interests Section in the United S...
Iranian government intensifies crackdown on left-wing opposition
SEP and ISSE demand immediate release of arrested students
By Joe Kay, January 28, 2008
On January 15, as part of a brutal crackdown on domestic opposition, the Iranian government arrested another 10 members of the Students for Freedom and Equality in Iran (also known as the Radical Left...
An interview with an Iranian activist on arrests of left-wing students
January 28, 2008
On January 15, the Iranian government arrested 10 students involved in left-wing protests against both the Iranian political establishment and US war plans. This followed the arrest of more than 30 st...
Bush exploits Strait of Hormuz incident to threaten Iran
By Peter Symonds, January 11, 2008
Five days after Sunday’s encounter between US warships and Iranian boats in the Strait of Hormuz, details of what took place remain in dispute. What is clear, however, is that the US administrat...
Iranian government cracks down on student protests
By Sina Mazdak and Tom Carter, December 11, 2007
A recent wave of government crackdowns on student political activity in Iran culminated on Tuesday, December 4, when government security forces violently intervened at a rally of left-wing students at...
Despite US intelligence shift:
European powers back continued sanctions against Teheran
By Stefan Steinberg, December 7, 2007
Following the release of the US National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) report Monday, leading European politicians have stressed the need for continuing sanctions and political pressure on Tehran.
US intelligence report heightens danger of Israeli strike on Iran
By Peter Symonds, December 6, 2007
The Israeli government has bluntly rejected the conclusion of the US National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), released on Monday, that Iran currently has no nuclear weapons programs. The NIE report direc...
Following intelligence report exposing administration’s lies
Bush continues threats against Iran
By Bill Van Auken, December 6, 2007
President Bush reiterated Wednesday that he will continue his provocative policy against Iran despite the release of a US intelligence report demonstrating that his administration deliberately and sys...
US intelligence report shows war drive against Iran based on lies
By Bill Van Auken, December 5, 2007
President Bush used a White House press conference Tuesday to defend his administration’s policy of aggression towards Iran. He insisted that new findings by US intelligence agencies that Tehera...
