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Once a writer for the rock music weekly Melody Maker (1977-80), Chris Brazier has been a co-editor of New Internationalist magazine since 1984…

Carl Kaplan…

The Iranian citizens who poured onto the streets to protest the result of the presidential election of 12 June 2009 have been brutally pushed back.But under the surface the discontent simmers, says Nasrin Alavi.…

Ayatollah Khomeini’s grandsons supporting the reformers? Demonstrations in the holy city of Qom? This is a new generation of resistance, as Nasrin Alavi shows in her latest survey of the Iranian blogosphere.…

Where did the controversial idea of the ‘Islamic state’ come from? *Ziauddin Sardar* traces its origins.…

Mass protest in Iran continues as the GuardianCouncil agrees to recount disputed votes.…

As Iran prepares to go to the polls, Nasrin Alavi says that President Ahmadinejad’s opponents won’t let him forget his own delusions of sainthood.…

Acrobatic extravagance in Tehran, as seen by Iranian photographer *Kian Amani*.…

The recent elections in Iran have beenwidely interpreted as a victory for conservative forces and a boostfor hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad…

*Nasrin Alavi* returns to a Tehran under threat from the West.…