Checking in with some of our authors on the situation in Iran...If you haven't heard Robin Wright (Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East) weigh in on matters Iran, you've been on vacation on a desert island. Here are just a few links:
TIME: Lessons For the US As the Iranian Revolution UnravelsMarjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis
LAT: The evolution of Iran's revolution
WAMU 88.5 FM The Diane Rehm Show for Monday June 22, 2009
(yeah, I'd prefer a more pictorial response-- maybe later):Marjane Satrapi and Mohsen Makhmalbaf call on international communityAzar Nafisi (Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books):
Al Jazeera English: Iranian writer on poll result
Video from CNN:
Stephen Kinzer (Crescent and Star
and also All the Shah's Men) has this analysis:Guardian: Democracy, made in Iran(If you'd like a little more positive news on the democracy front, check out his comments in this interview on Turkish politics: Armies will no longer participate in politics, says Kinzer)
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Amnesty International actions
AIUSA Iran page
The latest on Iran from AIUSA's blog
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