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[Publishers Weekly - Non-Fiction Books News] Nonfiction Reviews - 11/17/2008 - Publishers Weekly: Afkhami (The Iranian Revolution), an Iranian studies scholar and an official of the shah’s regime, paints him as a moderate, progressive leader who championed women’s rights, secularism and balanced economic development.

[Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran - Working for International Dialogue and Peace] Joint Experts' Statement on Iran | Campaign Against Sanctions and ...: Parsi is regularly consulted by Western, Middle Eastern and Asian governments on Middle East affairs, and he is a co-founder and current President of the National Iranian American Council, a non-partisan, non-profit organization promoting Iranian-American participation in American civic life. His articles on Middle East affairs have been published in the numerous newspapers and magazines and he is a frequent commentor on radio and television news shows.

[Harry's Place] Harry’s Place » The Resistible Rise of Bashar al-Asad: One million Lebanese - Sunnis, Christians, more Shia than would admit it now, and Druze too gathered in the largest peaceful anti-government demonstration ever in the Arab world. In proportion to population, it was the largest anywhere, ever.  The whole world was watching, and the secret police of Assad Junior, ophthalmologist and dictator, were forced out in a bloodless revolution, known as the ‘independence intifada’.

[Simply Art-Rageous] Simply Art-Rageous » Blog Archive » Intolerance and its Consequences: The Shah and his family fled the country and the Ayatollah Khomeini, the new leader of the Republic of Iran, established a theocracy: a government based on Islamic ideology. According to the Iranian Constitution, its army is responsible .

[Totally Looks Like... Famous People and Celeb Look-A-Likes] Sean Connery Totally Looks Like Ruhollah Khomeini « Totally Looks ...: in 1953, the CIA and MI6, at the behest of BP (British Petroleum) and other oil companies, overthrew Iranian Prime Minister Momahhed Mossadegh and replaved his government with the dictatorship of the Shah. The Shah was all about using .

[Andrew Bolt] Iran’s degree of stupidity | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog: Perhaps the most egregious and far reaching of the Jimmy Carter failures was his bringing down of the Shah of Iran in 1979, to be replaced by radical Muslim cleric Ayatollah Khomeini. The history of Iran is such that a secular government friendly to both the West and their trading partners along the ancient trade routes, such as India and China, had been an important stabilizing element in Mid-east politics for centuries.

[www2.crecon.com whats new] Qom: Many years later, Qom also became the center from which Ayatollah Khomeini based his opposition to the Pahlavi dynasty while in Iran. For many years Qom was the home of Ayatollah Khomeini, who led Iran during the events that led to the .

[Roger Ebert's Journal] The third most important story of the year - Roger Ebert's Journal: Anti-American feelings in Iran are certainly not the result of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, but go back to the 1950ies, when the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran, Mossadeq, was overthrown with the assistance of the CIA and the British Secret Service, because his government had nationalised Iran's oil reserves to which BP had a claim, I think. Following the coup d'état, the Shah (Emperor) of Iran established a pro-Western dictatorship, which modernised Iran but also violently persecuted all political opposition.

[TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Iran and Islam - Zahedan, Iran Travel Blog: So in conclusion...Mohammad was a legend: Some leading clerics, The Ulama and certain fanatical sects of Islam (Wahhabism) are mis-guided fascists and are doing massive harm to the Islamic movement: Islam is dated in certain key areas and needs bringing into the 21st century, but in it's essence is as good as any other religion: America and Britain are once again guilty of meddling in other countries politics - something that is becoming a recurring and slightly embarrassing theme: Khomeini was a murdering fascist tyrant: Iran is a beautiful country, but the people live in fear due to the laws imposed by the hard-line Islamic leadership: Life in Iran is better than it was under Khomeini, but is still far from ideal for most of it's citizens: Iranians are wonderful, but desperate for some real freedom - and I feel, their identity back.

[The Corner] The Corner on National Review Online: Many Parliament members, including Chairman Ali Larijani, have opposed the suspension of the publication and stressed the freedom of media in the run-up to the upcoming presidential elections.

[Blogs & Stories @ Top501.nu » Blogs & Stories @ Top501.nu] Top501 News: Iran marks US embassy takeover: Oh and by the way, Iran has strengthened it’s ties and trade to other countries such as Russia and China which are hurting the U.S. The only serious pressure being applied is the international community reacting (accordingly) to the U.S.’s isolated, imperialist ways. Mostly though, the U.S. really needs Iran right now: the War on Terror is rather shaping up as a shambles and Iran remains the only stable force in the region that can bring about any resolution to the rapidly deteriorating problems faced by the U.S. Iran already has a massive presence in Eastern Iraq and is in a position to expand that influence further.

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