Iran on the brink?
In 15 years of writing about the Middle East, I have never encountered a situation that changed so fast that one could write an article that becomes outdated in the time it takes to write it. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
Tags
Topics:
Human Rights, Middle East, Iran, Islam, Democracy In the Middle East
Editorial
Posted by:
Posted by Derek Hawkins - Jun 20, 2009 - 10:32 AM PDT
Reviewed by:
Derek Hawkins (review), Shawn Powers (review)
Content Type:
Article
Edit Lock:
This story can be edited
Edited by:
Derek Hawkins - Jun 20, 2009 - 10:32 AM PDT
Deep, sophisticated story that examines what the little recourse the Iranian government has to placate the protest movement. Touches also on the role of Islam in the conflict, where has been surprisingly absent from a lot of coverage, making the case that Islam is compatible with a more democratic Iran. Highly recommended.
Do the issues motivating the current protests ultimately derive from people’s anger at perceived fraud and not having their votes counted? Or do they, as seems ... More »
Derek posted this story.
See Full Review »
(15 answers)
Poorly researched, poorly written. Interesting perspective, but the article includes a number of logical and empirical holes.
See Full Review »
(11 answers)
Retrieving Comments
NT Rating
| My Rating
Ratings
Topics
(See these related stories.)
Links
Links
No links yet. Please review this story to add some!
