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"The prescience of protest" by Natan Sharansky
The West should listen to the dissidents in Iran craving freedom -- they can feel the future.
"Sharansky Urges 'Tough Measures' If Iran Talks Fail" Newsmax
While he understands that the United States might chose to negotiate with the regime over its nuclear program, he urged the White House to constantly make clear to the regime leaders "that the real allies of the free world are not dictators, no matter how so-called moderate they are, but people who are supporting democratic change."
"Iran's persecution of Bahá'ís devastating" Telegraph
Iran’s Prosecutor General, Ayatollah Qorban-Ali Dorri-Najafabadi, has declared that the very expression of affiliation to the Bahá’í faith is illegal, writes Nazila Ghanea.
Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression. Today, Iran severely restricts such freedom. Human Rights Watch, the UN Secretary General and numerous others have recently observed an escalation in attempts to silence Iranians who have something to say.
Lewis: Conflict seen as mainly religious
Lewis said that the best hope for the future in the Muslim world was the spread of democracy in places where previously it would have been inconceivable - a phenomenon he dubbed "the Sharansky effect" after former MK and prisoner of Zion Natan Sharansky, who has argued that democracy is the basis for peace. Lewis said that the best hope for the future in the Muslim world was the spread of democracy in places where previously it would have been inconceivable - a phenomenon he dubbed "the Sharansky effect" after former MK and prisoner of Zion Natan Sharansky, who has argued that democracy is the basis for peace.
"The Orange Way Editorial-Weely Roundup" The Orange Way
Even more important than their ideological disdain for our nation, America serves as the foil for Iran's crumbling economic and social state. Iran's leaders maintain power by projecting America as the enemy and cause for any of their ills. This works to unify citizens against a common enemy, while they enduring additional hardships in the name of the greater cause. (Natan Sharansky's The Case for Democracy makes this argument much better than I can.) As a result, Iran will never make genuine peace with America with its current leaders in place.
"Engage authoritarians to open closed societies" Democracy Digest
Engaging closed societies is the best way to foster democratic change," argues Larry Diamond, co -director of the International Forum for Democratic Studies. Writing in Newsweek, he suggests that the incoming U.S. administration must fashion a "more subtle and sophisticated approach" to promoting democracy in the likes of Cuba, Burma, Iran and Syria.
"The Woman the Mullahs Fear" NYTimes
Men hold all of the meaningful levers of political power in Iran, but it is a woman they fear. If not, why is the mullah-led government trying to shut down the operations of Shirin Ebadi?
"Aid the Iranian Dissidents" Discovery Blog
The U.S. must aid Iranian dissidents just as it did in the former Soviet Union.
Global Democracy Promotion: Seven Lessons for the New Administration
When promoting democracy abroad, the new adminitration should: 1.Understand the limits of elections 2. Side with Democrats 3. Engage the Islamists 4. Emphasize institutions, not individuals 5.Include the Legislatures 6. Deploy Resources Strategically and 7. Finish the job.
Natan Sharansky Urges the Defeat of an 'Evil Empire'
Addressing the thousands of New Yorkers who gathered in front of the United Nations yesterday to protest the Iranian regime, Natan Sharansky likened the country's leaders to the Soviet communists.
Natan Sharansky Speaks Out Agains Iran at NYC Anti-Iran Rally
Sharansky said Iran was as evil and dangerous as the former Soviet Union ever was. "Our struggle will need a lot of moral clarity. When the president of the United States of America called the Soviet Union the 'Evil Empire' we in the prisons knew its days were numbered," said Sharansky.
Natan Sharansky Speaking at the Stop Iran Rally -Youtube Video
Natan Sharansky offer an historical and humanistic approach to the world situation regarding Iran.
"Police Shut Down Iran's Main Human Rights Center,"Washington Post
Iranian authorities on Sunday closed the office of the country's main human rights organization, headed by Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi.
יו"ר ועדת החוץ הטורקית: איראן היא איום עלינו - חדשות - הארץ
News from the Conference on Counterinsurgency and the Challenge of Global Terrorism by the Adelson Institute of Strategic Studies at the Shalem Center, chaired by Natan Sharansky.
נתניהו: "עזה - מובלעת אירנית ליד אשקלון" - וואלה! חדשות
News from the Conference on Counterinsurgency and the Challenge of Global Terrorism by the Adelson Institute of Strategic Studies at the Shalem Center, chaired by Natan Sharansky.
Pajamas Media » Iranian Students Slam Ahmadinejad in Public
Iranian students protested against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in great numbers about imprisonment and torture of students, expulsion of lecturers, poverty, abuse of human rights, dictatorship,
Is Spreading Democracy in Middle East a Bad Idea? : NPR
"Take Russia. When Russia was part of the totalitarian Soviet system, it was your worst enemy. When Soviet Union fell apart and Russia went towards freedom, it almost became your ally. Today, when freedom is there in retreat, in a big retreat, it becomes again a threat to America. ... You take North Korea, you take Iran ... whenever there is a threat to America it means that democracy is there, in retreat."
Reporters Without Borders - Iran
Four-year sentence for online journalist who posted dissident ayatollah’s sermon.
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