Iran isn’t afraid of the US or Israel

By Homeira Hesami
Posted on The Daily Caller on July 26, 2012
 

The government of Iran has been through international disdain and condemnation before. The Iranian regime isn’t scared of increased sanctions, greater isolation, or harsher words. And the mullahs aren’t concerned about the American or Israeli governments taking military action against them. The Iranian regime is only afraid of the Iranian people’s collective anger.

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Toppling Iran's Unsteady Regime

By Emanuele Ottolenghi
Posted on The Wall Street Journal on July 23, 2012
 

Ordinary Iranians are having to tighten their belts since the European Union's oil embargo came into force on July 1. The decades of economic mismanagement by Iran's authoritarian leaders have culminated in five years of increasingly stern sanctions, which are crippling Iran's economy. And notwithstanding the regime's defiant dismissal of their impact, sanctions have left many Iranian families with empty bank accounts and hollow stomachs.

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Iran's Freedom March

By Hossein Abedini
Posted on Huffington Post on July 09, 2012
 

On Saturday 23 June 2012, over 100,000 Iranian exiles and supporters of the Iranian resistance from five continents gathered in a historical rally at the convention centre in the northern suburb of Villepinte, Paris, to demand democratic change in Iran and immediate international measures to guarantee basic rights of Iranian Resistance members in Ashraf and Liberty.

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A consistent policy on terrorism, please

By Tod Robberson
Posted on Dallas Morning News on June 26, 2012
 

Policy-making is a three-dimensional exercise. In order for it to be a policy, you have to base your position on a principle. You define the principle and the set of generic circumstances in which it applies, which gives it breadth. The hard part comes when you set about applying the principle to specific cases.

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Why I had to travel from Texas to Paris to rally against Iran's government this weekend

By Homeira Hesami
Posted on Fox News on June 23, 2012
 

Today, Saturday, June 23, I will join thousands of citizens from the US and around the world in Paris at the largest-ever assembly of Iranians calling for and planning for regime change.  There has never been a more exciting time to think about a democratic and free Iran.  I dream of the day when my family and friends inside Iran will be able to speak out freely, not worry about their religion or dress, have full access to the Internet, and travel abroad.

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