BY JAKE
The state of civil unrest in Iran and how many of us have been responding to it has got me rather bothered. On several occasions, I’ve been accused of “polarising the issue” or making hot-headed judgments about the situation when I don’t have a real understanding of the political climate in Iran.
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Iran: oversimplifying the issues or supporting the demand for civil political rights?
Iran’s crises must be solved domestically
Tehran-based Kourosh Ziabari provides the inside story to Iran’s political upheaval. He analyses the election result and comprehensively explores the reaction to Ahmadinejad’s surprise win – both at home and abroad. The protests he sees as evidence of Iran’s deepening political maturity – even if they have been exploited by groups aiming to destabilise the country.
Counterfeit “Persian Gulf” or “We won’t come!”
Kourosh Ziabari says that by demanding that the name “Persian Gulf” should be dropped from the medals and promotional materials of the 2009 Islamic Solidarity Games which was slated to be held in Iran, Arab states demonstrated again that their friendship and so-called brotherhood with Iran originates from things other than cultural or religious affinity.
