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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 September 9, 2009
With Iran’s hardliners consolidating their victory over the reformist opposition with continuing arrests and raids on the offices of leading critics, the lack of support for the country’s beleaguered democrats and civil society is under fire.
Security services are strategically targeting key activists and leaders, reports suggest, clamping down on dissent ahead of the officially orchestrated [read full story]
Posted in Backlash, Democracy assistance, Elections, Human rights, Iran, Islam/politics, Middle East and North Africa, NGOs/Civil society, National Endowment for Democracy, authoritarianism, democracy promotion, dissidents, foreign policy, promoting democracy, protests | Tagged Freedom House, Gozaar, International Republican Institute, Iran Democracy Fund, National Democratic Institute, National Endowment for Democracy, Near East Regional Democracy Fund, Washington Institute for Near East Policy. |
By Michael Allen on June 16, 2009
A 20-year obsession with forestalling a ‘velvet revolution’ against the Islamic Republic drives Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, a Washington meeting heard today. Taken aback by the democratic rhetoric and momentum generated by Mir-Hossein Mousavi’s supporters, the regime is likely to consolidate around a hard-line axis reflecting the dominance of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IGRC).
“The [read full story]
Posted in Backlash, Iran, Islam/politics, Middle East and North Africa, NGOs/Civil society, authoritarianism, promoting democracy, protests | Tagged Ayatollah Khamenei, Islamic Republic of Iran, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mohsen Sazegara, velvet revolution, Washington Institute for Near East Policy. |
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