Babak

TEHRAN –The comprehensive elections bill will be discussed in detail on the floor of the Expediency Council in the next two weeks. The discussion about reforming election laws in Iran is not a new one. In the past, and in particular during the years of reform, efforts were made to reform the existing laws, but it faced fierce resistance from the Guardian Council and thus it remained in the background. more»

Kayhan Kasravi

BERLIN– Demonstrations on February 11 had not yet ended when self-criticism began to appear on some web pages and social networking sites about poor decisions made by some Green Movement activists and a number of opposition leaders . more»

Dr. Marandi, who is an unofficial spokesman for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government, is an assistant professor of English Literature at the University of Tehran and head of Department of North American Studies. He spoke to insideIRAN.org from Tehran.

Q: It seems a bit irrelevant to think of Thursday in terms of which side lost or won. Rather, it is clear that there is a part of the population that is dissatisfied with the state. What do you see happening in the near future? Will there be a political compromise of any sort? A unity government, for example? How will the state address the grievances of part of the population? more»

Babak

TEHRAN—After the controversial June 12 presidential election, and the most critical days in the history of the Islamic Republic that followed, elders in various political parties and different factions believe that a unity plan is the only way out of the current crisis. more»

Tara Mahtafar

WASHINGTON—The unprecedented violence in Iran seen in the December 27 Ashura protests—which was committed by the regime and the opposition—showcased the emboldened opposition movement’s capacity for civil disobedience as well as a decline in both the psychological and physical effectiveness of the regime’s repressive security forces. more»