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Political Prisoners Speak Out Against The Iranian Regime

Their indictment of the government is devastating:

The Bloodshed Continues

It’s a good thing that the Obama Administration didn’t side with the reformists in Iran. Otherwise, the reformist movement would have been tainted with American support, causing the country to turn against it, and allowing the regime to engage in all sorts of vicious human rights abuses, aimed at intimidating dissidents.

It May Get Bloodier In Iran

My worst fears appear set to be realized:

Sigh (Iran Edition)

This is all so unbelievably depressing:

A Fear Of Bank Runs In Iran?

Credit where it is due: When he is not busy being obsessed with the nature of Trig Palin’s matrilineal line, Andrew Sullivan can pen an interesting blog post.

The Obama Administration May Still Not Be Saying Much About Iran . . .

But it is nice to see that others are speaking out:

I Wonder If Richard Haass Will Herald A Trend

Up until now, most of the realist, or realpolitik school of American foreign policy has opposed–resolutely, one might add–any effort at fomenting regime change in Iran, doubtless spurred by what the school has perceived to have been the mistakes of American foreign policy vis-à-vis regime change in Iraq. As a realist–or realpolitik practitioner–in good standing, it might have been expected that Richard Haass would not deviate from the dictates of the school.

Shorter Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich

“If the families of opponents of the Islamic regime in Iran get harassed and imprisoned, that is the fault of the opponents in question for speaking out against the regime, and not a moral failing that we can lay at the feet of the regime. Also, Iranian dissidents are traitors.”

Foreign Policy Crises

They can sneak up on the leadership class of any particular country in very unexpected ways.

“The Party Of The Wind”

Those who want proof that Iranians are no longer afraid of the regime that has sought to tyrannize them need only examine Iason Athanasiadis’s excellent article to find out that Iran may well have crossed a threshold:

About Time

After months and months of saying that it will not get involved in supporting the protesters in Iran, the Obama Administration . . . is getting involved in supporting the protesters in Iran:

The Latest Plot Twist In Iran

The regime is killing political dissidents, and blaming the West for the deaths. In related news, it is still possible for me to be appalled:

- March 18, 2010 -

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