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By Michael Allen on February 26, 2010
An aggressive campaign of covert intimidation was a factor in the low turnout for the recent 22 Bahman protests, Green Movement activists suggest.
RFE/RL’s Iranian Service, Radio Farda gives an insight into the regime’s intimidating tactics, detailing a phone call apparently received from Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence.
The full transcript is available here. This is an excerpt:
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Posted in Iran, Middle East and North Africa, authoritarianism | Tagged 22 Bahman protests, Green movement, Radio Farda |
By Michael Allen on February 12, 2010
The Islamic Republic’s repressive capacity, aided by the Green movement’s tactical inflexibility, weak leadership and strategic myopia, mean that the balance of advantage has shifted to the regime in the aftermath of this week’s events.
But growing tensions between Iran’s clerical establishment and the Revolutionary Guards, exacerbated by the unresolved challenge of the Green opposition, are [read full story]
Posted in Democracy assistance, Featured, Human rights, Iran, Islam/politics, Middle East and North Africa, NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy, democracy, democracy support, dissidents, foreign policy, protests | Tagged ayatollahs, Geneive Abdo, Green movement, Iran's Green movement, Iranian civil society, Jamsheed Choksy, Mardo Soghom, Ramin Jahanbegloo, regime change, Revolutionary Guards |
By Michael Allen on February 11, 2010
The significance of today’s largely abortive demonstrations for the Iran’s Green movement is exercising analysts and activists. The Islamic Republic’s security apparatus managed to stifle the opposition’s attempt to hijack the 31st anniversary celebrations of the Islamic revolution.
“It’s pretty clear that Greens everywhere will feel demoralized… The overall feeling is one of disappointment,” a well-placed [read full story]
Posted in Featured, Iran, Islam and democracy, Islam/politics, Labour/labor unions, Middle East and North Africa, autocrats, democracy, democratization, dictatorships, dissidents, protests | Tagged 22 Bahman, Abbas Milani, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Basij, democracy movement, democratic change, democratic revolution, Fatimeh Haghighatjoo, Green movement, Green opposition, Iran Democracy Project, Islamic Republic, labor, radicalism of totalitarians, radicalization, Rasool Nafisi, Reuel Marc Gerecht, Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Revolutionary Guards, strikes, Velayat Faqih |
By Michael Allen on February 4, 2010
“If the U.S. thought relations between the United States and Iran were strained after the Mossadeq coup, just wait until Washington betrays the Green movement.”
Those cautionary words from an Iranian activist were heard on Capitol Hill yesterday at a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing addressing the issue of how the United States can best support [read full story]
Posted in Democracy assistance, Featured, Iran, Islam/politics, Middle East and North Africa, National Endowment for Democracy, Soft power, democracy support, dictatorships, foreign policy, promoting democracy, protests, sanctions | Tagged Green movement, Iran Democracy Fund, J. Scott Carpenter, Washington Institute for Near East Policy. |
By Michael Allen on February 3, 2010
Iran’s Green movement must broaden its demands to expand support amongst the country’s poor and working families, says opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi. The movement has been accused of being unrepresentative, and arguably too focused on constitutional issues that hold little appeal beyond university students and the middle class.
“The fate of the movement should be tied [read full story]
Posted in Democracy assistance, Elections, Human rights, Iran, Islam/politics, authoritarianism, democracy support, dissidents, foreign policy, promoting democracy, protests, solidarity | Tagged democracy promotion, Green movement, green revolution, labor unions, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mohsen Sazegara, obama administration, Obama and Iran, promoting democracy, trade unions |
By Michael Allen on February 1, 2010
Two leading opposition figures have called on Green movement supporters to mobilize on February 11, the anniversary of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. The move casts doubt on recent suggestions that relatively moderate elements within the regime and opposition were ready to reach an accommodation or pact to end the continuing political turmoil.
The emergence of Iran’s [read full story]
Posted in Featured, Iran, Islam/politics, democracy support, democratization, promoting democracy, protests | Tagged Green movement |
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