Editor’s note: The text below (pdf file) is the Farsi version of a new manifesto written by a group of active Greens in Iran. The authors provided this copy due to increasing requests for the Farsi version. more»
Editor’s Note: Since the publication on this website of a new Green Movement manifesto, authored by intellectuals inside Iran, there has been much criticism of the authors and the document’s contents. The authors, therefore, offer their response.
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Editor’s Note: The following article was written by a leader in the Green movement in Iran who wishes to remain anonymous.
TEHRAN — The unfolding drama in the Arab world that has already brought down despots in Tunisia and Egypt has been watched closely here in Iran—and with a degree of amazement and envy on our part. We Green activists, along with the daily growing number of ‘regular’ people disgusted with the religious despotism of Ayatollah Khamenei and with the daily deteriorating economic situation more»
Editor’s Note: The following text was given to insideIRAN.org by a group of intellectuals who are leaders in the Green Movement in Tehran. They are also the authors of this manifesto.
We, dozens of groups of Green activists in Iran, have decided to offer several recommendations for the reform and strengthening of the Green Movement. These recommendations have emerged as a result of our experiences in Iran over the past two years as well as the experiences of those in other countries in the Middle East that recently have had popular revolutions aimed at overthrowing their dictatorships. more»
Geneive Abdo
This article was first published in Al Jazeera.
Few could have imagined two years ago that the man who caused a Tehran spring that nearly brought down the Iranian regime, only for it to be saved by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, would today be reduced to political impotence. But after a three-month conflict, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad should be grateful Khamenei has not ordered his arrest, and, at least for now, is content for him to serve out his term as a lame duck.
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