Misreading Iran's unrest

The troubles that have followed the Iranian presidential elections have been generally misread by the Western media and policymakers. What we are witnessing is not a frustrated East European-style "color revolution"; nor is presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi's movement an uprising of liberal, Westernized sympathizers against the principles of the Iranian Revolution -- although there are surely some who are hostile to the revolution among his ... Full Story »

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Chris Finnie
4.3
by Chris Finnie - Jul. 12, 2009

Given Mr. Crooke's background, this is a compelling revision of the general interpretation of events in Iran. Given the widespread tendency to interpret events as we wish to see them, he may be right that the West has misread this. Especially given how little most of us know about the country and culture.

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