iran politics

Iran, in a bold and defiant act of arrogance and saber rattling, tested several missiles today, saying to the world that if they dare to attack it over a nuclear program that has no evidence to be producing nothing but low level enriched uranium, they will retaliate with force. Top...

this is really a thread to greater understand the political system in Iran... Bollinger's introduction was that Ahmadinajad had "all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator" however, "dictator" would seem like an incorrect label - he's a democratically elected figurehead for a fundamentalist...

The Next Iranian Revolution (Reason) Long interesting article not easy to synopsize, but here's a teaser:

More proof Ahmadinejad is nuts. What frikkin century is it Mahmoud? The 10th? 11th?

Imagine this situation: A powerful political organization wants to organize a day of support for the palestinians and the (so-called) "Second Intifada" on university campuses. A large student organization, called "The Free Student Association", refuses. It claims that this is obviously an...