Iran, the Jews and Germany

For all the morality police inspecting whether women are wearing boots outside their pants (the latest no-no on the dress front) and the regime zealots of the Basiji militia, the air you breathe in Iran is not suffocating. Its streets at dusk hum with life — not a monochrome male-only form of it, or one inhabited by fear — but the vibrancy of a changing, highly educated society. Full Story »

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Derek Hawkins
3.7
by Derek Hawkins - Mar. 2, 2009

Roger Cohen offers an astute defense of his earlier column on the status of Iranian Jews. He debunks what he calls "caricatures" of Iranian society and government, using mostly anecdotal evidence to support his claims. For this piece, I think this approach was effective, though at points I think he understates the fanaticism among the mullahs to make his case.

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